Revision Gr 4: Term 3

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1 Name: Revision Gr 4: Term 3 Where applicable, write the answers in your class workbook. 1. Read this poem Chickens by Jack Prelutsky Last night I dreamed of chickens, There were chickens everywhere, They were standing on my stomach, They were nesting in my hair, They were pecking at my pillow, They were hopping on my head, They were ruffling up their feathers as they raced about my bed. They were on the chairs and tables, They were on the chandeliers, They were roosting in the corners, They were clucking in my ears, There were chickens, chickens, chickens for as far as I could see... When I woke today, I noticed there were eggs on top of me.

2 2. Oral questions Answer these questions orally in full sentences. a. How do you know that this was a dream? Give two examples from the poem. b. Is there a rhythm in the poem (a distinct beat)? Explain your answer. c. Name three pieces of furniture that are mentioned in the poem. d. Which words show that the chickens were making a noise? e. Which words tell us that there were a lot of chickens? 3. Written comprehension Answer these questions. Remember to check your spelling and punctuation. a. Create a drawing or visualisation of this poem that helps you to understand the story. After drawing your picture, write a few sentences explaining the story in the poem. b. Are there any words that rhyme in the poem? Make a list of them. c. Name four parts of the body that the chickens touched. d. What action words does the poet use to show that the chickens were very active? e. Is there alliteration or onomatopoeia in the poem? If so, write them down and explain how they make the poem more interesting. f. What does it mean when it says there were eggs on top of me? Explain this unusual ending in your own words. g. What circumstances do you think could have led up to this person dreaming about chickens? h. Use a dictionary to find the meanings of these words: nesting ruffling chandeliers roosting i. Break these words into syllables: everywhere chandeliers ruffling raced j. Provide the opposites of these words: every-where far k. Put these words into alphabetical order: stomach, nesting, standing, pillow, hopping, head, pecking, ruffling

3 4. Writing (Creative) A couplet is a poem with two lines that rhyme. Each line contains the same number of syllables. Write a poem consisting of four couplets: To begin, write something about an animal you are interested in Add another line that rhymes with the first line and has the same number of syllables Add another two lines that rhyme with one another and have the same number of syllables Keep doing this until you have eight lines altogether in your rhyming couplet poem 5. Writing (Transactional) Write a letter to your next door neighbour who keeps chickens in his backyard but doesn t seem to look after them. They often come into your yard. Give reasons why you are finding it difficult to cope with his chickens in your yard and give him some ideas on how to look after his chickens. 6. Language structure and use A. Write these sentences in the past continuous tense. 1. The chickens hop on the bed. 2. The horses dance in a circle. 3. The rabbits run around the garden. 4. The children laugh. 5. The dogs bark at the gate. B. Use the connecting words in the word bank to join these sentences. and then before 1. He worked for many years. His hair fell out. 2. I always work hard. I do my homework. 3. I do my homework. I go to bed. C. Write down the adverbs in these sentences. Say if each one is an adverb of place or an adverb of manner. 1. I looked everywhere but I couldn t find the rabbit. 2. The fish swam slowly past that rock there. 3. The boy picked up the lizard gently and put it here. 4. The young girl came out and sat happily in the sun. 5. The kitten is nowhere to be seen.

4 D. Punctuation. Rewrite the sentences and fill in the missing punctuation. 1. Oh no said andile we have missed the bus 2. look out john that car nearly knocked you over said uncle tom 3. wendys granny bought tea bananas and pies for their lunch 4. what should we do next asked john 5. lets eat our lunch said wendy E. Copy the sentences and underline the pronouns. 1. Ben has a ball. It is his. 2. Did you see those puppies? They are mine. 3. This was Linda s holiday. She did not want to go home. 4. Uncle Bob took me to the museum. I loved that. 5. That bike is ours. Please give it to him. F. Change these sentences into the past tense. Remember to check your sentences. 1. Thomas is unhappy at his new school. 2. The bullies tease Thomas when he gets an answer wrong. 3. He does not want to go back to that school. 4. The teacher punishes the bullies. 5. Thomas soon makes new, kind friends. G. Fill in a preposition in each sentence. 1. They played cricket... it was dark. 2. The ball rolled... the pond.

