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Unit 6: who has the pendant?
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Master Charles E. Worthington
72 Surrey-on-Stoke Road
Stoketon Village
May 22, 2008
Dear Master Worthington:
We received your fax dated 5.14.08 regarding the loss of your pendant. We understand your concern.
We at Gem Private Detectives specialize in locating stolen jewelry. We have been in business for 75 years. During this time, our company has helped hundreds of people locate their lost precious items. We have a reputation for fast and professional service. Gem Private Detectives has offices in London and Glasgow and employs more then 50 detectives.
To help our investigation, please send us a detailed description of the lost pendant.
Yours sincerely,
Eliot T. Smythe
Gem Private Detectives
GPD
Gem Private Detective54 hiGh street
you lose, we finD
Attention all officers, attention all officers. Please be on the lookout for a young boy.
He is about 4.5 feet tall, with a fair complexion and long, brown hair. Eyes are green. He is wearing
denim jeans, a red striped T-shirt and white sneakers. He was last seen near Big Ben at 11:55 am.
The boy is not a thief and is not considered dangerous. Please ask him to come with you to
police headquarters.Headquarters out.
In the texts
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1 Read the texts on pages 54 and 55 to complete the table.
Title of text What text type is it? Is it a written Is there a description
or spoken text? within the text?
Chapter 2:
A London Rooftop
Master Charles
E. Worthington
Attention all
officers
2 On pages 54 and 55, circle the descriptions of:
a the view from the roof Done
b Gem Private Detectives Done
c the boy wanted by police Done
3 List the adjectives used in these descriptions in question 2.
the view from the roof Gem Private Detectives the boy wanted by police
4 The letter on page 55 is addressed to Master Worthington.
Master Charles E. Worthington is a formal way of addressing Charlie.
a Write your full name. _______________________________________________________________
b How would someone address you formally?
______________________________________________________________________________________
c How would someone address you informally?
______________________________________________________________________________________
Read and learn
1 Complete the sentences with adjectives from the word bank.
Word bank old Edwardian spiked biggest dizzy pierced
church Modern big central
a Exactly one _____________________ second later they landed on the roof of an
_____________________ house looking down over _____________________ London.
b “Europe’s _____________________ city!” cried Vika.
c _____________________ towers of glass and steel broke up the skyline of
_____________________ buildings and _____________________ spires.
d A girl with _____________________ hair, a _____________________ nose and some very
_____________________ boots was standing there.
2 Answer these questions about GPD.
a What does GPD stand for?
______________________________________________________________________________________
b What does GPD specialize in?
______________________________________________________________________________________
c How long has GPD been in business? _____________________________________________
d How many detectives work at GPD?_______________________________________________
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3 Hold something in your hand, such as a pencil case, and pretend it is a
police radio like the one on page 55. Practice reading the radio broadcast aloud.
a Ask a classmate to listen to you. Done
b Describe how this text should be read. Explain why.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
4 Draw and label a picture to match the description of the boy.
Your turn
1 Draw what you think the lost pendant might look like.
Label your drawing using nouns and adjectives.
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2 Write a letter to Detective Eliot T. Smythe with a
detailed description of the pendant.
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A description describes a particular person, place or thing.It is often part of a longer text. It uses:• noungroups• adjectives• relating,thinkingandfeelingverbs• descriptivewords.
Make up GPD’s address.
Write today’s date.
Who will you address the letter to? Eliot? Mr Smythe? Eliot T. Smythe? GPD? Someone else?
Write a short introduction that explains the purpose of your letter.
Describe the pendant.
Write one sentence to sum up what you want.
How will you end the letter? See ya? Love from? Yours sincerely? Something else?
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Prepositions
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A preposition is a word that relates one thing to another.
A preposition often refers to where something is, eg the pendant is on the table.
Examples of prepositions in on up under over across behind
past down near into at on top next to of in between
1 Draw pictures to help you remember these prepositions.
eg
under the bed by the back door
2 Prepositions come before a noun or noun group. Underline the nouns or
noun groups, and circle the prepositions.
eg They landed on the roof.
a There was a girl with spiked hair.
b See the spires of Westminster Abbey.
c TheofficesinLondonandGlasgow.
d A girl was shouting at a boy.
e Let’s meet outside the Edwardian house.
the fenceover around
the bend
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3 Use the prepositions in the word bank to complete the sentences.
Word bank of with over near up throughout
a Charlie held _____________________ the Markets.
b We had a pendant _____________________ our family crest.
c I swapped it _____________________ a boy.
d Big Ben is _____________________ there.
e He was last seen _____________________ Big Ben.
f Policeofficersaresearching____________________________ the area.
