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Windswept poem Lesson focus Teachers notes Punctuation • Capital letters at the beginning of a line of poetry • Apostrophes to show possession Grammar • Verb tenses • Conjunctions Spelling • Misspelt words • Confused words: hair/hare, me/my, beech/beach Writing • Double negatives Vocabulary • Synonyms Teacher information This free verse poem is a narrative. Answers The wind The wind swirls around me And invites me to play. Ruffles my hair Tickles my cheeks Tugs at my shirt And whispers in my ear. But I don’t do anything And the wind’s temper rises. Kicks sand in my face Pushes at my chest Whips my arms And howls with laughter As I struggle to my feet and stamp down the beach. Viewing Sample swirls invites hair Tickles my whispers don’t rises Kicks Pushes Whips laughter beach 1. Missing punctuation is in bold type. 2. (a) Verbs are underlined. Tickled – Tickles, Kicked – Kicks, Whipped – Whips (b) The present tense verbs are swirls, invites, ruffles, tugs, whispers, do, rises, pushes, howls, struggle, stamp. Teachers will need to check the synonyms the pupils have chosen. (c) Answers include: and, but, as (d) Teacher check. Possible answer; I need to open the door before/so I can walk inside. 3. (a) Spelling mistakes are in italic type. swirls, invites, hair, my, whispers, don’t, rises, Pushes, laughter, beach 4. (a) One way of correcting the double negative is underlined in bold. ‘I don’t do anything’ or ‘I do nothing’. 16 Proofreading and editing skills Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
Windswept poem Read the poem. Editing skills 1 Punctuation The wind The wind swurls around me And invittes me to play. Ruffles my hare Tickled my cheeks tugs at me shirt And whisppers in my ear. But I do’nt do nothing And the winds temper rizes. Kicked sand in my face pushs at my chest whipped my arms And howls with larfter As I struggle to my feet and stamp down the beech. (a) Find the 3 missing capital letters and 1 apostrophe to show possession. 2 Grammar The verbs in this poem should all be written in the present tense; for example, ‘drinks’, ‘sits’. (a) Underline 3 verbs in the poem that are not in the present tense. Write them in the present tense in the space at the end of the lines. Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning; for example, ‘yells’, ‘bellows’. (b) Find three present tense verbs in the poem. Write a synonym for each. (c) Write 2 conjunctions used in the text. (d) Use a conjunction to join these 2 sentences. Viewing Sample I need to open the door. I can walk inside. 3 Spelling (a) Underline the 10 misspelt words and write the correct spelling on the line provided. 4 Writing A double negative statement incorrectly uses two negative words; for example, ‘I haven’t got no more,’ should be ‘I haven’t any more’ or ‘I have no more’. (a) Circle the line in the text containing a double negative. Write it correctly. Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com Proofreading and editing skills 17
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Windswept poem<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters at the beginning of a line of<br />
poetry<br />
• Apostrophes to show possession<br />
Grammar<br />
• Verb tenses<br />
• Conjunctions<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
• Confused words: hair/hare, me/my,<br />
beech/beach<br />
Writing<br />
• Double negatives<br />
Vocabulary<br />
• Synonyms<br />
Teacher information<br />
This free verse poem is a narrative.<br />
Answers<br />
The wind<br />
The wind swirls around me<br />
And invites me to play.<br />
Ruffles my hair<br />
Tickles my cheeks<br />
Tugs at my shirt<br />
And whispers in my ear.<br />
But I don’t do anything<br />
And the wind’s temper rises.<br />
Kicks s<strong>and</strong> in my face<br />
Pushes at my chest<br />
Whips my arms<br />
And howls with laughter<br />
As I struggle to my feet <strong>and</strong> stamp down the beach.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
swirls<br />
invites<br />
hair<br />
Tickles<br />
my<br />
whispers<br />
don’t<br />
rises<br />
Kicks<br />
Pushes<br />
Whips<br />
laughter<br />
beach<br />
1. Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
2. (a) Verbs are underlined.<br />
Tickled – Tickles, Kicked – Kicks, Whipped – Whips<br />
(b) The present tense verbs are swirls, invites, ruffles, tugs, whispers, do, rises, pushes, howls,<br />
struggle, stamp. Teachers will need to check the synonyms the pupils have chosen.<br />
(c) Answers include: <strong>and</strong>, but, as<br />
(d) Teacher check. Possible answer; I need to open the door before/so I can walk inside.<br />
3. (a) Spelling mistakes are in italic type.<br />
swirls, invites, hair, my, whispers, don’t, rises, Pushes, laughter, beach<br />
4. (a) One way of correcting the double negative is underlined in bold.<br />
‘I don’t do anything’ or ‘I do nothing’.<br />
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