Teacher resource Book Ages 8-12+ Tanya Gibb Student Book d Student Book e Student Book f Student Book g Grammar gets real First published in 2008 by MACMILLAN EDUCATION AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 15-19 Claremont Street, South Yarra 3141 Visit our website at www.macmillan.com.au Associated companies and representatives throughout the world. Copyright © Tanya Gibb/Macmillan Education Australia 2008 Grammar Rules! 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The number of copies does not exceed the number reasonably required by the educational institution to satisfy its teaching purposes; 2. Copies are made only by reprographic means (photocopying), not by electronic/digital means, and not stored or transmitted; 3. Copies are not sold or lent; 4. Every copy made clearly shows the footnote e.g. ‘© Macmillan Education Australia. This page may be photocopied by the original purchaser for non-commercial classroom use’. For those pages not marked as blackline master pages the normal copying limits in the Act, as described above, apply. Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Grammar Rules! Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What is Grammar? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to Develop a Whole-School Grammar Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sample Whole-School Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Teaching and Learning Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Annotated Text Type Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Assessing Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Analysis of Student Work Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Fourth Year at School: Student Book D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Scope and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Unit-by-Unit Activities to Enhance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 The Fifth Year at School: Student Book E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Scope and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Unit-by-Unit Activities to Enhance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Sixth Year at School: Student Book F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Scope and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Unit-by-Unit Activities to Enhance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 The Seventh Year at School: Student Book G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Scope and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Unit-by-Unit Activities to Enhance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Grammar Program Checklists BLM 1–BLM 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Answers for Student Books D to G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Annotated Text Type Models The following pages include text models taken from the Grammar Rules! Student Books. The models are annotated to show aspects of grammar relevant in the various text types. Narrative Social purpose Structure • To entertain, enlighten and/or to teach a lesson or moral • Orientation: the scene is set for events; characters and settings are introduced Forms • Complication: a problem is introduced for characters to deal with; series of events are conveyed • Picture books, novellas, novels, storytelling, puppet shows, play scripts, ballads, storyboards • Resolution: characters resolve problems (either solve them or deal with them in some other way) and grow from the experience Visual elements • Photos, drawings, illustrations in print media • Gestures, facial expression and body language in film, and other oral presentations adverb to tell when specific nouns • Comment or coda prepositional phrase to tell how Through the Doorway into Time Ronnie looked out her window at the blinding light that was coming from the neighbourhood park. She grabbed her jumper out of the closet and snuck out the back door without a sound. She wheeled her bike onto the street, then climbed on and headed down the road to the park. Ronnie was astonished to see that all the light was coming from a small shoe-sized box. She knelt down next to it and lifted the lid. Inside was a remote control. Ronnie picked it up. A red light in the centre started flashing. Without thinking, Ronnie pushed the red button. Bang! An ear-splitting noise shattered the night. She jumped back quickly and before her eyes the remote turned into a gigantic doorway. Ronnie peered inside. action verbs 3rd person personal pronouns prepositional phrase to tell where short, simple sentence to support the speed of the events onomatopoeia to add atmosphere noun group with describing adjectives Extract from Grammar Rules! Student Book F, page 18 20 Description Social purpose Structure • To describe people, places or things • Orientation: introduction to the topic Forms • Logical sequence of descriptions about aspects of the topic • Narrative poetry, conversations, scientific reports, information reports • Conclusion: summing-up statement • Judgement or evaluation (optional) Visual elements • can include diagrams or photos with labels reference chain of nouns and pronouns evaluative language Uluru I recently visited Uluru with my family. It is the most incredible place that I have ever seen. Uluru stands 340 metres tall and it is 9.4 kilometres around its base. The rock probably extends five or six kilometres under the ground—so only a small percentage of it is above the ground, like an iceberg. It is really amazing when Uluru changes colour during the different stages of the day, such as sunset and sunrise. The play of light on the rock is a fascinating sight. The rock appears to change colour from red to bright orange to a dark, deep burnt orange, to shades of purple and mauve. The vast, open, flat land around Uluru is also very beautiful. It is filled with small native shrubs and flowers that miraculously survive in the dry red earth. Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park is world heritage listed. I can understand why. compound sentence figurative language–simile emotive words relating verbs adverb relative pronoun to join clauses noun group with adjectival phrase Extract from Grammar Rules! Student Book G, page 38 prepositional phrase to tell where 21 Discussion Social purpose Structure • To explore different points of view on a topic • Orientation: introduction to the issue Forms • Opinion for one side of the issue supported by reasons • Newspapers and magazines, journals, talkback radio, panel discussions, polarised debates, conversations • Differing opinion supported by reasons • Summing up • Recommendation or judgement (optional) thinking and feeling verbs relative pronoun to link clauses Top Wonder There are two incredible natural wonders in the world that are so vast they can be seen from outer space. They are the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia, and the Grand Canyon in the United States of America. Which of these is the most spectacular? Many people believe the Great Barrier Reef is the best natural wonder. At 2300 kilometres in length, it is the world’s largest coral reef system. Colonies of tiny coral polyps have built the reef over thousands of years. It is truly a miracle of nature. Other people think that the Grand Canyon deserves the title of best natural wonder in the world. The Canyon was carved out by the Colorado River over two billion years. The canyon is around 445 kilometres long and 1800 metres deep at its deepest point— that’s almost two kilometres. Both these wonders were created by nature and continue to evolve, but in my opinion the Great Barrier Reef is a truly beautiful and precious part of this planet and it gets my vote for best natural wonder of the world. Extract from Grammar Rules! Student Book G, page 60 connectives 22 high modality noun group with phrases evaluative language relating verb superlative adjectives Analysis of Student Work Samples Narrative Work Sample Context Students had explored fairytales and folktales. They had discussed the structure of a narrative text. They were reminded about the functions of the orientation, complication and resolution in narratives and were asked to write a tale that involved an imaginary creature. The student’s writing below contains the orientation and complication. A Mermaid Tale Once upon a time there lived three children they were best friends and lived 2 minutes away from the beach. They would walk to the beach every day after school to go for a swim and a play on the sand. Until one day something strange happened something very weird. The children meet at the school gate as they did every day after school to walk to the appropriate reference chains in the 3rd person narrative time words not explained beach together. Once they got there the water looked more welcoming than it ever did before. The children raced done to the water. Time had past when Freddy saw something in the water it wasn’t anything that he had ever seen before it had scales that shimmered in the sunlight it was a mermaid. Freddy tried to tell his friends but they just laughed and said that he was imagining things until the mermaid popped its head out of descriptive noun group connectives direct speech the water “hello” she said “I am shelly but you can call me shell” the three children looked in amazement “this cant be happening” said Alfie proper nouns as he rubbed his eyes . . . Work sample from 11-year-old student (typed by teacher with student’s spelling) Assessment Comments Structure of the mermaid, but the story does not include any strange or weird events involving the mermaid. The student begins this 3rd person narrative with Once upon a time . . . and then introduces the main characters and sets the scene for events. The complication arises when the story characters meet a mermaid. The student continues the story (not included in the sample text above) to describe the children playing with the mermaid and then going home, after promising to meet the mermaid again the next afternoon. Grammar The complication is not developed in the story: there is no problem for characters to resolve and no issues to overcome, so the story lacks interest and drive. There is some effective use of descriptive noun groups. Why the water looked more welcoming than it ever did before is not explained. The student needs to learn how to punctuate direct speech in a narrative. The student needs support recognising sentences and paragraphs. Why the mermaid appears in the first place and what the mermaid is doing there is not explained. The strange and weird happening is the appearance The student uses connectives appropriately to link events in time and through cause and effect. There is consistent use of 3rd person personal pronouns and correct use of noun/pronoun reference chains. The student makes appropriate use of past tense verbs, including a variety of thinking and feeling verbs, saying verbs, action verbs and relating verbs. Prepositional phrases are used to establish where and when events occur. The student uses an apostrophe for the contraction wasn’t but not for cant. 31 Description Work Sample Context Students were asked to write a description of an animal that they are personally familiar with, such as a pet. My Dog My dog is a Shih Tzu–Maltese cross. Her name is Turtle because my dad effective use of reference chain likes to watch the Three Stooges and he think it’s funny when Curly says turtle because he says it like ‘toitle’. Turtle is black and white. She is very fluffy and her fur keeps growing so we need to get her clipped quiet often. Sometimes her fur grows over her eyes. She has floppy ears. She has little pointy teeth