Write a composition entitled, ‘My Most Prized Possession’. It should include the following:
The possession (Describe it well...What does it look like?)
How did you get it? (My parents helped me to order it…)
How much did it cost? (I saved my money….)
What do you do with it? (I spend many hours….)
3 reasons why you like it so much (I like it because….)
How does it make you feel? (Use several adjectives to describe emotions/ feelings)
Read the sample story below before getting started. Pay attention to the highlighted, descriptive phrases.
My most prized possession is my flute. It is the most beautiful and precious thing that I own. It is an elegant musical instrument. I regard my flute highly because I had to work very hard to get it and I believe it was quite expensive.
I first asked my parents for a flute a few years ago after hearing an orchestra play. I was amazed by the soft sounds the flute could make. I also loved how shiny and silver it was. At first, my mother said “No,” but she soon changed her mind. She decided that if I was able to place in the top three in my class, then she would buy me the flute.
That year in school, I worked extra hard in my tests. I wanted to show her that I could earn the flute. I even saved up some money to help out with the cost. Then, on a quiet Saturday evening, my mother surprised me with a rectangular black box. When I opened it, the flute was there, perfectly sitting in the soft, red cushioning of the box.
My flute brings me joy. I feel relaxed and peaceful whenever I play. Though my music lessons are sometimes challenging, I try very hard because I want to get better and better.
Since I have my flute, I get to play briefly at church with other children who also have musical instruments. This is normally a great time. We play many songs together and everyone cheers us on.
While other children may value their phones, fancy clothes or expensive sneakers, for me, my most prized possession is my flute. I don’t know what I would do without it!
Problem solving
Write this down:
1) Jason purchased 7 kg 200 g of sugar, 9 kg 395 g of rice. What is
the total weight which Jason carried?
2) Share 75kg of cereal equally among 5 children. How many kg
of cereal will each child receive?
3) A raft is carrying two persons weighing 52 kg 250 g
and 37 kg 700 g. What is the total weight of the two persons?
4) What is the difference between 50g and 125g?
5) A truck was loaded with 352 kg 100 g of pumpkins and 207 kg
432 g of watermelons. Find the total weight carried by the truck.
6) What is the sum of 25g, 86g and 236g?
7) A shopkeeper sold 67 kg 626 g of wheat on Saturday and 125
kg 200 g of wheat on Sunday. Find the total weight of wheat sold
on both the days
8) Jasmine purchased 7 kg 302 g of rice and Melissa purchased 3
kg 598 g more. What quantity of rice did Jasmine and Melissa
purchase?
9) Brian sold 123 kg 231 g of newspapers and 200 kg of magazines. Find the total quantity of articles sold.
1. Jack had $10.00. He bought a pair of socks for $2.30 and a pair of
gloves for $5.50. How much money did he have left?
2. A music store is having its “Black Friday” sale. The store will give $5.00
off for the second item a customer purchases. Emma wants to buy a
pair of headphones for $25.00 and a CD for $18.50. How much does
she need to pay in total?
3. Coffee mugs cost $2.50 each. How much do 5 coffee mugs cost?
4. Mr. Jackman gives $32.00 to his four children to share equally. How
much will each of his children get?
5. Each student in Grade Four was given 20 raffle tickets to sell to raise
funds for their school. The price of each ticket is $1.50. If Olivia sold all
her tickets, how much money did she raise for her school? If there are
30 students in Grade 4, and they all sold all of their tickets, how much
money was raised altogether?
I had emerged relatively unscathed from the encounter with Mr Mckim in his office, but it was unfortunately not my last encounter with the principal. In my next year at school, I came across Dr Gruening, a highly educated, refined gentleman who had come from Germany just before World War II. To a bunch of fourteen-year old students, however, he was a weak and incompetent man who could be taken full advantage of. His classes were always an opportunity fro us to fool around and have fun at his expense. I myself was an active participant in this mockery although I did not dislike Dr Gruening. On his part, Dar Gruening magnanimously ignored most of our pranks until one day when he lost his temper and sent me to Mr Mckim.
