Literacy Recap Quiz/90

Wednesday 24th February 2021

Creative Writing Spellings – 20 points

Word Classes - 10 pointsIdentify the correct word class for the underlined words.

1. George took an enormous stewing pot out of the cupboard.

2. “You’re rattling the pots and pans!”

3. George had absolutely no doubts whatsoever about how he was going to make his famous medicine.

4. …no wondering whether a particular thing would knock the old girl sideways or not.

5. Nobody had ever made a medicine like that before.

6. If it didn’t actually cure Grandma, then it would anyway cause some exciting results.

7. It would be worth watching.

8. George decided to work his way around the various rooms.

9. He would go first to the bathroom.

10. There was always lots of funny things in the bathroom.

1. George took an enormous stewing pot out of the cupboard.

2. “You’re rattling the pots and pans!”

3. George had absolutely no doubts whatsoever about how he was going to make his famous medicine.

4. …no wondering whether a particular thing would knock the old girl sideways or not.

5. Nobody had ever made a medicine like that before.

6. If it didn’t actually cure Grandma, then it would anyway cause some exciting results.

7. It would be worth watching.

8. George decided to work his way around the various rooms.

9. He would go first to the bathroom.

10. There was always lots of funny things in the bathroom.

Sentence Types. - 10 pointsSimple, compound, complex, compound-complex.

1. George turned off the heat under the stewing pot. 2. When all the steam and froth had gone away, he peered into the giant pot to see what

colour the great medicine now was.

3. It was a deep, brilliant blue.

4. Very gently, George stirred the paint into the mixture with the long wooden spoon.

5. When he arrived George was bored to tears. 6. At this point, George suddenly had an extra good wheeze.

7. After Marvellous Medicine Number Three had been boiled and stirred, George took a cupful of it into the yard and tried it on another chicken.

8. “It has a pair of sharp nippers on its back end and if it grabs your tongue with those, it never lets go.”

9. It was a truly fantastic sight; this ancient scrawny old woman getting taller and taller, longer and longer, thinner and thinner, as though she were a piece of elastic being pulled upwards.

10. Grandma didn’t stop.

Sentence Functions – 10 pointsImperative, interrogative, declarative or exclamative?

1. “And don’t forget to give Grandma her medicine at eleven o’clock.”

2. “How much sugar in your tea today, Grandma?”

3. She was a miserable old grouch.

4. Grandma sipped the tea.

5. “Put more sugar in.”

6. “Where’s the saucer?”

7. “I couldn’t eat slugs!”

8. “I don’t want to hear about it!”

9. Could it be, George wondered, that she was a witch?

10. “Come over here to Grandma and she’ll whisper secrets to you.”

Noun Phrases – 5 pointsIdentify the noun phrase.

1. “The yellow liquid splashed into the new saucepan.”

2. “You’re a nasty little maggot!”

3. George ran to the kitchen and came back with a jug of water.

4. He found it fascinating to stand there watching what it was doing to the old hag.

5. This was a silly thing to say to a small boy at any time.

Appositive phrases – 5 pointsIdentify the appositive phrase

1. The silver teaspoon, the vessel designed to carry, in which the medicine was always given lay ready.

2. The fumes, clouds of thick, black smoke, were coming out of her nose and blowing them around the room.

3. Medicine, marvellous medicine, George told himself.

4. The animal, a magnificent black cockerel with a scarlet comb, came stepping over.

5. George was still clutching the medicine bottle, a small and shiny object, in his left hand.

Absolute Phrases – 5 pointsIdentify the absolute phrases

1. George’s mother left the house, door slamming.

2. Eyes closed, Grandma rested in her chair near the window.

3. Hands shaking, George gave the medicine to Grandma.

4. Grandma, mouth watering, demanded a cup of tea.

5. George, eyes narrowed, searched for special ingredients.

Participle Phrases – 5 pointsIdentify the participle phrases

1. Sitting near the window, Grandma waited for her medicine.

2. The medicine, bubbling in the saucepan, was pink and blue.

3. George, covered in his magic ingredients, mixed his marvellous medicine.

4. Stretched all the way up to the ceiling, Grandma shouted in anger at George.

5. Laughing with glee, George watched the medicine take effect.

Parallel Construction – 5 pointsCan you adapt these sentences?

• Most grandmothers are lovely, very kind, and such helpful old ladies, but not this one.

• She was always complaining, groused, grouching, grumbled, gripingabout something or other.

• He took a full tube of TOOTHPASTE and squeezing out the whole lot of it in one long worm.