5 Name: Revision Gr 4: Term 3 (Answers) Where applicable, write the answers in your class workbook. 1. Read this poem Chickens by Jack Pelutsky 2. Oral questions Answer these questions orally in full sentences. a. How do you know that this was a dream? Give two examples from the poem. -i- The writer says Last night I dreamed of chickens. -ii- The writer says when I woke up today. b. Is there a rhythm in the poem (a distinct beat)? Explain your answer. Yes, the poem has a rhyme pattern which gives it a beat. In each verse lines 2 and 4 rhyme, and so do lines 6 and 8. The lines are also a similar length. c. Name three pieces of furniture that are mentioned in the poem. The three pieces of furniture are bed, chairs and tables. d. Which words show that the chickens were making a noise? The words are ruffling and clucking. e. Which words tell us that there were a lot of chickens? The words are chickens, chickens, chickens for as far as I could see... and chickens everywhere 3. Written comprehension Answer these questions. Remember to check your spelling and punctuation. a. Create a drawing or visualisation of this poem that helps you to understand the story. own drawing After drawing your picture, write a few sentences explaining the story in the poem. own summary b. Are there any words that rhyme in the poem? Make a list of them. everywhere-hair head-bed chandeliers-ears see-me c. Name four parts of the body that the chickens touched. stomach, head, ears, hair d. What action words does the poet use to show that the chickens were very active? pecking, hopping, ruffling, raced

6 e. Is there alliteration or onomatopoeia in the poem? If so, write them down and explain how they make the poem more interesting. alliteration: ing (standing, nesting, pecking, hopping, ruffling) alliteration: they were No onomatopoeia f. What does it mean when it says there were eggs on top of me? Explain this unusual ending in your own words. own answer g. What circumstances do you think could have led up to this person dreaming about chickens? own answer h. Use a dictionary to find the meanings of these words: Own answers such as: nesting: building a nest ruffling: make a soft, muffled crackling sound chandeliers: a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles. roosting: settling to sleep or rest i. Break these words into syllables: ev/ery/where chan/de/liers ruff/ling ra/ced j. Provide the opposites of these words: everywhere-nowhere, far-near k. Put these words into alphabetical order: head, hopping, nesting, pecking, pillow, ruffling, standing, stomach 4. Writing (Creative) Write a poem consisting of four rhyming couplets about an animal 5. Writing (Transactional) Write a letter to your next door neighbour who keeps chickens in his backyard but doesn t seem to look after them. They often come into your yard. Give reasons why you are finding it difficult to cope with his chickens in your yard and give him some ideas on how to look after his chickens. 6. Language structure and use A. Write these sentences in the past continuous tense. 1. The chickens were hopping on the bed. 2. The horses were dancing in a circle. 3. The rabbits were running around the garden. 4. The children were laughing. 5. The dogs were barking at the gate.

7 B. Use the connecting words in the word bank to join these sentences. 1. He worked for many years before is hair fell out. 2. I always work hard and I do my homework. 3. I do my homework before I go to bed. C. Write down the adverbs in these sentences. Say if each one is an adverb of place or an adverb of manner. 1. everywhere adverb of place 2. slowly adverb of manner 3. gently adverb of manner 4. happily adverb of manner 5. nowhere adverb of place D. Punctuation. Rewrite the sentences and fill in the missing punctuation. 1. Oh no, said Andile. We have missed the bus. 2. Look out, John! That car nearly knocked you over, said Uncle Tom. 3. Wendy s granny bought tea, bananas and pies for their lunch. 4. What should we do next? asked John. 5. Let s eat our lunch, said Wendy. E. Copy the sentences and underline the pronouns. 1. Ben has a ball. It is his. 2. Did you see those puppies? They are mine. 3. This was Linda s holiday. She did not want to go home. 4. Uncle Bob took me to the museum. I loved that. 5. That bike is ours. Please give it to him. F. Change these sentences into the past tense. Remember to check your sentences. 1. Thomas was unhappy at his new school. 2. The bullies teased Thomas when he got an answer wrong. 3. He did not want to go back to that school. 4. The teacher punished the bullies. 5. Thomas soon made new, kind friends. G. Fill in a preposition in each sentence. 1. They played cricket after it was dark. 2. The ball rolled into the pond.