Literacy Contract
Task
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Week 9 and 10
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Teacher Comment:
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Student name:_______________
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Year level:________
Due Date 30th September
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Tick
Choose 12 words from the list so that you can complete the activities
in your Contract.
The words you select will not be changed for each activity.
Egg
Range
Attack
Confused
Item
Sunny
Ability
Medicine
Move
Level
Battle
Accuracy
Hail
Power
Asleep
Struggle
Rain
Speed
Nature
Defense
Activity 1 Alphabetical Order
Aa
Bb
Cc
Dd
Ee
Ff
Gg
Hh
Ii
Jj
Kk
Ll
Mm
Nn
Oo
Pp
Qq
Rr
Ss
Tt
Uu
Vv
Ww
Xx
Yy
Zz
Put your 12 words into Alphabetical Order.
Activity 2 Word Shapes
E.g. space
Draw boxes/rectangles for your 12 selected word.
Activity 3 Word Towers
E.g. space
s
sp
spa
spac
space
Write your 12 selected words in Word Towers.
Can you work out the number of
syllables are in each word?
Activity 4 Syllables
Words are made up of ‘chunks’ of sound called syllables.
Every syllable contains a vowel sound, (a, e, i, o, u).
The words we use every day have between 1 and 5 syllables.
For example:
One Syllable:
Two Syllables:
Three Syllables:
Four Syllables:
Five Syllables:
book
pa per
bus, plane, train, cat, truck
paper, pencil, rubber, ruler
spaghetti, tomato, pineapple
television, technology, Victoria
hippopotamus, examination
pot a to
hel i cop ter
Scan din a vi a
WORD
NUMBER OF
SYLLABLES
Activity 5 Step by Step ….. Make a Slice of Buttered Toast.
Place a number in the column that is first to be done.
Activity
Plug in the toaster
Get a plate out of the cupboard
Cut the toast in half
Get a slice of bread out of the bag
Take the toast out of the toaster
Switch on the toaster
Get a butter knife out of the drawer
Wait for the toast to pop up out of the toaster
Put the bread into the toaster
Use the butter knife to spread butter on the toast
Place the toast onto the plate
Get the butter out of the fridge
Turn off the toaster
Push the lever to lower the bread
Number
Activity 6 Working with Words
Place the 12 words you selected onto the Table correctly.
Your words
Common Noun
Adjective
Verb
Activity 7
Word Find
Activity 8 Sentences
Word
Write 5 of the words you have selected in sentences using the planning grid below
Subject
Action
Place
Activity 9 Comprehension
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1966 and has become a great success. It started
out as a game for Nintendo’s original Game Boy.
The Pokemon characters exist in a world much like our own, there are over 450 creatures of
all shapes, sizes, colours, and personalities, called pocket monsters ("pokemon" for short.)
Some pokemon are Fire types, some are Water types, some are Grass types, and so on. Some
live on land, some in the water, and some live underground.
Question
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Who created Pokemons?
What year were Pokemons created.
How did it start out?
How many characters are there?
What are they called?
Pokemon come in different types/groups. List them.
Answer
Task 10 Punctuation
Read the sentences and make the required corrections.
There are missing Capital Letters, commas and Fullstops. can you find them all.
in
the
no
light
beginning
there
was
no
sound
nothing
but
darkness
nothing
in
time
the
being
known
as
arceus
was
this
nothingness
to
issue
in
a
new
era
arceus
soon
made
dialga
and
then
giratina
born
from
palkia
Activity 11 Leftovers
Use 4 different colours to put the items in the correct category
Pokemon Characters
Gaming Consoles
Games
Leftovers
Squirtle
Milk
Nintendo 64
Donkey Kong
Super Mario Bros.
Sega Genesis
Bulbasaur
Coffee
Water
Pikachu
Pokemon Go
Atari 2600
PlayStation
Minecraft
Tea
Charmander
States
Capitals
Continents
Leftovers
Queensland
Sydney
Basketball
Africa
Europe
Netball
Hobart
Northern Territory
Adelaide
Asia
Victoria
Soccer
Football
Western Australia
North America
Caberra
Activity 11 Leftovers
Use 4 different colours tom put the items in the correct category
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Leftovers
Owl
Turtle
Wombat
Train
Dolphin
Bike
Emu
Crocodile
Car
Penguin
Lizard
Kangaroo
Snake
Echidna
Bus
Kookaburra
Create your own Leftover Table with 3 categories of your choice
Leftovers
Activity 12 TELL ME A STORY