• Fiery broth and witch’s brew, foamed froth and riches blue…

• Watch it sloshing, swashed, splash, hear it hissing, squishing, spissed

Extract Task – 15 points “A magic medicine it shall be!” George sat himself down at the table, a small, wooden structure with a vase of decaying flowers, in the kitchen. He was shaking a little. Oh, how he hated Grandma! He really hated that horrid old witchy woman. And all of a sudden he had a tremendous urge to do something about her. Something whopping. Something absolutely terrific. A real shocker. A sort of explosion. “I’m not going to be frightened by her,” he said softly to himself. But he was frightened. And that’s why he wanted suddenly to explode her away. Well…not quite away. But he did want to shake the old woman up a bit. Very well, then. What should it be, this whopping terrific exploding shocker for Grandma? As George sat there pondering this interesting problem, his eye fell upon the bottle of Grandma’s brown medicine standing on the sideboard. Rotten stuff it seemed to be…and it didn’t do her the slightest bit of good. She was always just as horrid after she’d had it as she’d been before. So-ho! thought George suddenly. I shall make her a new medicine, so strong and so fierce and so fantastic, it will either cure her completely or blow off the top of her head. “Here we go, then!” cried George, jumping up from the table. “A magic medicine it shall be!”

1. Identify 3 adjectives2. Identify 2 proper nouns3. Identify 2 abstract nouns4. Identify an exclamative

phrase5. Identify 2 adverbs6. Identify an appositive

phrase7. Identify one example of

parallel construction8. Identify 3 other

language features of your choice

Answers

Creative Writing Spellings

1. Atmosphere

2. Beautiful

3. Buried

4. Consequences

5. Development

6. Disappear

7. Environment

8. Fierce

9. Imaginary

10. Listening

11. Marriage

12. Murmured

13. Outrageous

14. Possession

15. Reaction

16. Received

17. Surprise

18. Tomorrow

19. Unfortunately

20. Women

Word Classes Identify the correct word class for the highlighted words.

1. enormous - adjective

2. rattling - verb (present participle)

3. absolutely - adverb

4. old - adjective (base form)

5. ever - adverb

6. Grandma - proper noun

7. would - modal auxiliary verb

8. decided - verb (past participle)

9. bathroom - concrete noun

10. always - adverb

Sentence Types. Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.

1. George turned off the heat under the stewing pot. SIMPLE2. When all the steam and froth had gone away, he peered into the giant pot to see what

colour the great medicine now was. COMPLEX

3. It was a deep, brilliant blue. SIMPLE

4. Very gently, George stirred the paint into the mixture with the long wooden spoon. SIMPLE

5. When he arrived George was bored to tears. COMPLEX

6. At this point, George suddenly had an extra good wheeze. SIMPLE

7. After Marvellous Medicine Number Three had been boiled and stirred, George took a cupful of it into the yard and tried it on another chicken. COMPOUND/COMPLEX

8. “It has a pair of sharp nippers on its back end and if it grabs your tongue with those, it never lets go.” COMPOUND

9. It was a truly fantastic sight; this ancient scrawny old woman getting taller and taller, longer and longer, thinner and thinner, as though she were a piece of elastic being pulled upwards. COMPOUND/COMPLEX

10. Grandma didn’t stop. SIMPLE

Sentence Functions Imperative, interrogative, declarative, exclamative.

1. “And don’t forget to give Grandma her medicine at eleven o’clock.” Imperative

2. “How much sugar in your tea today, Grandma?” Interrogative

3. She was a miserable old grouch. Declarative

4. Grandma sipped the tea. Declarative

5. “Put more sugar in.” Imperative

6. “Where’s the saucer?” Interrogative

7. “I couldn’t eat slugs!” Exclamative

8. “I don’t want to hear about it!” Exclamative

9. Could it be, George wondered, that she was a witch? Interrogative

10. “Come over here to Grandma and she’ll whisper secrets to you.” Imperative

Noun Phrases – identify the noun phrase.

1. “The yellow liquid splashed into the new saucepan.”

2. “You’re a nasty little maggot!”