Dr Gruening's note led me once again to the chair in Mr Mckim's office. Recognition dawned on his face when he saw me and I began to pray hopefully. Consulting my record, he looked puzzled as if he did not expect to see what he had just seen. I had maintained such good grades but had so many discipline marks against me. After much thought, he said, "Ask your father to come and see me." I felt ill. The next day, I was again at the office, this time with my father. seeing that my father was determined to keep me in the school, Mr Mckim gave a fairly reasonable sentence. I was to report to him forty-five minutes before school every morning for the next month and read 'Great Expectations'. My detention was a great joke to all the other students who had heard the news but I myself enjoyed the book very much.
About a week later, Dr Gruening brought a stack of papers into the classroom. The class proceeded as usual but at the end of the lesson, everyone started crowding around Dr Gruening, asking questions. I had no idea what was going on until later when someone came up to me and whispered, "We took a copy of Gruening's examination. We're working on the answers but make sure you get enough wrong." The next day, the papers were discreetly passed to me. After much deliberation, I put the copy in my drawer without looking at it and continued to study my German.
The day of the examination came and went. I did fairly well while those who had participated unfairly and unjustly did excellently. After class, Dr Gruening asked me to see him. To my surprise, he told me he was disappointed in me since it was an easy examination and it was obvious that I had not studied. Frustrated, I blurted that I had studied very hard and that it had not been an easy examination. Realizing that I might have said too much, I mumbled an apology and waited for him to dismiss me. He pondered for a long time and then said, "Yes, it was not an easy examination. You studied hard, I know. You did what you should have done."
The next day, Dr Gruening came up with his own method of retaliation and announced that there would be another examination in two days. The results this time round were more realistic. I did about the same, while the others did considerably worse. From that day on, everyone paid full attention in Dr Gruening's class.
Answer the following questions using complete sentences
1.
Why do you think the writer said he had 'emerged relatively unscathed' (paragraph1) after seeing the principal ?
2.
What is the meaning of 'magnanimously' (paragraph 1) ?
3.
Why did the writer and his friends continue to play pranks during Dr Gruening's class ?
4.
Quote the five-word phrase in paragraph 2 that tells us the principal remembered the writer.
5.
Explain clearly why Mr Mckim was 'puzzled' (paragraph 2)
6.
What was the real reason behind the students' behavior around Dr Gruening ?
7.
Why do you think one of the classmates told the writer to 'get enough wrong' (paragraph 3) ?
8.
Explain in your own words who were those who did 'excellently' (paragraph 4).
9.
'Realizing that I might have said too much ...' (paragraph 4) What was the writer afraid of ?
10.
Quote the eight-word phrase in the last paragraph that suggests Dr Gruening knew the class had cheated except for the writer.
Closest in Meaning - Select the answer which is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
1.
Mrs. Wu goes with her daughter to the ballet class each week.
(A)
supervises
(B)
guards
(C)
accompanies
(D)
escorts
2.
The man who attends to the needs of the passengers is tall and handsome.
(A)
waiter
(B)
steward
(C)
jockey
(D)
attendant
3.
Although he was convicted, everyone believes he is not guilty.
(A)
innocent
(B)
righteous
(C)
right
(D)
good
4.
Mrs. Bai did not leave her husband because she did not have the money or income to support herself.
(A)
capability
(B)
ability
(C)
strength
(D)
means
5.
The workers at the iron mill had to put up with the loud noise all day long.
(A)
endure
(B)
support
(C)
hear
(D)
like
6.
Mr. Chen takes pride in his vegetables which are just plucked from his garden.
(A)
new
(B)
clean
(C)
fresh
(D)
bright
7.
Nobody likes Wenjie because he is always blowing his own trumpet.
(A)
boasting
(B)
gossiping
(C)
quarrelling
(D)
playing
8.
