20853_Editing_expositions_Years_2_and_3
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Too many dogs<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters for sentence beginnings<br />
• Capital letters for proper nouns<br />
• Capital letters for the pronoun ‘I’<br />
• Full stops<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
Grammar<br />
• Apostrophes for possession<br />
Spelling<br />
• Confused words: writing/righting, two/to,<br />
poor/pore, sum/some<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
Vocabulary<br />
• Synonyms<br />
Teacher information<br />
Expositions are written or spoken to persuade others to think or do something. Expositions use<br />
persuasive language.<br />
Answers<br />
Dear Mr James<br />
I am writing to request that the shire takes<br />
some action about my neighbour’s dogs.<br />
Shire regulations permit only two dogs, but my<br />
neighbour at 7 Hill Street has at least six.<br />
The dogs are neglected. They are enclosed in a small area <strong>and</strong> never taken for<br />
walks. I suspect that they are not fed regularly, because they look<br />
very thin. Another problem is the noise they make. Sometimes they bark all<br />
day <strong>and</strong> they often cry at night.<br />
Apart from the noise, which keeps us awake, I am concerned for the welfare of<br />
these poor animals. Immediate action is required.<br />
Yours sincerely<br />
Mary Black<br />
1. (a) Missing punctuation is bold type.<br />
2. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
writing, some, two, least, fed, because, noise, often, night, poor, sincerely<br />
3 (a) Teacher check<br />
(b) It is needed for the possessive. The dogs belong to the neighbour.<br />
(c) One neighbour<br />
4 (a) Teacher check<br />
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