PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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Tasmanian devil<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters for proper nouns<br />
• Capital letters for sentence beginnings<br />
• Full stops<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
• Commas in lists<br />
• Exclamation marks<br />
Grammar<br />
• Pronouns<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
Vocabulary<br />
• Enrichment – Australian animals<br />
Teacher information<br />
A description describes the characteristics, components or functions of specific living or non-living<br />
things.<br />
Answers<br />
Tasmanian devils are nocturnal marsupials about<br />
the size of a small dog. They are found only in Tasmania.<br />
Devils have black fur, often with white patches on<br />
their chest <strong>and</strong> rump. They have large heads <strong>and</strong><br />
short, thick tails. Devils can make different spinechilling<br />
noises, ranging from growls to screeches. Devils are<br />
carnivorous animals. They generally eat whatever<br />
meat they can find, including dead animals. They<br />
have been known to eat a range of reptiles, birds,<br />
mammals <strong>and</strong> insects. A devil will use its strong jaws<br />
<strong>and</strong> teeth to eat almost all the parts of an<br />
animal—even its bones <strong>and</strong> fur!<br />
1. Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
marsupials<br />
They<br />
often<br />
They<br />
spinechilling<br />
noises<br />
generally<br />
They<br />
known<br />
mammals<br />
almost<br />
animal<br />
2. (a) my class – we, Tasmanian devils – They, Joshua – he, Tasmanian devils – them<br />
(b) Pronouns are underlined.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
They (line 2), They (line 4), They (line 8)<br />
(c) Teacher check<br />
3. Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
marsupials, often, spinechilling, noises, generally, known, mammals, almost, animal<br />
4. (a) Teacher check. Answers may include: Tasmanian devil, kangaroo, koala, wombat, bilby,<br />
echidna, b<strong>and</strong>icoot, dingo, possum, numbat, platypus, quokka <strong>and</strong> wallaby.<br />
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