Until she goes abroad, Hanis will be working for the time being for her uncle.
(A)
timely
(B)
temporarily
(C)
permanently
(D)
continuously
9.
The teacher discouraged us from putting off to another day what we can do today.
(A)
canceling
(B)
postponing
(C)
stopping
(D)
continuing
10.
We saw the stranger walk unsteadily down the street in his drunken state..
(A)
waddle
(B)
amble
(C)
stroll
(D)
Stagger
Context Clues
Read the text in ach of the following situations and choose the best meaning for the phrases that are underlined.
While we were on holiday in Singapore recently, we made it a point to visit friends and relatives whom we had not seen in years.
It was good to spend time with them and to recollect the happy moments we had shared when we were younger. We also found time to savor the delicious varieties of hawker food.
At night, after the hustle and bustle of the day's activities had eased, we drove around the city to admire the lights and the sights
1.
to recollect
A
to erase from our minds
B
to make fun of
C
to remember
D
to worry about
2.
to savor
A
to purchase
B
to enjoy
C
to bargain for
D
to refrain from
3.
the hustle and bustle
A
the noise and confusion
B
the peace and quiet
C
the boring and lengthy
D
the busy but orderly
1. A tanker of capacity 500 liters has 342.8 litres of oil. How much
more oil can be poured into the tanker?
2. My school is at a distance of 9.25 km from my house. I covered
a distance of 7.75 km by bus and the remaining distance on foot.
How far do I walk on foot?
3.A shopkeeper has 204.850 kg of rice in his shop. He sold 150.900
kg of rice. How much rice was left in the shop?
4. Subtract the given decimal numbers:
(i) 12.376 from 13.88
(ii) 12.09 from 15.889
(iii) 39.88 from 50
(iv) 177.864 from 235.9
(v) 1.309 from 236
(vi) 4.2 from 5.666
1. A company donates 935 pencils to a school. The pencils are
divided evenly among 9 classrooms. The rest of the pencils are
given to the library. How many pencils were donated to each
classroom and to the library?
2. Manny owns 83 sets of basketball cards. Each set has exactly
504 cards. What is the total number of basketball cards Manny
owns?
3. Mrs. Hilt had $4,000 in her savings account. She earned 10%
interest each year. If she left that money in the account for one
year, how much will she have in the account at the end of that
year?
Hint: Interest is added to the original amount
4. Mrs. Hinds baked 7 dozen cookies and sold them for $4.25 per
half-dozen. How much money would Mrs. Hinds make if she sold
all of the cookies?
Hint: Dozen =12
5. A lady has 6 boxes of markers. Each box has 19 markers in it. If
she sold each marker for $0.75, how much money would she earn?
6. A man had 4 pizzas. Each pizza had 8 slices. If he ate 50%
of the pizza slices, how many slices were left?
What are human rights? Why are they important?
Give an example of children's rights.
Why is this important?
Write a word similar in meaning to the underlined word.
1. The robust man effortlessly lifted the bookshelf across the room.
________________________
2. Many workers evacuated the building after a bomb threat was
announced. _______________________
3. The recreation hall can only accommodate twenty persons for the
Party.________________________
4. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. ______________________
5. It is an offence not to wear a seatbelt whilst driving.
_______________________
6. A putrid odour emanated from the dump across the road.
_______________________
7. The teacher monitored the talkative children at the back of the
class. _____________________
8. Shawn mustered the courage to tell his mother that he broke the
window. _______________________
9. The loquacious girl became a nuisance with her excessive talking.
________________________
10. The callous attack on the pastor left everyone speechless since
robbery seemed to have been the motive. _____________________
*************~~~~~~~~~~~~~************
Would you live close to a volcano ?
What are the benefits of a volcano ?
Get your books. It's time to read.
Complete the following sentences by using the Past Tense form of
the verb in brackets.
