GRADE 5 WORKBOOK Miss Booysen

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT PRIMARY SCHOOL

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WEEK 1:

READING & VIEWING

This week we are going to look at a few of the things you have learnt and

experienced during this very different and unusual term we have had

together so far.

Firstly, I want us to reflect on why you have had to learn in such a

different way and I thought it might be a good to look at a poem, which

makes you a part of history. The world will remember the Covid 19

Pandemic for a very long time. We have all experienced and learnt many

new things during this time.

One day, when you are grown up, with children of your own, you will be

able to tell them…

I WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED…

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions.

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History will remember… by Donna Ashworth

History will remember when the world stopped

And the flights stayed on the ground

And the cars parked in the street

And the trains didn’t run

History will remember when the schools closed

And the children stayed indoors

And the medical staff walked towards the fire

And they didn’t run

History will remember when the people sang

On their balconies, in isolation

But so very much together

In courage and song

History will remember when the people fought

For their old and weak

Protected the vulnerable

By doing nothing at all

History will remember when the virus left

And the houses opened

And the people came out

And hugged and kissed

And started again

Kinder than before

ACTIVITY 1:

1. Why did the world stop for many people in 2020?

2. The medical staff did not really walk towards a fire. What

is the poet referring to?

3. Which figure of speech did the poet use in stanza 2?

4. Why do you think it took courage for people do sing

during isolation?

5. How could people possibly protect the old and weak by

‘doing nothing at all’?

6. Look up the meaning of the following words in your

dictionary and write it down.

Vulnerable

Isolation

7. Explain in your own words why you think people will be

‘kinder than before’ after Lockdown.

8. What are you most looking forward to doing after

Lockdown?

Listen and speak Page 102-103:

Write down what the definition of a biography is

Read the passage below

Answer questions 1-3 for Before you read

Answer questions 1-8 After you listen

Complete the Speak activity with someone in your family

Language Practice

Write the points of what a diary entry is on page 105 and copy both purple blocks on page

105 and 106

Answer questions 2-5 on page 105- 106

Copy the purple block on page 107 and answer questions 1-3

Write Do the book review writing activity on page 108-109

WEEK 2

LANGUAGE PRACTICE

PARTS OF SPEECH REVISION

Term Definition Examples

NOUNS Naming words The kettle was boiling

PROPER NOUNS

Nouns that refer to a specific person or place. Must always be written with a capital letter.

On New Years Day we

relaxed in the sun.

ABSTRACT NOUNS

Words that refer to feelings or emotions, that we cannot see.

jealousy fear

love courage

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Words that refer to a group or a collection of people or things.

The audience gave a

standing ovation.

PRONOUNS Words that replace the name of a person or noun.

He raced down the

stairs two at a time.

ADJECTIVES Describing words

Red car, fast car, shiny

car, new car

VERBS Action words or doing words

He ran away from the dog.

ADVERBS Words that describe

the verb or add to the verb. Tells you how, when, where or how something was done.

David quietly jumped

over the fence.

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EXCERCISE: Read the following paragraph carefully

and answer the follow.

CONJUNCTIONS Words that join two

sentences together.

I walked down the road and caught the bus.

PREPOSITIONS Words that tell us the place in time or the position of something or someone.

We were crammed into the bus like sardines.

It is nearly Easter and Edmund is so excited. He would like

some chocolate instead of soggy, grey vegetables. His sister,

Susan, has been shopping with her friends to buy seven

beautiful, sugar-coated eggs.

On Sunday morning, the children will hunt carefully for their

colorful treats in the garden. They will be covered in shiny,

colorful foil. Brian hopes he will be lucky enough to find his

sweets in turquoise and mauve wrapping. Mary wants a swan

made of white chocolate enclosed in crimson and navy stripes.

Our grandfather knows that a bouquet of flowers will give

granny unknown pleasure. These will be yellow, scarlet and

orange, tied with a large emerald green bow.

