WRITING BOOKLET Grade 5 – Term 2

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TOPIC PAGE

UNIT 1 – DESCRIBING PEOPLE……………………….……………………………………………………………………………….. 2-4

UNIT 2 – CHARACTER ANALYSIS……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5-8

UNIT 3 – CREATING A CHARACTER………………….……………………………………………………………………………. 9-10

UNIT 4 – CHILDHOOD MEMORIES…………………………………………………………………………………………………11-15

UNIT 5 – EDITING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16-17

UNIT 6 – FINAL DRAFT…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18

EXTRA ACTIVITIES.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………19-20

REFERENCES AND STUDENT EVALUATION ……………………………………………………………………………………… 21

NOTES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 22-24

CONTENTS

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A. What is an adjective? Which adjectives can you use to describe people?

B. Read the poem below and circle all the adjectives.

C. Read about the people below. Underline the adjectives that describe people. The first one is done

for you.

UNIT 1 – DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Sugar is sweet,

And so are you!

Did you know, we could use adjectives to

give us details about people!

Gary (college student):

Well, I am tall and athletic. I play different sports: basketball,

football, and soccer. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. My friends say

I am friendly and nice. I am very talkative and love to discuss my

ideas.

Julie (journalist):

I am small, but I am strong! Sometimes I am shy around people I don’t

know, but with my friends and family I am very outgoing. My mom says

I have a pretty smile. She also likes my long, curly hair. I am always

optimistic. I am young but I behave older than I am.

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D. Use the describing words you found to fill in the chart.

Physical Appearance Personality Actions and behaviour

UNIT 1 – DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Mary (artist):

I have a very spontaneous nature. I am young, cheerful, and lively. I

am always active so it is easy for me to keep slim. I love to wear

colourful clothes. I have a creative mind and am very passionate about

my job.

Walter (doctor):

I am near sighted, so I wear glasses. I have a dark complexion and black,

wavy hair. I am focused and eager. I am not lazy! I am very patient. I work

long hours, but I am never bored at my job. It is so interesting! I don’t want

a boring life. I am energetic and I want to be successful.

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E. Describe yourself using adjectives

Physical Appearance Personality Actions and behaviour

F. Using the adjectives from part E, write two sentences about yourself. Be ready to share it!

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UNIT 1 – DESCRIBING PEOPLE

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UNIT 2 – CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Personality traits Physical traits

What is character analysis? Character analysis tells us all about the character. It tells us about two very important traits about the character. They are:

Thoughts

What we see – the appearance

Actions and behaviour

Words

Feelings

We use character analysis a lot

to talk about different

characters in the books we read

or the movies we watch.

You are right! Each character

is different in and character

analysis helps us to identify

their traits.

Yes, character traits give us

information special to each

character in the story.

Helping us get to know them!

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A. Let’s use ourselves as examples! How would you describe yourself? Just write words and phrases.

UNIT 2 – CHARACTER ANALYSIS

What is your name?

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Why is you’re your character important?

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What kind of a person are you? State

your personality traits.

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What do you look like? State your

physical traits.

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How do you normally act? State your

personality traits – actions and behaviours.

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Where do you live? What kind of life do you have? Are famous?

Interest? Easy-going? Fun? State some personal facts.

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B. Practise analysing story characters. Pick a character from a book or movie and complete the activity

below.

1. What does your character look like? State the physical traits below.

2. What kind of a character is this character? State the personality traits below (including

feelings, thought, actions and behaviour).

3. What other important details should we know about your character? State personal facts

about the character.

4. Why is your character important or not? State their role in the story (are they the main

character? Are they good or bad? Are they a helping character?)

My Character’s name

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C. Use the information in part B to write an introductory paragraph about your chosen character.

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CHECKLIST 1. Topic sentence – Who is your character and which story they are from?

2. Body sentence – personality traits, physical traits and personal facts about your character.

3. Closing sentence – the role of your character in the story, their important etc.

4. Make sure you use at least 10 adjectives when describing your character.

UNIT 2 – CHARACTER ANALYSIS

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D. Time to create your own character! Create your own character. You must include enough details to

write about your character.

E. Write a paragraph about your character. Tell us your character’s name, what he/she looks like, all of

the personal facts about your character, and all about their personality traits.

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UNIT 3 – CREATING A CHARACTER

Name: ______________________________

Age: _____________________________

Personality traits:

Personal Facts:

Physical traits:

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F. IMAGINE - this character you created was in a story. Write :

- What is your character’s role

- Why he / she is important in the story, what your character does in the story and why

- How your character changed in the story

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Make sure you use adjectives to describe your character!

Don’t forget to use a topic sentence, body sentences and a closing

sentence.