3. George ran to the kitchen and came back with a jug of water.

4. He found it fascinating to stand there watching what it was doing to the old hag.

5. This was a silly thing to say to a small boy at any time.

Appositive phrases – 5 pointsIdentify the appositive phrase

1. The silver teaspoon, the vessel designed to carry, in which the medicine was always given lay ready.

2. The fumes, clouds of thick, black smoke, were coming out of her nose and blowing them around the room.

3. Medicine, marvellous medicine, George told himself.

4. The animal, a magnificent black cockerel with a scarlet comb, came stepping over.

5. George was still clutching the medicine bottle, a small and shiny object, in his left hand.

Absolute Phrases – identify the absolute phrases

1. George’s mother left the house, door slamming.

2. Eyes closed, Grandma rested in her chair near the window.

3. Hand shaking, George gave the medicine to Grandma.

4. Grandma, mouth watering, demanded a cup of tea.

5. George, eyes narrowed, searched for special ingredients.

Participle Phrases – identify the participle phrases

1. Sitting near the window, Grandma waited for her medicine.

2. The medicine, bubbling in the saucepan, was pink and blue.

3. George, covered in his magic ingredients, mixed his marvellous medicine.

4. Stretched all the way up to the ceiling, Grandma shouted in anger at George.

5. Laughing with glee, George watched the medicine take effect.

Parallel Construction – 5 points

• Most grandmothers are lovely, kind, helpful old ladies, but not this one.

• She was always complaining, grousing, grouching, grumbling, gripingabout something or other.

• He took a full tube of TOOTHPASTE and squeezed out the whole lot of it in one long worm.

• Fiery broth and witch’s brew, foamy froth and riches blue…

• Watch it sloshing, swashing, splashing, hear it hissing, squishing,spissing’

Extract Task – 15 points “A magic medicine it shall be!” George sat himself down at the table, a small, wooden structure with a vase of decaying flowers, in the kitchen. He was shaking a little. Oh, how he hated Grandma! He really hated that horrid old witchy woman. And all of a sudden he had a tremendous urge to do something about her. Something whopping. Something absolutely terrific. A real shocker. A sort of explosion. “I’m not going to be frightened by her,” he said softly to himself. But he was frightened. And that’s why he wanted suddenlyto explode her away. Well…not quite away. But he did want to shake the old woman up a bit. Very well, then. What should it be, this whopping terrific exploding shocker for Grandma? As Georgesat there pondering this interesting problem, his eye fell upon the bottle of Grandma’s brown medicine standing on the sideboard. Rotten stuff it seemed to be…and it didn’t do her the slightest bit of good. She was always just as horrid after she’d had it as she’d been before. So-ho! thought George suddenly. I shall make her a newmedicine, so strong and so fierce and so fantastic it will either cure her completely or blow off the top of her head. “Here we go, then!” cried George, jumping up from the table. “A magic medicine it shall be!”

1. Identify 3 adjectives

2. Identify 2 proper nouns

3. Identify 2 abstract nouns

4. Identify an exclamative phrase

5. Identify 2 adverbs

6. One appositive phrase

7. One example of parallel construction

8. 3 other language features of your choice

Give yourself a score out of 90!

Which area do you think you need to go back over? Let your teacher know if you’d like any help with this!

Creative Writing Activity – Choice of 3

Whichever option you choose, ensure you try to include features of

language that we recapped today!

1. Write a recipe for your own MARVELLOUS MEDICINE. Your recipe must include:• 8 different adjectives• 8 different verbs • 2 examples of alliteration • 1 appositive phrase• 1 participle phrases• 1 absolute phrase• 1 example of parallel construction • 3 adverbs • A colon • A semi-colon

[Your name]’s Marvellous Medicine!

Here are all the steps you need to take to create your own Marvellous Medicine! Grown-ups will live in fear of the magical mixture that you will create!

Soon the marvellous mixture began to froth and foam. A rich blue smoke, the colour of peacocks, rose from the surface of the liquid, and a fiery fearsome smell filled the kitchen. It made George choke and splutter. It was a smell unlike any he had smelled before. It was a brutal and bewitching smell, spicy and staggering, fierce and frenzied, full of wizardry and magic. Whenever he got a whiff of it up his nose, firecrackers went off in his skull and electric prickles ran along the backs of his legs. It was wonderful to stand there stirring this amazing mixture and to watch it smoking blue and bubbling and frothing and foaming as though it were alive. At one point, he could have sworn he saw bright sparks flashing in the swirling foam.

2. Write a description of the effects of your MARVELLOUS MEDICINE.

You must: Include a range of sentence types and moods.A range of adverbs and adjectives.A simile and a metaphorAt least one appositive phrase, an absolute phrase and one participle phrase.

Fiery broth and witch’s brew

Foamy froth and riches blue

Fume and spume and spoondrift spray

Fizzle swizzle shout hooray

Watch it sloshing, swashing, sploshing

Hear it hissing, squishing, spissing

Grandma better start to pray.’

3. Write a poem about your MARVELLOUS MEDICINE.

You must: Try and make your poem rhymeInclude elements of parallel constructionUse a range of vocabularyUse as many techniques as you can that you’ve learned about in your poetry lessons!

Silent Reading for the rest of the session ☺