1. Write down any three Proper Nouns from the paragraph.

2. Find five common nouns in the paragraph and write them down.

3. Write down a collective noun from the paragraph.

4. There is one abstract noun in the paragraph. Write it down.

5. Write down the adjectives that describe the following words:

Vegetables

Eggs

Foil

Bow

6. Write down any five verbs from the paragraph.

7. Find an adverb in the paragraph.

8. Circle the pronouns in the paragraph.

9. Underline the conjunctions in the paragraph.

10. Find two prepositions in the paragraph and write them down.

Read

Answer questions 1-8 on Page 114

Answer questions 1-7 on Page 115

View

Answer questions 1-5 on page 116

Language practice:

Copy the purple table on page 116

Answer question 1 a-f on page 117

Write

Design your own advertisement using the steps on page 117 118

WEEEK 3

Look carefully at the object in each box. Write the following four things

next to each box:

A noun to name the object.

An adjective to describe the object.

A verb that tells you what the object might do.

An adverb to describe how, when or where it is done.

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Read

Complete the reading activity on page 125; questions 1-2

Listen and speak

Have a family member read the story on page 126 and you discuss your feelings

on it

Language practice:

Copy the purple table on page 127

Answer question 1-3 on page 127

Write

Compose your own tall story using the steps on page 128

WEEK 4

VERBS

The verb is the most important part of a sentence. A sentence must have

a verb to make sense. The tense of a verb tells us when the action took

place.

Present Tense (today) Verb I paint a picture

Past Tense (yesterday) Verb +ed I painted a picture

Future Tense (tomorrow) Will/shall + verb I shall paint a picture

He will paint a picture

1. Fill in a suitable verb in the sentences below.

Birds to warmer climates.

My father many books.

Clinton very silly.

Mary a cold ice-cream.

2. Underline the verb in the following sentences and indicate the tense

of the verb in brackets.

a) Jane and Dave played tennis. ( )

b) Peter paints beautiful pictures. ( )

c) Sarah collects posters of pop stars. ( )

d) Andy will fly to Durban next week. ( )

e) Shane watches cricket every Saturday. ( )

3. Complete the following sentences by filling in the appropriate

adverb. An adverb tells you more about how, when or where the

verb happened.

a) Mildred skipped down the road.

b) Thandi cooks .

c) Lungile wrote in his book.

d) The manager looked at the shoplifter.

e) My brother drives his car .

SUBJECT & PREDICATE

The subject of a sentence tells us who or what the sentence is about.

Example: The woman with the green hat ate lunch.

The predicate is the rest of the sentence and it tells us what the subject

does. The predicate therefore must include the verb.

Example: The woman with the green hat (ate lunch.)

4. Underline the subject and bracket the (predicate) in the following

sentences.

a) Three pelicans flew over the beach.

b) The children built a sandcastle.

c) Everyone in the stadium watched the game.

d) Ben played chess with Alex.

e) The moon shines down on the water.

Read

Answer questions 1-3 on Page 136

Answer questions 1-8 on Page 137

Write

Create your own weather report with the steps on the bottom of page 138

Language practice:

Copy the purple table on page 139

Answer question 1-6 on page 139

WEEK 5

WRITING & PRESENTING

You will remember that we looked at a set of instructions on How to

Juggle on pg. 60 in your textbooks, when we did Theme 6.

You were given the topics below to choose from. You may choose

one of these topics again to write a set of instructions on:

How to make hot chocolate (tea; milkshake; smoothie etc.)

How to make the best sandwich (muffins; flapjacks; French toast

etc.)

How to make a campfire (braai fire; etc.)

How to bait a fishhook (pitch a tent; knit a scarf etc.)

How to ride a skateboard or bicycle

How to bath your dog (clean your hamster cage)

AND

Write a set of instructions explaining to us how to do the very first

thing you said you were going to do after lockdown.

Remember to use command verbs and to use the correct format. Do

a rough draft first, then proof read and edit it, before you write your

final draft neatly in pen.

FOR BOTH INSTRUCTIONS USE THE FORMAT ON THE NEXT PAGE

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WEEK 6 LISTENING AND SPEAKING (ORAL)

Learn your poem HISTORY WILL REMEMBER off by heart. Prepare to

recite it to your families. Don’t sing your poem BUT add your own

actions and feeling to your presentation.