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Treasure hunt<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters for proper nouns<br />
• Capital letters for sentence beginnings<br />
• Full stops<br />
• Colons in titles<br />
• Colons in offset lists<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
Grammar<br />
• Indefinite articles: a/an<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
• Plurals (‘s’ <strong>and</strong> ‘es’)<br />
Writing<br />
•Double negatives<br />
Teacher information<br />
This procedure outlines how something is done. It gives a list of materials or requirements <strong>and</strong><br />
instructions using imperative verbs.<br />
Answers<br />
Bailey Park: daily activities<br />
Today’s treasure hunt starts at 2 p.m..<br />
Good luck!<br />
(Mums <strong>and</strong> Dads, if you<br />
haven’t got any energy /have no energy to take<br />
part, you can send<br />
the kids with one of our<br />
volunteer guides.)<br />
You will need:<br />
• a spade<br />
• good walking shoes<br />
What to do:<br />
1. Walk to the snack hut <strong>and</strong> find the<br />
rock shaped like a dog.<br />
2. Turn towards the swings <strong>and</strong> walk 20 paces.<br />
3. Search under the three bushes directly<br />
in front of you. Take one of the<br />
number cards hidden underneath.<br />
This is your treasure box number.<br />
4. Walk to the bird aviary <strong>and</strong> ask the<br />
keeper to point out the oldest tree in<br />
the park.<br />
5. Go to the tree. Behind it, you will see<br />
a small s<strong>and</strong>pit with 10 numbered<br />
crosses marked on it.<br />
6. Dig under the cross with your number to<br />
find your treasure box.<br />
Answers<br />
1. Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
2. (a) (i) an aviary<br />
(ii) an honest man<br />
(iii) an old tree<br />
(iv) a hut<br />
(v) a useful map<br />
(vi) an uncle<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
treasure, energy, Turn, paces,<br />
aviary, marked<br />
(b) These plural nouns are<br />
underlined.<br />
guides, shoes, bushes, crosses<br />
4. (a) One way of correcting the<br />
double negative is underlined in<br />
bold.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
‘Mums <strong>and</strong> Dads, if you haven’t<br />
got no energy to take part …’<br />
should read ‘Mums <strong>and</strong> Dads,<br />
if you haven’t got any energy<br />
to take part …’ or ‘Mums <strong>and</strong><br />
Dads, if you have no energy to<br />
take part …’ or ‘Mums <strong>and</strong> Dads<br />
if you don’t have any energy to<br />
take part …’<br />
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