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Year 5 English Home Learning
Term 6 Week 5
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Task 2
Read through the non-fiction text
on Brazil and then answer the
questions. Answers will appear
after every slide.
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With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the
exact part which tells you the answer.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
2marks
16.Write in the boxes the names of the missing countries.
Mark Scheme
Award 2 marks for all three
correct answers.
Award 1 mark for two
correct answers.
Uruguay
With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the
exact part which tells you the answer.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
2marks
16.Write in the boxes the names of the missing countries.
Mark Scheme
Award 2 marks for all three
correct answers.
Award 1 mark for two
correct answers.
Columbia
Bolivia
With these questions, you need to look back at the text and find the
exact part which tells you the answer.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
2mark
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17.Draw lines to match the correct information.
São Paulo
Salvador
Brasília
second largest city
capital city
historic centreIf you change
your mind or
make a mistake,
make it clear to
the marker
which of your
lines is your
answer.
largest city
Rio de Janeiro
With these questions, you need to look back at the text and find the
exact part which tells you the answer.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
2mark
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17.Draw lines to match the correct information.
São Paulo
Salvador
Brasília
second largest city
capital city
historic centreIf you change
your mind or
make a mistake,
make it clear to
the marker
which of your
lines is your
answer.
largest city
Rio de Janeiro
For this question you will need to look back through all of the information about the
cities in Brazil, e.g. Brasilia.
Key Reading Skill: To summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph.
2mark
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18. Brazil is a popular destination for many tourists.
Use evidence from the text to explain why you think this is?
As it is a 2 mark question, you
must give two reasons (one
human feature and one physical
feature).
Brasília
Human Features
• The Palácio da Alvorada is the official
residence of the President of Brazil.
• Paranoá Lake is a man-made lake on the
east side of the city.
• Cathedral of Brasília is a Roman Catholic
cathedral designed by a Brazilian architect.
Physical Feature
• Itiquara Falls is 168 metres high.
For this question you will need to look back through all of the information about the
cities in Brazil, e.g. Brasilia.
Key Reading Skill: To summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph.
2mark
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18. Brazil is a popular destination for many tourists.
Use evidence from the text to explain why you think this is?
As it is a 2 mark question, you
must give two reasons (one
human feature and one physical
feature).
Brasília
Human Features
• The Palácio da Alvorada is the official
residence of the President of Brazil.
• Paranoá Lake is a man-made lake on the
east side of the city.
• Cathedral of Brasília is a Roman Catholic
cathedral designed by a Brazilian architect.
Physical Feature
• Itiquara Falls is 168 metres high.
Example Answer• Because there are
interesting places to visit.
For example, in Brasilia (the
capital city) there is Paranoa
Lake, which is a man-made
lake, and Itiquara Falls,
which are 168 metres high.
This question is asking you to think about how the text is helping the reader to
understand something.
Key Reading Skill: To make inferences from the text.
1mark
19. ‘The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Covering over 5.5
million square kilometres, it is so big that the UK and Ireland would
fit into it 17 times!’
How does this comparison help the reader to understand the size
of the Amazon?
Mark SchemeAward 1 mark for reference to
providing a comparison to something
the reader will relate to.
What does the word ‘comparison’ mean
This question is asking you to think about how the text is helping the reader to
understand something.
Key Reading Skill: To make inferences from the text.
1mark
19. ‘The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Covering over 5.5
million square kilometres, it is so big that the UK and Ireland would
fit into it 17 times!’
How does this comparison help the reader to understand the size
of the Amazon?
Example Answer• Because we know how big the UK
and Ireland are it helps us to
understand the size of the Amazon.
• It compares the size to a place we
already know.
Mark SchemeAward 1 mark for reference to
providing a comparison to something
the reader will relate to.
What does the word ‘comparison’ mean
For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can you
do if you change your mind or make a mistake?
Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.
1mark
20. ‘This area is of immense natural beauty’.
