National English Skills 7

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Exploring the information report Fill in the following chart for each paragraph in the koala information report. For paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, identify the topic sentence and briefly summarise the supporting information in your own words. Paragraph 1: Introduction Definition: Structure of the koala report Paragraph 2 Topic sentence: Supporting information: Paragraph 3 Topic sentence: Supporting information: Paragraph 4 Topic sentence: Supporting information: Paragraph 5: Conclusion Summarise the conclusion: 5: Informing 41
• • • • Writing an information report • • • • • • • • • Select a subject that interests you from the list below, or think of your own. Write an information report on your topic, keeping in mind the key features of reports. dinosaurs spiders clothes elephants beaches food supermarkets computers money television water climate the internet soccer netball Title: Introduction and definition: Paragraphs providing factual information: A concluding statement: 42 National English Skills 7
Page 1 and 2: WORKBOOK National English Skills 7
Page 3 and 4: This edition published in 2021 by M
Page 5 and 6: 4 Recounting.......................
Page 7 and 8: 15 Fantasy ........................
Page 9 and 10: Acknowledgements The author and pub
Page 11 and 12: Look at these two texts: a road sig
Page 13 and 14: Advertisement Fresh eggs, Creamier
Page 15 and 16: Magazine covers $7.95 cycling for e
Page 17 and 18: • • • Identifying purpose and
Page 19 and 20: In adulthood, Oodgeroo turned to po
Page 21 and 22: So serious have these problems beco
Page 23 and 24: Diary Samuel Pepys is famous for hi
Page 25 and 26: Language Introducing nouns A noun i
Page 27 and 28: Nouns—qualities Complete each sen
Page 29 and 30: Through the dialogue of the charact
Page 31 and 32: Plays and films Plays, films, telev
Page 33 and 34: Novels A novel has all the features
Page 35 and 36: Comic strips Comic strips are narra
Page 37 and 38: Using proper and common nouns to co
Page 39 and 40: 4 Recounting What is a recount? Rec
Page 41 and 42: How well did you read? 1 Why had th
Page 43 and 44: Tuesday, 7 July 1992 Dear Mimmy, Th
Page 45 and 46: Animals Select the correct collecti
Page 47 and 48: 5 Informing What is an information
Page 49: 6 What happens when a tsunami enter
Page 53 and 54: Making adjectives Complete each phr
Page 55 and 56: Checking spelling and meaning Write
Page 57 and 58: 23 The day of the year when an even
Page 59 and 60: Spelling rules How to form noun plu
Page 61 and 62: Adding ‘ing’ 1 When changing th
Page 63 and 64: 7 Looking at the movies Camera shot
Page 65 and 66: 2 Look at the White Witch and the s
Page 67 and 68: Film posters Charlie and the Chocol
Page 69 and 70: Shrek 2 There have been four Shrek
Page 71 and 72: • • • Creating a fantasy stor
Page 73 and 74: 8 The Dreaming and beyond Stories f
Page 75 and 76: The dispossessed Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Page 77 and 78: The stolen children The words ‘th
Page 79 and 80: The English also borrowed new words
Page 81 and 82: Greek words in English There are ma
Page 83 and 84: 9 Words in action Your success as a
Page 85 and 86: Vocabulary building Key words For e
Page 87 and 88: Synonyms and antonyms A synonym is
Page 89 and 90: Using antonyms Select an antonym fr
Page 91 and 92: 10 Multimedia texts What is a multi
Page 93 and 94: Understanding multimedia 1 What is
Page 95 and 96: 3 List the five major sections on t
Page 97 and 98: Understanding multimedia 1 What doe
Page 99 and 100: 2 Design a website Imagine that you
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Plot The plot is the novel’s stor
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Structure A winter scene District i
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Describing the setting 1 Where is t
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•• Robyn •• Meeting the cha
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Determination But I wondered if Cap
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12 Poets paint word pictures What i
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Identifying similes Identify the si
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Comprehending the metaphor 1 Throug
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6 ‘And howls and hollos long and
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5 Who are the ‘surgeons in shirt-
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13 The short story What is a short
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All the same, there was something s
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3 Why don’t the other kids like t
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14 Heroes What is a hero? A hero is
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How well did you read? 1 What is th
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out to his father for help, but Dae
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8 The sailors tied him to the mast
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Modality can be strong, moderate or
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15 Fantasy What is fantasy? Fantasy
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4 ‘How cold you look’. What phy
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How well did you read? 1 What is th
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lnserting adverbs Replace the words
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16 Let’s punctuate When we are sp
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Full stops, question marks and excl
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Commas and capitals Rewrite the fol
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8 the ranger declared californian r
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Whose indicates possession. Whose c
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How well do you read? 1 Why had the
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Clauses Language Clauses and animal
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Animal words The sounds of animals
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the ground trembling, the grass tea
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Giving a speech Careful planning an
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Presentation suggestions 1 Use your
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Your imaginary speech I am: Introdu
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Back-of-the-book dictionary accumul
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