20895 ACE Language (Yr 6) Structures and Language Features

Text structure
and organisation
Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and
play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic,
humorous and persuasive purposes and effects (ACELA1518)
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Answers
Young cyclist remains in coma ........................page 12
1. (a) a newspaper reporter
(b) third
(c) facts
(d) the general public
(e) It was written to give information.
(f) Answers may include: a headline so readers will read on to fi nd out
what happened, a photo of the boy, comments by the boy’s father
and the truck driver
2. (a) The boy
(b) fi rst
(c) It expresses opinions as well as facts.
(d) It was written to persuade others to wear their helmets.
(e) parents, teachers and students from the school
(f) wear bike helmets
3 (a) It says the helmet was found on the handlebars.
(b) The boy tells them he wasn’t wearing his helmet and it was his
fault, and that they should wear theirs.
(c) Answers will vary but may include information about the purposes
for which the two texts were written; i. e. one to give information
to the public and the other to persuade students and others to
wear bike helmets, the intended audience, the media it was written
for and the people who wrote it.
Glen Wallace Primary School newsletter .......page 13
1. (a) The text tells the story of what happened, then tells people what
the writer thinks they should think about and do.
(b) Answers will vary but may include that the boy did it for a more
dramatic effect, that he wanted his readers to know the whole
story, or he thought it would be more persuasive if he did it that
way.
(c) Answers will vary. Teacher check
2. (a) Examples include: ’remains in a coma’, ’expressed his family’s
gratitude’, ’praised the actions’, ’Their on-going concern’ and ’the
actions of the paramedics’
(b) Examples include: ’I ended up in hospital’, ’They were pretty upset’,
’The physios were tough’, ’Dad got mad with me’, ’still not right’
and ’having a really bad day’
3. Answers may include:
(a) sad, sorry, regretful, miserable, foolish, embarrassed, stupid, sore,
upset, worried, jealous, frightened
(b) anxious, worried, frightened, angry, cross, grateful, concerned,
hopeful, sad, miserable
(c) embarrassed, worried, uncertain, confused, anxious, sympathetic
(d) sad, angry, concerned, admiring, determined, grateful
4. When: Tuesday afternoon
Where: Juniper Avenue near the local shopping centre
What: A boy was knocked off his bike and is in a coma
How: He was hit by a truck
Why: He lost control of his bike and it skidded onto the road.
How hovercraft work ......................................page 16
1. (a) Yes (b) Yes (c) Yes (d) Yes (e) Yes (f) Yes (g) Yes
2. (a) who, where, what and why should be ticked (b) ticked (c) ticked
(d) ticked (e) ticked (f) ticked
3. (a) Examples include: pressurised air, all-terrain vehicle, main body,
skirts, hovers, glides, friction, rudders, thrust, environmentally,
footprint, pressure, scientifi c principle
(b) Examples include: rocked, rose, waking up, rising, clambered,
gliding, pirouetting, tiptoed, sank
(c) Examples include: sleek, powerful, purposefully, rounded, rumbling,
aquamarine, fossilised, ancient
Dance of the hovercraft ..................................page 17
1. (a) How hovercraft work
(b) It would be an explanation with information about hovercraft.
(c) Dance of the hovercraft
(d) The author wanted to compare the way hovercraft move with
dancing and to say how special it is.
2. dancing sideways, like a ballet dancer rising to her feet, pirouetting
gracefully, tiptoed onto the beach
3. (a) like a ballet dancer rising to her feet, as orange as rust, like a ship
of the desert (i.e. a camel)
(b) dancing sideways, pirouetting gracefully, tiptoed onto the beach
4. When it stopped it very gently settled down onto the sand like a camel.
Coyote (Canis latrans) .....................................page 20
1. (a) ’report’, ’present’ and ’to inform’ should be circled
(b) ’narrative’, ’past’ and ’to entertain’ should be circled.
2. (a) B (b) AB (c) A (d) A (e) B (f) B (g) A (h) B (i) B (j) A (k) B (l) A
3. Possible answer: There are sub headings for each paragraph in ’Coyote’
4. Answers may include: howl, mammal, digits, forefeet, hind feet,
digitigrade, territory, natural habitat, den, stalk, track, quarry
5. A very long time ago; Now, before I continue; Finally; Then; When they
were in a tangled mess; When they fi nally
Dogs’ tails .........................................................page 21
1. clumsily tripping, fi nally made, frantically snatched, desperately raced
off
2. adaptable, varied, fresh spoiled, unpalatable
3. (a) Canis latrans – a member of the dog family
(b) Answers may include: varied diet; eats mice, rabbits, squirrels, fi sh,
insects, berries, reptiles, poultry, sheep and deer; eats both fresh
and spoiled food; will eat unpalatable coyote melons
(c) Answers may include: born blind, suckle for 5–7 weeks, remain
in den until they start hunting at 6–10 weeks, independent by 12
months
(d) Teacher check
4. (a) Teacher check
(b) Possible answer: It may be referring to the image of dogs looking
and sniffi ng at each other’s tail
(c) Possible answers: some actions, facial expressions, voice changes,
sound effects
Windfarms: how good are they? ...................page 24
1. (a) No (b) Yes (c) Yes (d) Yes (e) No (f) Yes (g) No
2. (a) The words ’It is claimed ...’ start the paragraph.
(b) Answers may include: the wind energy industry is booming, by
2050 one third of the world’s electricity will be generated by wind,
electricity produced by windfarms is renewable, costs are low, less
fossil fuel is being burned, greenhouse gases are being reduced,
They cause no air or water pollution, do not harm the environment.
3. (a) against
(b) Answers may include: Some have been shut down because of high
costs; there have been complaints about blade glint and noise;
health issues such as anxiety, epilepsy, insomnia, hearing loss; and
children’s speech and learning diffi culties; bird deaths
(c) They say the health issues could be caused by people’s anxiety, not
the windfarms.
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