In this sentence, the word ‘immense’ is the closest in meaning to…
With this type of question it is a good idea to re-read the section that the sentence was
taken from to help you understand the meaning better. Which word could replace
‘immense’ in the sentence?
colourful
varied
great
Tick one
For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can you
do if you change your mind or make a mistake?
Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.
1mark
20. ‘This area is of immense natural beauty’.
In this sentence, the word ‘immense’ is the closest in meaning to…
With this type of question it is a good idea to re-read the section that the sentence was
taken from to help you understand the meaning better. Which word could replace
‘immense’ in the sentence?
colourful
varied
great
Tick one
For this question, you need to think of your own explanation for this phrase
linked to what you have read. Think about the job that your lungs do.
Key Reading Skill: To explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of
words and phrases…
1mark
21. The Amazon rainforest is sometimes referred to as ‘the lungs
of the Earth’. What does this tell you about the rainforest?
Example Answer
• The rainforest keeps the Earth alive
by providing lots of oxygen.
For this question, you need to think of your own explanation for this phrase
linked to what you have read. Think about the job that your lungs do.
Key Reading Skill: To explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of
words and phrases…
1mark
21. The Amazon rainforest is sometimes referred to as ‘the lungs
of the Earth’. What does this tell you about the rainforest?
Mark Scheme
Award 1 mark for an acceptable
point linked to the rainforest
keeping the Earth alive/breathing
by producing lots of oxygen.
Do not accept a direct quote
from the text without further
explanation.
Example Answer
• The rainforest keeps the Earth alive
by providing lots of oxygen.
With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the exact
part which tells you the answer.
1mark
22. Fill in the missing labels.
Mark Scheme
Award 1 mark for all four
correctly labelled.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the exact
part which tells you the answer.
1mark
22. Fill in the missing labels.
Mark Scheme
Award 1 mark for all four
correctly labelled.
emergent
layer
canopy
layer
understory
layer
Forest
layer
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
For this question, you need to look back at the text to find relevant evidence.
1mark
23. Why do you think that the forest floor is so dark?
Explain your answer using evidence from the text.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
Mark Scheme
Award 1 mark for answers that refer to the
thickness of the trees in the canopy layer
above stopping the sunlight from reaching
the forest floor.
Think about the ‘thickness of the canopy’.
For this question, you need to look back at the text to find relevant evidence.
1mark
23. Why do you think that the forest floor is so dark?
Explain your answer using evidence from the text.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.
Example Answer
• The thickness of the trees in the canopy
layer stop the sunlight from entering the
forest floor.
Mark Scheme
Award 1 mark for answers that refer to the
thickness of the trees in the canopy layer
above stopping the sunlight from reaching
the forest floor.
Think about the ‘thickness of the canopy’.
This question is worth 2 marks.
To get 2 marks, you must explain all three correctly.
If you explain two correctly, you will get 1 mark.
2mark
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24. Look at the text box about the Brazilian flag and complete the table below.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information.
For this question, you need to look back at the text
to find relevant evidence.
This question is worth 2 marks.
To get 2 marks, you must explain all three correctly.
If you explain two correctly, you will get 1 mark.
2mark
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24. Look at the text box about the Brazilian flag and complete the table below.
Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information.
Possible Answers
yellow diamond – Yellow represents
the gold reserves the country holds.
white stars – Each star represents
one of each of the states in the
Federal District, which are arranged
in the same pattern as the stars in
the Brazilian night sky.
Do not accept The night sky.
dark green background – Green
symbolises the great Amazon
rainforest, Atlantic jungle and the
Panama or symbolises all of their
amazing tropical landscape.
For this question, you need to look back at the text
to find relevant evidence.
For this question, you need to make a comparison between the other text-based
evidence and the information about the flag.
1mark
25. How does the information about the Brazilian flag support the other
information in the text?
Key Reading Skill: To explain how information is related and contributes to meaning as a
whole.
For this question, you need to make a comparison between the other text-based
evidence and the information about the flag.