UNIT 3 – CREATING A CHARACTER

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A. Read about one of Ms İpek’s childhood memories and answer the questions.

1. Why were they in Spain?

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2. Who did she go with to Spain?

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3. What was she doing on the beach?

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4. What happened on the beach?

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5. Who helped her?

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UNIT 4 – CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

I will never forget what happened to me during a family holiday in Mallorca, Spain when I was a child. I was

only about 10 years old but the memory will probably stay with me forever. I was on holiday with my

parents, my aunt, uncle and my cousin who is two years younger than me. We went to the beach and my

cousin and I went to play in the sea next to an old rowing boat leaving my parents close by to sunbathe.

After a while my cousin got bored and went back to my parents leaving me alone. Later, I decided to go

back too but when I looked up and down the beach I couldn’t see any of my family. I was panicking,

running up and down the beach but couldn’t find anyone. I started to cry. Eventually a woman helped me

find a policeman who began to call other police on his radio. In the end, I saw my mother, who was also

crying, running toward me. She gave me a big hug.

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B. Brainstorm about different memories you have. E.g. someone interesting who you met recently?

A funny memory from your summer holiday. / When you got your first pet or sibling? / The

happiest moment in your life. / When you first met your best friend?

C. Choose a memory from part B and write it down in detail. Be ready to share!

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UNIT 4 – CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Memories

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D. Your parents have many childhood memories. Read the questions below and circle 5 questions

you can ask in an interview.

1. Did you have any childhood injury/sickness? What happened?

2. What was family life like as a child?

3. What was your favourite toy/ book/ game/ food as a child?

4. What do you remember most from your elementary school years?

5. Write about your best friend as a child and the experiences you had together. What has

happened to that friendship since childhood?

6. What was the biggest trouble you got into as a child? Describe what you did or didn’t do to

deserve what happened to you.

7. What was your greatest childhood success? How did it make you feel? How did this success

affect you in life?

8. Can you describe your personality as a child? In what ways has it changed as you’ve

gotten older? In what ways has it stayed the same?

9. Can you describe the home you grew up in? If you lived in several different homes,

describe one or discuss the reasons for the frequent moves.

10. Can you describe an important family holiday? Where did you go? Why did you go there?

What did you do? How did you travel?

UNIT 4 – CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

To make writing interesting, it is important to talk about

specific events with enough detail so that we can paint the

picture in the reader’s mind.

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A. Use the 5 questions you have chosen in part D to interview a parent about their childhood

memories. Complete the chart with notes from the interview. Remember that notes are main ideas

and key words rather than all the details.

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B. Chose 3 memories from part E that you know in detail and find interesting. Then write a summary

paragraph for each memory. Give each memory a subtitle.

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A. Answer the following questions

1. What is editing?

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2. Who is an editor?

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3. What could you edit?

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B. How can you edit your own paper?

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C. Examine the editing symbols below and guess what the editor meant after editing the text below.

Capital Letter =

No Capital Letter /

Punctuation O

Spelling O

Sentence ( )

Add ^

Omit [ ]

Separate words S

Combine words

UNIT 5 – EDITING

I realli don’t like justin bieber.

He Really annoys me. I

listening to his his music

yesterday and itmade me very

angry. (When I am going to is)

home I all ways listen to other

music instead.

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D. Edit the text below using the editing symbols below.

Tha Most Beautiful Flower

i think that a lilose is the most Beautiful flowr. This is not a real flower; a lilose is a combination of a

lily and a rose. Because of this, it smell like both a rose and a lily, and it also have all of the colors of

both flowers. Each petal is a different color, and each flower smells like parfum. Perfume is very nice.

Liloses are so lovely to see and smell that to keep some always like I in a vase in my house. They make

every room luk pretty and smell nice For these reasons, lilrose is my favorite flower.

E. Write a second draft of the text you edited in part D.

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UNIT 5 – EDITING

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A. Write your final draft of your parent’s childhood memories. Check what your editor has noted down for

you to change. Make sure correct all mistakes you have made in the first draft.

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UNIT 6 – FINAL DRAFT

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A. How do you describe a character?

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B. What important details do you need to think of when creating a new character?

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C. Why is it important to edit work?

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D. Choose a character from below and complete the character analysis about it.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Name: ______________________________

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Personality traits:

Personal Facts:

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Evaluate Yourself

I know so much more about character analysis now. I learned a lot, such as:

I think I learned… Some parts of character analysis were too challenging for me! I still need to work on…

I know so much more about editing now. I learned a lot, such as:

I think I learned… Some parts of editing were too challenging for me! I still need to work on…

Evaluate the Booklet

I liked the booklet because… I didn’t enjoy it so much because…

REFERENCES AND STUDENT EVALUATION

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