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ContentsWriting Time Adventure Passport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Horizontal Joins 35
Top Finishers to Rounded Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Revision Top Finishers to Pointed Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Line Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Top Finishers to Ascenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Anticlockwise Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Top Finishers to Drop-ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Clockwise Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Directional Change Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Letters That Change, Double Letters 55
Numerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Letters That Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Double Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rounded Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pointed Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Letters That Don’t Join, Symbols and Numerals 63
Letters That Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Letters That Don’t Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Letters That Don’t Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Symbols and Numerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Capital Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Assessment
Diagonal Joins 11 Diagonal Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exits to Rounded Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Horizontal Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Exits to Pointed Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Letters That Change, Double Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exits to Ascenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Letters That Don’t Join, Symbols and Numerals . . . 75
Exits to e and o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exits to Drop-ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Activity Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip . . . . . . . . 77
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Posture Keep your back straight, head up and lean forward slightly.
Place your feet flat on the floor.
Rest your non-writing arm on the desk.
Pencil Grip Hold your pencil using your thumb, index finger and middle finger.
Make sure your pencil grip is not too tight.
Left-handed Right-handed
Paper Position Place your page directly in front of you.
Left-handed students, slightly rotate your paper clockwise.
Right-handed students, slightly rotate your paper anticlockwise.
Left-handed Right-handed
Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip
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Writing Time 3 Queensland
Trace. Remember, don’t lift your pencil.
Trace and copy.
Trace and copy.
Trace and complete this pattern.
ÈàüëÛ Èà∂óÒ ÈàüôäüçÒ äüëÛ ãüåÒÍåüåÒ ÍåüçÒ ÍçüçÒìüëÛ ÈîüåÒ ÈîüçÒ
TÈàüåÒ PÄüåÒ DÎÑ∫óÒ CÄüåÒ JÄüô BÎѨçÒ
LÎѨçÒ LÈàüô KÎѨçÒ JÈàüåÒ MÈîüåÒ MÄ∂óÒ
To join exits to rounded entries, use a diagonal line.
entries, use line.
e line.
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Trace and copy.
The jÈîüçÒgle cÄüëÛ rally stÄüëÛted with a bÄüçÒg.
“I wÄüçÒt BÎѨçÒ ÈàüçÒ cÄüëÛ nÈîüåÒbÎѨëÛ sÈà∂óÒ to wÈàüçÒ!. ”
ÎÑ∫óÒclaÈàüåÒed MÈîüåÒ with a grÈàüçÒ.
Have you ever noticed the interesting patterns on car tyre rims?
Trace these rally car rims and design three more of your own.
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Join a beginning to an ending to make nine jungle words. Rewrite these words in alphabetical order.
Trace and copy.
SÈà∂óÒ ÉüëÛivÎѨëÛs ÎѨçÒtÎѨëÛed the muddy cornÎѨëÛ.
The ǨëÛowd cheÎѨëÛed as the ÉüëÛivÎѨëÛs cÄüåÒe
ÄüëÛoÈîüçÒd the tÈîüëÛn ÄüçÒd ǨëÛossed the fÈàüçÒish lÈàüçÒe.
The wÈàüçüçÒÎѨëÛ set a new record tÈàüåÒe.
Beginning Ending
jÈîüçÒ eesvÈàüçÒ ÎѨëÛtig Äüçüôeewat rotraÈàüçÒ ÄüçÒtìüëÛ gle
eleph ÎѨëÛfallpÄüëÛ forest
chÈàüåÒp es
Alphabetical OrderJungle Words
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Paddle your canoe slowly and carefully through all four courses without stopping (lifting your pencil) or crashing into the riverbanks (touching the edges).
Time yourself to see how quickly you can go. Remember, don’t lift your pencil or touch the sides. After your speedy canoeing, look back to see if you crashed.
My time was:
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