1mark
25. How does the information about the Brazilian flag support the other
information in the text?
Key Reading Skill: To explain how information is related and contributes to meaning as a
whole.
Example Answers
• The flag information says that Brazil has gold reserves, which suggests it is a
rich country, and the other text says that Brazil is the sixth largest economy in
the world, which also suggests that it is a rich country.
• The flag information says that the green symbolises the great Amazon
Rainforest, and the other information also talks about the Amazon Rainforest as
being a great place: ‘This area of immense natural beauty’.
• The flag information talks about the ‘amazing tropical landscape’ – accept any
relevant link with the physical features from the rest of the text.
For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can
you do if you change your mind or make a mistake?
1mark
26. ‘Yellow represents the gold reserves the country holds’
In this sentence, the word ‘represents’ is closest in meaning to…
With this type of question, it is often a good idea to try to replace the word with the
other word choices to see which word ‘fits’.
Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.
shows
symbolises
for
Tick one
For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can
you do if you change your mind or make a mistake?
1mark
26. ‘Yellow represents the gold reserves the country holds’
In this sentence, the word ‘represents’ is closest in meaning to…
With this type of question, it is often a good idea to try to replace the word with the
other word choices to see which word ‘fits’.
Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.
shows
symbolises
for
Tick one
2mark
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27. Across the globe is a white banner that reads, ‘Ordem E
Progresso’, which translates in English to ‘Order and Progress’.
Explain two things that the words ‘order’ and ‘progress’ suggest
about the country of Brazil.
This question is worth 2 marks.
To get 2 marks you must interpret both order and progress.
Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.
Acceptable points for order
include references to:
• organisation/logic
• control/discipline
• peace/harmony
Acceptable points for progress
include references to:
• movement
• development
• advance
• growth
2mark
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27. Across the globe is a white banner that reads, ‘Ordem E
Progresso’, which translates in English to ‘Order and Progress’.
Explain two things that the words ‘order’ and ‘progress’ suggest
about the country of Brazil.
This question is worth 2 marks.
To get 2 marks you must interpret both order and progress.
Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.
Mark Scheme
Acceptable points for order
include references to:
• organisation/logic
• control/discipline
• peace/harmony
Acceptable points for progress
include references to:
• movement
• development
• advance
• growth
There is a total of 17 marks awarded for this paper. How did you do?
Which type of question did you find the trickiest to answer?
What do you know now that you didn’t know before?
What would you still like to know about Brazil?
Task 3
Task 4: Plan a speechToday you are going to plan a speech about climate change. It is your job to try and convince others to change their ways and prevent global warming. Before you start writing your plan, watch the video of Greta Thunberg’s UN speech about climate change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11FCyUB81rI
You need to plan up to 5 paragraphs. Can you include the following features in your plan?
• Write in the first person form (I, we…)• Use persuasive language• Include facts and statistics about climate change• Include modal verbs e.g must, should, will, could, might
Use the following websites to help you research facts and statistics on global warming.https://www.explainthatstuff.com/globalwarmingforkids.html
https://kidsrights.org/advocacy/international-childrens-peace-prize/winners/greta-thunberg/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwsimhKOd6gIVyLHtCh0x9AiQEAAYASAAEgKE4_D_BwE
Task 5: Write a speechToday you are going to write a speech about climate change. It is your job to try and convince others to change their ways and prevent global warming. Before you start writing your speech, rewatch the video of Greta Thunberg’s UN speech about climate change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11FCyUB81rI
You need to write up to 5 paragraphs. Can you include the following features in your plan?
• Write in the first person form (I, we…)• Use persuasive language• Include facts and statistics about climate change• Include modal verbs e.g must, should, will, could, might
Use the following websites to help you research facts and statistics on global warming.https://www.explainthatstuff.com/globalwarmingforkids.html
https://kidsrights.org/advocacy/international-childrens-peace-prize/winners/greta-thunberg/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwsimhKOd6gIVyLHtCh0x9AiQEAAYASAAEgKE4_D_BwE
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