20860_Editing_explanations_Years_4_and_5
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How does velcro work?<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters for sentence beginnings<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
• Commas in lists<br />
• Apostrophes to show possession<br />
• Exclamation marks<br />
Grammar<br />
• Subject-verb agreement<br />
• Adjectives<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
Vocabulary<br />
• Antonyms<br />
• Synonyms<br />
Teacher information<br />
An explanation seeks to explain how things work or how or why things happen.<br />
Answers<br />
Velcro is a h<strong>and</strong>y fastener you will have seen<br />
on shoes, clothes <strong>and</strong> other everyday objects. You<br />
need two different strips of velcro to make it work.<br />
One of the strips has tiny nylon or polyester hooks all<br />
over it. The other strip is covered in nylon loops,<br />
although it feels furry to touch. When the two strips are<br />
pressed together, the hooks grab the loops so<br />
the strips are held firmly. The clever thing<br />
about velcro is that it can be pulled apart <strong>and</strong><br />
rejoined—thous<strong>and</strong>s of times over. The inventor<br />
of velcro got the idea from trying to pull prickles<br />
out of his dog’s fur!<br />
is<br />
everyday<br />
need<br />
has<br />
covered<br />
feels<br />
grab<br />
clever<br />
is<br />
inventor<br />
prickles<br />
fur<br />
1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
2. (a) Verbs are underlined.<br />
(b)<br />
Velcro is, you need, one of the strips has, it feels, hooks grab, velcro is<br />
(i) Adjectives are underlined in bold.<br />
Answers should include three of the following: h<strong>and</strong>y, everyday, different, tiny, nylon,<br />
polyester, furry, two, clever<br />
(ii) Teacher check<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
everyday, covered, clever, inventor, prickles, fur<br />
4. (a) Teacher check. Possible answers include:<br />
(i) same, similar (ii) together (iii) uncovered<br />
(iv) pull<br />
(b) (i) snatch (ii) detach, divide (iii) hide, conceal<br />
(iv) labour, toil<br />
68 <strong>Editing</strong> skills R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au
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