like a vampire and when she growls and her lips curl back her bottom teeth stick out further than her top teeth and it looks really funny. She knows we are laughing at her and it makes her cranky. Turtle barks when anyone comes to the house. She thinks she is a good guard dog but she’s really a big chicken. She is a really funny little dog and I love her. relating verb quite complex sentence joined with too many ands overuse of really metaphor thinking and feeling verb noun group with adjectives Work sample from 12-year-old student (typed by teacher with student’s spelling) Assessment Comments Structure The student has included an orientation or opening statement, a series of descriptions about aspects of the topic (name of the dog, its colour, fur, teeth, and how it barks) and a conclusion that involves a judgement or evaluation. The student shows interest in presentation of written work and includes visual elements. Grammar The student has used a reference chain (of nouns and pronouns for the dog) effectively. 32 The student has written an awkward complex sentence consisting of clauses linked with and, when, and, and. The sentence should be split and reworked to clarify meaning and connect ideas more appropriately. The student overuses the modal adverb really and needs to develop use of other adverbs to show modality, such as extremely, positively, definitely, totally. Other comments The student needs to learn the difference between quiet and quite. Discussion Work Sample Context The class engaged in a polarised debate. After the debate students were asked to write a summary of the discussion in their journals. They were reminded of the structure of discussion texts and they were told to write their recommendation or judgement about the topic in the conclusion. Our school canteen should not sell any junk food. Our school canteen are deciding whether or not to sell junk food. Junk food means pies, sausage rolls, flavoured milks, and chips. Some people in my class think that junk food should be banned from school because they are making children fat and unhealthy. Some people in my class think that eating these foods once a week is not going to make you fat so they should not be banned from the canteen. They say you can have some bad foods every now and then and if you exercise it’s Ok to have inappropriate verb overuse of because overuse of think students in the class the canteen treats. The teacher says that the canteen likes to sell junk foods because they make more money to give to the school for things they need like computers. the school I think they should sell junk food at school because they don’t have to buy it. students They can have sandwiches. students Work sample from 8-year-old student (typed by teacher with spelling corrected) Assessment Comments Structure need to learn some alternative connectives to use instead of because). The student has included an orientation or opening statement to establish the topic. The student has included an opinion in favour of one side of the issue introduced by Some people . . . The student uses canteen are because he or she is referring to people on a committee. A canteen cannot decide anything so the student should state The Canteen Committee is . . . An alternative opinion is introduced by the phrase Some people. . . This opinion should have been introduced differently from the first opinion, for example Other people. An additional argument is introduced by The teacher says . . . The thinking and feeling verb think is used three times. The student needs to develop a more extensive repertoire of thinking and feeling verbs. There is a concluding statement that presents a judgement and recommendation. Grammar The student’s use of pronoun reference is very confusing. They is used to refer to the school, students and the canteen. The student also uses you to refer to students. Overuse of pronoun reference makes it difficult for a reader to connect the reference chains and make sense of a text. The student uses connectives appropriately to join points of view with reasons (although they do 33 The Fourth Year Scope Unit 1 2 3 4 and at Sequence Unit name/ Text type Clause to whole text level Sentences Cohesion: theme, and pronouns, lexical clauses chains, connectives A Tasty Invention sentences Response/Letter simple sentences The Case of the Missing Robots 1st and 2nd person personal pronouns: I, me, we, us, you 11 phrases noun groups with adjectives Poem/Description Nintendo personal pronouns 15 proper nouns 17 Molly’s Discovery conjunctions singular and plural nouns Narrative Search for the Lost Valley subject/verb agreement exclamations; onomatopoeia adverbs to tell how (circumstances of manner) Narrative Revision Discussion/Conversation direct (quoted) speech; speech marks evaluative words; apostrophes for contractions The Thing Inside saying verbs (verbal processes) modality; emotive words Narrative/Argument Where to Find the Hidden Treasure commands Wiz Bang 3000 Kitchen Hand personal pronouns action verbs (material prepositional processes) phrases and adverbs emotive words; modality Exposition/Persuasion/ Advertisement Discovery: A New Species noun groups; determiners; comparing adjectives Description 18 relating verbs (relational processes) time words and phrases (circumstances of time) Procedure/Directions 16 prepositional phrases (circumstances of place) questions and statements Recount Trampolines 14 technical words Information report 12 13 saying verbs (verbal processes); thinking and feeling verbs (mental processes) Revision Penicillin 10 Adverbs and prepositional phrases (Circumstances) noun groups with adjectives fact and opinion Response/Film review My Special Place 9 Verbs and verb groups (Processes) thinking and feeling verbs (mental processes) personal pronouns: she, he, him, her, they, them, it 6 8 Nouns and noun groups (Participants) proper and common thinking and feeling nouns verbs (mental processes) Recount Dear Nana and Pop Word and word group level proper and common action verbs (material nouns processes); past tense Recount Inventing Potato Chips 7 Mood and modality, language and vocabulary Museum Visit Narrative 5 School: Student Book D Revision 41 Unit 19 Unit name/ Text type Clause to whole text level Sentences Cohesion: theme, pronouns, lexical and clauses chains, connectives Voyagers 21 Professor Snodgrass Fails Again 26 27 28 29 apostrophes for possession Dinosaur Found at Local School Recount/Newspaper article stereotypes indirect (reported) speech emotive words; sensationalism time words Narrative 33 34 The Best New Invention 42 adverbs and prepositions (circumstances of time) connectives modality noun groups lexical chains metaphor describing adjectives commands number adjectives action verbs (material adverbs to tell processes) how (circumstances of manner) technical language; evaluative language nouns action verbs (material processes) evaluative language noun groups; classifying adjectives Discussion Breakfast Inventions Poem/Description Wart, Fester and Carbuncle Remover Procedure/Recipe How Does the Alarm Bed Work? connectives Explanation How to Use the Drolley (or Dog Trolley) Revision Sales Pitch for Garden Juice Exposition/Persuasion 1st and 2nd person personal pronouns; I, me, us, we, you Trying to Negotiate direct Discussion/Conversation (quoted) speech synonyms statements; questions; commands; exclamations Dear Diary direct (quoted) speech; speech marks lexical chains; synonyms evaluative language commas in noun lists 3rd person personal pronouns homophones Response/Diary The Invention of Money noun groups; collective nouns; describing and number adjectives Information report 35 past, present and future tense Revision 30 32 Adverbs and prepositional phrases (Circumstances) specific participants Procedure/Instructions 31 Verbs and verb groups (Processes) general and specific participants direct (quoted) speech 24 25 simile; idiom connectives The Jacket 23 Nouns and noun groups (Participants) Exposition/Argument/ Speech Narrative/Comic strip 22 Mood and modality, language and vocabulary Poem/Description Everyone Should Recycle 20 Word and word group level Revision general participants; commas in noun lists Student Book D Grammar Focus: Nouns, action verbs Text type: Recount Establish a context for Museum Visit by asking students about their experiences of museums. If students have never been to a museum, explain the concept to them. Read Museum Visit with students. Show them the location of Canberra on a map of Australia. Decide where the writer of Museum Visit might live if they had to drive two hours to get to the museum. Discuss the way time is sequenced in recount texts. List the words in Museum Visit that tell the time sequence: 7 am, 10 am, after lunch, five o’clock. Jointly construct a timeline for the events in the recount. Talk to students about proper and common nouns. Brainstorm things in the classroom that are proper and common nouns. Make lists for display. Make a list of nouns for things a visitor might see in a museum. Discuss the rule about action verbs. Make sure that students understand that the form of the Unit 1 verb changes to show that actions happened in the past. Discuss actions that students did yesterday. Begin a sentence with Yesterday we . . . and have each student add a past tense action verb. For example, Yesterday we read, ran, jumped, walked, sat, looked, listened, played . . . Create a word bank of past tense action verbs that students can refer to for spelling and writing. Jointly construct a class recount. Make sure students recognise the words that organise the recount in a time sequence. Time order can also be called chronological order. Gifted students could investigate other words with the prefix chrono, which means ‘time’, and present their findings to the class. Have students independently construct recounts. Assess their use of nouns, action verbs, and time order. Grammar Focus: Nouns, thinking and feeling verbs Text type: Recount Read A Tasty Invention with students. Point out that the first few sentences of the recount are used to give background information. Tell students that an earl is a British nobleman and that Sandwich was the name of the place where Montagu was an earl. Discuss the way events described in the recount are written in time order: first this happened and then that happened and then the next thing happened. Remind students that sentences start with a capital letter and end in a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Ask individual students to present an oral reading of the text, reading one sentence at a time per student, to clearly mark the end of each sentence. Student Book D Unit 2 read the proper nouns in the class lists and charts. They can imagine they are earls and they can use these accents to have fun with ‘proper’ nouns. Reinforce students’ understanding of thinking and feeling verbs by having them say what they think of the Earl of Sandwich and his invention and how they feel about sandwiches. Have them use their ‘proper’ accents. Create a class list of thinking and feeling verbs to display in the room. Interested students or students who need extension in English could use a thesaurus to expand the list. Words on the list could be grouped with synonyms or antonyms. Have students write personal recounts and then present these to the class as spoken texts. Remind students that proper nouns start with a capital letter. List the days of the week and the months of the year on charts for classroom use. Point out the capital letters for these proper nouns. Use a ‘proper’ (or very formal) accent and have students try out different ‘proper’ accents to 43
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