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Roald Dahl Lesson focus Teachers notes Punctuation • Capital letters for proper nouns • Colons in offset lists • Hyphens • Brackets Grammar • Subject-verb agreement Spelling • Misspelt words • Confused words: son/sun Vocabulary • Shortened forms Teacher information A recount retells events as they happened, in time order. Recounts are usually written using verbs in the past tense. Answers Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990) Roald Dahl was a well-loved children’s author. He was born in Wales in 1916, the son of Norwegian parents. After he finished his schooling in England, he began work for the Shell Oil Company and was posted to Africa a few years later. When World War II broke out, he enlisted as a fighter pilot in the RAF. In 1942, he moved to the USA and began to write stories. Dahl’s children’s books include: • Charlie and the chocolate factory, • The BFG, and • James and the giant peach. Viewing Sample 1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type. (c) Teacher check 2. (a) Verbs are underlined. ‘He was’ (line 1), ‘and was’ (line 3) 3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type. author, son, parents, work, When, moved, write, chocolate 4. (a) Shortened forms (in this case, initialisms) are underlined in bold. RAF – Royal Air Force USA – United States of America BFG – Big Friendly Giant (b) (i) prof. (ii) AIDS (iii) sch. (iv) scuba 54 Proofreading and editing skills Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
Roald Dahl Read the biography. Editing skills Roald Dahl 1916 – 1990 Roald Dahl was a well-loved children’s aufor. He were born in wales in 1916, the sun of norwegian parrents. After he finished his schooling in england, he began werk for the Shell Oil Company and were posted to africa a few years later. Wen World War II broke out, he enlisted as a fighter pilot in the RAF. In 1942, he mooved to the USA and began to rite stories. dahl’s children’s books include • charlie and the choclate factory, • the BFG, and • james and the giant peach. 1 Punctuation (a) Add brackets to the title. (b) Write 8 missing capital letters and the colon missing from the offset list. A hyphen (-) is used in some compound words to connect smaller words together; for example, ‘happy-go-lucky’, ‘self-pity’. (c) The word ‘well-loved’ in this text uses a hyphen. Use a dictionary to find three other words beginning with ‘well’ that also use a hyphen. 2 Grammar In any sentence, the subject and the verb have to agree in person and in number; for example, ‘He sees’ but ‘They see’. (a) Two verbs in the text do not agree with their subjects. Write the correct form of each verb above the text. 3 Spelling (a) Write the correct spelling of the 8 words which are misspelt. Viewing Sample 4 Vocabulary (a) Circle 3 shortened forms used in the text. Write what each stands for. Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com Proofreading and editing skills 55 (i) (ii) (iii) (b) Write the shortened form for: (i) professor (ii) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (iii) school (iv) self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
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Roald Dahl<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters for proper nouns<br />
• Colons in offset lists<br />
• Hyphens<br />
• Brackets<br />
Grammar<br />
• Subject-verb agreement<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
• Confused words: son/sun<br />
Vocabulary<br />
• Shortened forms<br />
Teacher information<br />
A recount retells events as they happened, in time order. Recounts are usually written using verbs in the<br />
past tense.<br />
Answers<br />
Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990)<br />
Roald Dahl was a well-loved children’s author. He was born in Wales in 1916,<br />
the son of Norwegian parents. After he finished his schooling in Engl<strong>and</strong>, he<br />
began work for the Shell Oil Company <strong>and</strong> was posted to Africa a few years<br />
later. When World War II broke out, he enlisted as a fighter pilot in the RAF. In<br />
1942, he moved to the USA <strong>and</strong> began to write stories.<br />
Dahl’s children’s books include:<br />
• Charlie <strong>and</strong> the chocolate factory,<br />
• The BFG, <strong>and</strong><br />
• James <strong>and</strong> the giant peach.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
(c) Teacher check<br />
2. (a) Verbs are underlined.<br />
‘He was’ (line 1), ‘<strong>and</strong> was’ (line 3)<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
author, son, parents, work, When, moved, write, chocolate<br />
4. (a) Shortened forms (in this case, initialisms) are underlined in bold.<br />
RAF – Royal Air Force<br />
USA – United States of America<br />
BFG – Big Friendly Giant<br />
(b) (i) prof. (ii) AIDS (iii) sch. (iv) scuba<br />
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