Year 6 (English - Checkpoint Revision)

Categorise the type of text according to the non- fiction class.

Christopher Columbus is well-known as an explorer. He was born in Genoa, in Italy, in 1451, but later lived in Portugal, where he was taught how to make maps and pilot a ship. He’s famous for discovering America, although it was already populated of course

• Persuasive Text

• Biography

• Formal Letter

• Newspaper report

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

Diary is written in the third person context.

TRUE or FALSE

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.1C

Newspaper report tells the reader the story right at the very beginning.

TRUE or FALSE

• False

• True

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CCSS.RI.6.5

It’s an exciting, thrilling and a roller coaster of a trip!

Identify the persuasive technique (s) in the sentence given above.

• Alliteration

• Triple

• Emotive language

What are the features of a newspaper report?

• Past tense

• First - person pronouns

• Events described in chronological orders

• 5 Fancy Facts in the main body

The features listed below are of a non - fiction text.

Identify the non - fiction consists of these features:

• Not organised in order of time.
• Written in third person
• Do not include personal feelings
• Focused on a single topic and includes various facts about this topic (a country, animal, religion, planet or sport)

• Newspaper report

• Diary entry

• Autobiography

• Non - chronological report

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

A 16-year-old boy has become the youngest person to trek to the South Pole. Lewis Clarke, from Bristol, has spent almost 50 days battling temperatures as low as -40°C and winds of up to 193 kilometres per hour. The challenge began on 2 December 2013, two weeks after his 16th birthday and finished on 16 January 2014. It brought an end to an expedition which saw. Lewis ski for an average of eight hours a day, covering about 29 kilometres, while pulling his supplies behind him on a sled.

Give one phrase from the extract that mean completed.

• winds of up

• brought to an end

• pulling his supplies

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Christopher Columbus is well-known as an explorer. He was born in Genoa, in Italy, in 1451, but later lived in Portugal, where he was taught how to make maps and pilot a ship. He’s famous for discovering America, although it was already populated of course. However, it was Columbus’s voyage that started the exploration of America by Europeans.

Identify the passive verb form from the extract given.

• Later lived

• was born

• already populated

• started the exploration

Seabirds soaring and swooping. Huge, fabulous whales and colossal elephant seals! Sunsets and sunrises separated by crimson-streaked skies. It really is an ice paradise!

Analyse the extract to recognise the figurative language used for an effect.

• Personification

• Triple

• Exaggeration

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is provided?

Although we only organise our hikes in safe areas, conditions can change quickly, which may result in delays. Our guides, therefore, always carry safety equipment. We also have trekking poles for your use and snowshoes to help improve your grip on slippery surfaces and deep snow.

What do you need to bring?

Hiking boots are required for some of the routes offered. In addition, it’s good to have a small backpack in order to carry some extra supplies as well as an extra layer of clothing.

What is the main purpose of these paragraphs?

• To persuade the readers to go to Antarctica

• To give information to the readers on hiking activities in Antarctica

• To report the incident happened in Antarctica

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.2