The English Workbook: Book 3
Developing Literacy
Published on 28. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
170 pages
978-1-84654-641-9 (ISBN)
Description
This workbook is all about procedures, recounts, expositions, narrativesand reports. These are called writing formats. There are two units of workbased on each format.Completing the exercises in your workbook will help you to understandthe five different formats and to learn how to plan and write themyourself.You will be:* discussing and working out the structure of each format* checking that you understand the text by doing some comprehensionexercises* working to improve your vocabulary, spelling, punctuation andgrammar* practising different writing skills* learning how to check your writing by editing and proofreading* checking how much you have learned by doing a test at the end ofeach unit.Remember: Good writers need to think about, plan and review theirwriting; it doesn't just happen.
This workbook is all about procedures, recounts, expositions, narrativesand reports. These are called writing formats. There are two units of workbased on each format.Completing the exercises in your workbook will help you to understandthe five different formats and to learn how to plan and write themyourself.You will be:* discussing and working out the structure of each format* checking that you understand the text by doing some comprehensionexercises* working to improve your vocabulary, spelling, punctuation andgrammar* practising different writing skills* learning how to check your writing by editing and proofreading* checking how much you have learned by doing a test at the end ofeach unit.Remember: Good writers need to think about, plan and review theirwriting; it doesn't just happen.
This workbook is all about procedures, recounts, expositions, narrativesand reports. These are called writing formats. There are two units of workbased on each format.Completing the exercises in your workbook will help you to understandthe five different formats and to learn how to plan and write themyourself.You will be:* discussing and working out the structure of each format* checking that you understand the text by doing some comprehensionexercises* working to improve your vocabulary, spelling, punctuation andgrammar* practising different writing skills* learning how to check your writing by editing and proofreading* checking how much you have learned by doing a test at the end ofeach unit.Remember: Good writers need to think about, plan and review theirwriting; it doesn't just happen.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Greenwood
Australia
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84654-641-9 (9781846546419)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Procedure - 1 Hot chocolatePages 1-19Recount - 1 Hospital visitPages 20-36AnalysisPages 1-3Text... 1Speaking and listening... 2Structure of a procedure... 3AnalysisPages20-23Text... 20Speaking and listening... 21Structure of a recount... 22-23Workingwith textPages 4-9Reading... 4-5Vocabulary... 5-6Spelling...7-10Compound words... 7Short vowels... 8Consonants... 8-9Syllables... 9Workingwith textPages23-27Reading... 23-24Vocabulary... 24-25Spelling... 26-27Vowels andconsonants... 26-27LanguagefeaturesPages10-13Verbs... 10-11Command verbs...11-12Adverbs...12-13Adverbs of time... 13LanguagefeaturesPages28-31Nouns... 28Proper nouns... 29Recognising nouns... 30Conjunctions... 30-31WritingPages14-17Activities... 14Review - procedures... 15Writing a procedure... 16Editing and proofreading... 17WritingPages32-34Activities... 32Writing a recount... 33Editing and proofreading... 34EvaluationPages18-19Test your knowledge...18-19 EvaluationPages35-36Test your knowledge... 35-36Exposition - 1 A playground for Class 3Pages 37-53Narrative - 1 House of dreamsPages 54-69AnalysisPages37-39Text... 37Speaking and listening... 38Structure of a exposition... 39AnalysisPages54-56Text... 54Speaking and listening... 55Structure of a narrative. 55-56Workingwith textPages40-43Reading... 40-41Vocabulary... 41-42Spelling... 42-43Compound words... 42-43Workingwith textPages57-60Reading... 57-58Vocabulary... 58-59Spelling... 60The 'n' sound... 60LanguagefeaturesPages44-47Punctuation... 44Capital letters and fullstops... 44Question marks... 45-46Question words... 46Apostrophes... 47LanguagefeaturesPages61-62Adjectives... 61Punctuation: commas... 62Paragraphs... 62WritingPages48-51Activities... 48Planning an exposition... 49Writing an exposition... 50Editing and proofreading... 51WritingPages63-67Activities... 63-65Writing a narrative... 66Editing and proofreading... 67EvaluationPages52-53Test your knowledge... 52-53 EvaluationPages68-69Test your knowledge... 68-69Report - 1 ElephantsPages 70-86Procedure - 2 Water conservationPages 87-104AnalysisPages70-72Text... 70Speaking and listening... 71Structure of a report... 71-72AnalysisPages87-89Text... 87Speaking and listening... 88Structure of a procedure... 89Workingwith textPages73-79Reading...73-74Vocabulary...74-76Spelling... 77-79The 'm' sound... 77Plurals... 77Adding 'es' to makeplurals... 78Funny pictures... 79Workingwith textPages90-95Reading... 90-91Vocabulary... 92Spelling... 93-95Suffixes... 93-95LanguagefeaturesPages80-81Prepositions... 80-81 LanguagefeaturesPages95-97Command verbs... 95Tense... 96Adverbs... 96-97WritingPages82-84Activities... 82Writing a report... 83Editing and proofreading... 84WritingPages98-102Activities... 98-99Review procedures... 100Writing a procedure...101Editing and proofreading... 102EvaluationPages85-86Test your knowledge... 85-86 EvaluationPages103-104Test your knowledge...103-104Recount - 2 My first train ridePages 105-120Exposition - 2 Mother's Day FetePages 121-134AnalysisPages105-108Text... 105Speaking and listening... 106Structure of a recount.107-108AnalysisPages121-123Text... 121Speaking and listening... 122Structure of an exposition...122-123Workingwith textPages108-112Reading...108-109Vocabulary...110Spelling...111-112Vowels andconsonants...111Spelling rule...112Workingwith textPages124-127Reading...124-125Vocabulary...125-126Spelling...126-127The 'u' sound...126-127LanguagefeaturesPages113-115Collective nouns...113Pronouns...113-114Conjunctions...114-115LanguagefeaturesPages128-129Punctuation... 128Capital letters... 129WritingPages115-118Activities... 115-116Writing a recount...117Editing and proofreading...118WritingPages130-132Activities... 130Writing an exposition... 131Editing and proofreading... 132EvaluationPages119-120Test your knowledge... 119-120 EvaluationPages133-134Test your knowledge...133-134Narrative - 2 The eggPages 135-153Report - 2 DentistsPages 154-170AnalysisPages135-137Text... 135Speaking and listening... 136Structure of a narrative... 137AnalysisPages154-156Text... 154Speaking and listening... 155Structure of a report...155-156Workingwith textPages138-142Reading...138-139Vocabulary... 140Spelling...141-142The 'r' sound... 141'A' or 'an'?... 142Workingwith textPages157-162Reading...157-158Vocabulary... 159Spelling...160-162The 'f' sound... 160Plurals...160-161Words ending in 'o'... 161Words ending in 'y'... 162Other interestingplurals... 162LanguagefeaturesPages143-146Adjectives...143-145Punctuation:Direct speech... 145Speech marks... 146LanguagefeaturesPages163-164Prepositions...163-164WritingPages147-151Activities...147-149Writing a narrative... 150Editing and proofreading... 151WritingPages165-168Activities...165-166Writing a report... 167Editing and proofreading... 168EvaluationPages152-153Test your knowledge...152-153 EvaluationPages169-170Test your knowledge...169-170