Starter quiz
- Who is the book 'Coming to England' about?
- The Queen
- Paddington Bear
- Floella Benjamin ✓
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- Match each term to its example.
- non-fiction book⇔'Coming to England' ✓
- fiction book⇔'Paddington' ✓
- fictional character⇔Paddington Bear ✓
- author⇔Floella Benjamin ✓
- Who honoured Floella Benjamin for her work?
- The King
- her parents
- The Queen ✓
- her siblings
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- Put the events in Floella Benjamin's life in order.
- 1⇔Floella was born in Trinidad.
- 2⇔Floella's parents emigrated to England.
- 3⇔Floella emigrated to England.
- Which of these are facts?
- Peru is a country in South America. ✓
- I like marmalade sandwiches.
- Trinidad is a hot place near the Equator. ✓
- I love the hot weather and tropical trees.
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- Which of these sentences using the joining word 'and' is punctuated correctly?
- I like trees and I like flowers
- I like trees And i like flowers.
- I like trees. and I like flowers.
- I like trees and I like flowers. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is a noun?
- a person, place or thing ✓
- a doing or being word
- a word that describes a noun
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- Match each term to its example.
- common noun⇔tree ✓
- proper noun⇔Benjamin ✓
- verb⇔travelled ✓
- joining word⇔and ✓
- Which of these are proper nouns?
- Floella ✓
- Trinidad ✓
- boat
- school
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- What is the joining word in the following sentence? 'Floella emigrated to England and she travelled by boat.'
- emigrated
- and ✓
- England
- by
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- Which of these are facts from the book 'Coming to England'?
- I think that Floella was brave.
- The Queen honoured Floella. ✓
- Floella was treated unfairly by others. ✓
- I like the illustrations of the waves in Trinidad.
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- Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?
- Floella has brothers. and she has sisters.
- Floella has brothers and She has sisters.
- Floella has brothers and. she has sisters.
- Floella has brothers and she has sisters. ✓
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Key learning points
- A fact is a statement of truth.
- 'Coming to England' is about Floella Benjamin's life so it can be used to learn information and facts.
- Two facts can be joined together using the joining word 'and'.
- Two complete ideas can become one sentence by placing 'and' in between them.
- A proper noun is a type of noun that needs a capital letter.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to find two similar facts.
Start by generating as many facts as you can about Floella; as you are receiving facts from pupils, model the thought process by saying 'Those two are linked because ...'.
Keywords
Fact - something that is known to be true or proved
Non-fiction - a genre of text which presents real events, information or knowledge
Information - facts learned about something or someone
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Proper noun - a naming word that always has a capital letter
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