1. They __________ to the library to gather information on
famous people. (go)
2. The children _______________ that the information on Sir
David Rose was very interesting. (think)
3. Spectators _____________ souvenirs of famous people. (buy)
4. Jack _____________ his vacation in Mahaica. (spend)
5. Arthur Chung _______________ up in Windsor Forest. (grow)
Study the poster below. In one paragraph, say what you understand its message to be.
1. In which of the following numbers does the digit 8 represent 8 hundreds?
(A) 8 790 (B) 5 608 (C) 9 850 (D) 9 780
2. Which of the following numbers is a common factor of both 30 and 45?
(A) 6 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 90
3. Tim bought 5 oranges for $225. How much would 20 oranges cost?
(A) $ 900 (B) $1 125 (C) $2 250 (D) $4 500
4. If the fraction of eggs sold at a stall is 12/25 , then the percentage of eggs sold is _______
5. If 1 486 + W = 2 178, then W represents the number
(A) 629 (B) 692 (C) 3 466 (D) 3 664
6. James bought a belt and a wallet. The wallet cost 4 times as much as the belt. If the wallet cost $1 800, how much did he pay altogether for the belt and the wallet?
(A) $ 450 (B) $1 350 (C) $2 250 (D) $3 600
7. Joslene had $360. She used one-sixth
of her money to buy a chair. How much did she spend on the chair? (A) $60 (B) $72 (C) $300 (D) $432
8. A machine can print 200 sheets of pictures in 5 minutes. How many sheets of pictures can it print in one hour?
9. What is the size of m?
10. The rectangle, R, in the diagram above measures 10 em by 8 em and has the same perimeter as the square, S. What is the area of S? (A) 20.25 cm2 (B) 81 cm2 (C) 324 cm2 (D) 1 296 cm2
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Remember to always answer questions in a complete sentence. Poverty Five times a day, the crowd of students flocked around the window through which the caretaker sold her cakes, then broke up in the yard to play and walk about, while heartily biting into long pieces of a type of gingerbread with jam. And five times a day I was forced to endure this spectacle without participating in it. I never had a cent to my name. I was forced to stand in the background, and the sight of those cakes the pupils bought in a joyous uproar and devoured greedily and freely about me, overwhelmed me with passionate desire. Thus I began filling myself with water from the tap, in a corner of the yard and, every now and then, I returned to it, trying to drown my stomach to keep it qui
Persuasive Writing Persuasion is the act or process of presenting arguments to move, motivate, or change your audience's mind. Common Persuasive Techniques 1.Emotional Appeals: One persuasive technique is appealing to the audience’s emotions: Fears, desire to seem intelligent, need to protect their family, desire to fit in, etc. 2. Rhetorical Questions: Rhetorical questions are questions that do not require an answer Example: Do we want our children growing up in a world where they are threatened with violence on every street corner? 3. Repetition: By repeating letters, words and phrases the author can reinforce an argument and ensure that the point of view being made stays in an audience's mind. 4. Evidence: Statistics, expert opinions, research findings and anecdotal evidence. 5. Inclusive and Exclusive Language: 'People like you and me don't want to see this happen' Activity 1 Read the persuasive piece and answer the
Vocabulary 1. alienate - cause to become unfriendly or hostile 2. barricade - obstacle 3. belligerent - eager to fight 4. haughty - arrogant and full of pride 5. usurp - seize and take control without authority 6. Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on 7. Enigmatic - puzzling 8. Finesse - Skillful handling of a situation nomadic - traveling from place to place uncouth - clumsy or impolite heartrending - causing grief or sorrow celestial - having to do with the sky or heavens pseudonym - a false name (usually of an author/ someone famous) meticulous - extremely or overly careful in thinking about or dealing with small details ---------------------------- Write a word similar in meaning to the underlined word. 1. The robust man effortlessly lifted the bookshelf across the room. 2. The recreation hall can only accommodate twenty persons for the party. 3. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. 4. It is an offence not to wear a seatbelt while driving. 5. A putrid odour emanated
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