4 Continue the description of the girl.
The girl with spiked hair was standing near St. Paul’s Cathedral. She was
shouting at a boy standing near her. Her spiked hair was red with streaks of
brown. She had a silver nose ring through her nose. Her boots were black with
long laces and …
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
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5 Circle the prepositions in the description above. Done
6 Use the description
to draw the girl.
Interesting things I’ve read, seen or done lately.
Cut and stick
pictures from
magazines or
newspapers.
cool games
GREAT WEBSITES
Cut and stick
Best part
Hardest part
Most interesting
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
WEBSITES
My stuff
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Best partBest part
Hardest partHardest part
Most interestingMost interesting
Unit 5:Sending messages
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Interesting things I’ve read, seen or done lately.
Diarydrawings
poetryPLAYS
Best part
Hardest part
Most interesting
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Books read
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Interesting things I’ve read, seen or done lately.
Cut and stick
pictures from
magazines or
newspapers.
cool games
GREAT WEBSITES
Cut and stick
Best part
Hardest part
Most interesting
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
WEBSITES
My stuff
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Best partBest part
Hardest partHardest part
Most interestingMost interesting
Unit 5:Sending messages
TE-MP Bk 1 pp.indd 62 28/10/09 3:21 PM
Interesting things I’ve read, seen or done lately.
Diarydrawings
poetryPLAYS
Best part
Hardest part
Most interesting
12
34
56
78
910
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Unit 6: who has the pendant?
Books read
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Print your name here:
Start of test
Read the texts on pages 46 and 47, and answer questions 1 to 9.
1 The main topic of the texts is O the telephone. O media. O ways to send messages.
2 A factual recount tells O a story. O what happened, where and when. O what something looks like.
3 The texts are in the O past tense. O present tense. O future tense.
4 The ancient Greeks sent messages by
O email. O telephone. O belts.
5 The inventor of the electric speaking telegraph was
O Alexander Melville Bell. O Alexander Graham Bell. O Thomas Watson.
6 The transmitter is the part of a telephone
O where sound waves are changed. O that you speak into. O that you hold to your ear.
Use a pencil. DO NOT use a pen. If you make a mistake, erase it and try again.
Assessment: Units 5 and 6
This is a test to see how well you understand what you have read, and to see what you know about using language, spelling and punctuation. It is also a writing test.
InstructionsRead each question carefully. Some questions will ask you to read a text from another page in this book before answering.
There are three different ways to show your answer:• Shadethebubblenexttothecorrect
answer. O • Writeawordinabox. answer • Writeanumberinabox. 1
(First name) (Last name)
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7 The diary is written in the O 1st person plural (we). O 3rd person plural (they). O 1st person singular (I).
8 Spam is email that O just arrived. O you want. O you don’t want.
9 In what order did these events happen? Write a number from 1 to 4 in each box.
Alexander Bell invented the telephone.
The World Wide Web became the main way to share information.
The ancient Greeks used belts to send messages.
The Internet was invented.
Read the texts on pages 54 and 55, and answer questions 10 to 13.
10 The text that begins Chapter 2 is from a
O description. O narrative. O letter.
11 The main text on page 55 is a O letter. O narrative. O description.
12 Who has big boots and spiked hair?
O Vika O the girl shouting at the boy O Big Ben
13 The letter addressed to Master Worthington includes a
O fax about Gem Private Detectives. O narrative about Gem Private
Detectives. O description of Gem Private
Detectives.
14 Which punctuation mark is missing?
“Wow ” cried Vika. O question mark (?) O period (.) O exclamation mark (!)
15 Which punctuation mark is missing?
“How could you be so SILLY Charlie ” she cried.
O comma (,) O question mark (?) O period (.)
The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been circled. Write the correct spelling for each circled word in the box.
16 They were looking doun over London.
17 Could you plees send us a description?
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Assessment: Units 5 and 6
18 The subjects and verbs he tries, she bashes and it comes are O 1st person singular. O 3rd person singular. O 3rd person plural.
19 Shade two bubbles to show which underlined words should have a capital letter. O O O O
the messenger gave lysander a secret message.
20 An adjective is a O describing word. O naming word. O action or doing word.
21 Which words are the adjectives in this text? He is a young boy. He is tall, with a fair complexion and long, brown hair. O fair, boy, complexion O is, with, and O young, tall, fair, long, brown
22 Which preposition is missing? GPDhasoffices____________ London. O with O in O under
23 Which preposition is missing? He had a red T-shirt ____________ stripes on it. O of O with O after
Shade two bubblesO O
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24 A famous film maker is making a new film — and you want your friend to be in it! Let the film maker know all about your friend.
Start by drawing a picture of your friend.
Add labels to your picture, using nouns and adjectives.
Now, write a description of your friend.
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