Year 5 English Home Learning Term 6 Week 5 · cities in Brazil, e.g. Brasilia. Key Reading Skill: To summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph. 2 mark s 18. Brazil is a popular

Year 5 English Home Learning

Term 6 Week 5

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Read through the non-fiction text

on Brazil and then answer the

questions. Answers will appear

after every slide.

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With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the

exact part which tells you the answer.

Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information from the text.

2marks

16.Write in the boxes the names of the missing countries.

Mark Scheme

Award 2 marks for all three

correct answers.

Award 1 mark for two

correct answers.

Uruguay

With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the



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16.Write in the boxes the names of the missing countries.

Mark Scheme

Award 2 marks for all three

correct answers.

Award 1 mark for two

correct answers.

Columbia

Bolivia

With these questions, you need to look back at the text and find the



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17.Draw lines to match the correct information.

São Paulo

Salvador

Brasília

second largest city

capital city

historic centreIf you change

your mind or

make a mistake,

make it clear to

the marker

which of your

lines is your

answer.

largest city

Rio de Janeiro

With these questions, you need to look back at the text and find the



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17.Draw lines to match the correct information.

São Paulo

Salvador

Brasília

second largest city

capital city

historic centreIf you change

your mind or

make a mistake,

make it clear to

the marker

which of your

lines is your

answer.

largest city

Rio de Janeiro

For this question you will need to look back through all of the information about the

cities in Brazil, e.g. Brasilia.

Key Reading Skill: To summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph.

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18. Brazil is a popular destination for many tourists.

Use evidence from the text to explain why you think this is?

As it is a 2 mark question, you

must give two reasons (one

human feature and one physical

feature).

Brasília

Human Features

• The Palácio da Alvorada is the official

residence of the President of Brazil.

• Paranoá Lake is a man-made lake on the

east side of the city.

• Cathedral of Brasília is a Roman Catholic

cathedral designed by a Brazilian architect.

Physical Feature

• Itiquara Falls is 168 metres high.

For this question you will need to look back through all of the information about the

cities in Brazil, e.g. Brasilia.

Key Reading Skill: To summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph.

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18. Brazil is a popular destination for many tourists.

Use evidence from the text to explain why you think this is?

As it is a 2 mark question, you

must give two reasons (one

human feature and one physical

feature).

Brasília

Human Features

• The Palácio da Alvorada is the official

residence of the President of Brazil.

• Paranoá Lake is a man-made lake on the

east side of the city.

• Cathedral of Brasília is a Roman Catholic

cathedral designed by a Brazilian architect.

Physical Feature

• Itiquara Falls is 168 metres high.

Example Answer• Because there are

interesting places to visit.

For example, in Brasilia (the

capital city) there is Paranoa

Lake, which is a man-made

lake, and Itiquara Falls,

which are 168 metres high.

This question is asking you to think about how the text is helping the reader to

understand something.

Key Reading Skill: To make inferences from the text.

1mark

19. ‘The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Covering over 5.5

million square kilometres, it is so big that the UK and Ireland would

fit into it 17 times!’

How does this comparison help the reader to understand the size

of the Amazon?

Mark SchemeAward 1 mark for reference to

providing a comparison to something

the reader will relate to.

What does the word ‘comparison’ mean

This question is asking you to think about how the text is helping the reader to

understand something.

Key Reading Skill: To make inferences from the text.

1mark

19. ‘The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Covering over 5.5

million square kilometres, it is so big that the UK and Ireland would

fit into it 17 times!’

How does this comparison help the reader to understand the size

of the Amazon?

Example Answer• Because we know how big the UK

and Ireland are it helps us to

understand the size of the Amazon.

• It compares the size to a place we

already know.

Mark SchemeAward 1 mark for reference to

providing a comparison to something

the reader will relate to.

What does the word ‘comparison’ mean

For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can you

do if you change your mind or make a mistake?

Key Reading Skill: To explain the meaning of words in context.

1mark

20. ‘This area is of immense natural beauty’.

In this sentence, the word ‘immense’ is the closest in meaning to…

With this type of question it is a good idea to re-read the section that the sentence was

taken from to help you understand the meaning better. Which word could replace

‘immense’ in the sentence?

colourful

varied

great

Tick one

For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can you

do if you change your mind or make a mistake?


1mark

20. ‘This area is of immense natural beauty’.

In this sentence, the word ‘immense’ is the closest in meaning to…

With this type of question it is a good idea to re-read the section that the sentence was

taken from to help you understand the meaning better. Which word could replace

‘immense’ in the sentence?

colourful

varied

great

Tick one

For this question, you need to think of your own explanation for this phrase

linked to what you have read. Think about the job that your lungs do.

Key Reading Skill: To explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of

words and phrases…

1mark

21. The Amazon rainforest is sometimes referred to as ‘the lungs

of the Earth’. What does this tell you about the rainforest?

Example Answer

• The rainforest keeps the Earth alive

by providing lots of oxygen.

For this question, you need to think of your own explanation for this phrase

linked to what you have read. Think about the job that your lungs do.

Key Reading Skill: To explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of

words and phrases…

1mark

21. The Amazon rainforest is sometimes referred to as ‘the lungs

of the Earth’. What does this tell you about the rainforest?

Mark Scheme

Award 1 mark for an acceptable

point linked to the rainforest

keeping the Earth alive/breathing

by producing lots of oxygen.

Do not accept a direct quote

from the text without further

explanation.

Example Answer

• The rainforest keeps the Earth alive

by providing lots of oxygen.

With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the exact

part which tells you the answer.

1mark

22. Fill in the missing labels.

Mark Scheme

Award 1 mark for all four

correctly labelled.


With these questions, you need to look back at the booklet and find the exact

part which tells you the answer.

1mark

22. Fill in the missing labels.

Mark Scheme

Award 1 mark for all four

correctly labelled.

emergent

layer

canopy

layer

understory

layer

Forest

layer


For this question, you need to look back at the text to find relevant evidence.

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23. Why do you think that the forest floor is so dark?

Explain your answer using evidence from the text.


Mark Scheme

Award 1 mark for answers that refer to the

thickness of the trees in the canopy layer

above stopping the sunlight from reaching

the forest floor.

Think about the ‘thickness of the canopy’.

For this question, you need to look back at the text to find relevant evidence.

1mark

23. Why do you think that the forest floor is so dark?

Explain your answer using evidence from the text.


Example Answer

• The thickness of the trees in the canopy

layer stop the sunlight from entering the

forest floor.

Mark Scheme

Award 1 mark for answers that refer to the

thickness of the trees in the canopy layer

above stopping the sunlight from reaching

the forest floor.

Think about the ‘thickness of the canopy’.

This question is worth 2 marks.

To get 2 marks, you must explain all three correctly.

If you explain two correctly, you will get 1 mark.

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24. Look at the text box about the Brazilian flag and complete the table below.

Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information.

For this question, you need to look back at the text

to find relevant evidence.


To get 2 marks, you must explain all three correctly.

If you explain two correctly, you will get 1 mark.

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24. Look at the text box about the Brazilian flag and complete the table below.

Key Reading Skill: To retrieve and record information.

Possible Answers

yellow diamond – Yellow represents

the gold reserves the country holds.

white stars – Each star represents

one of each of the states in the

Federal District, which are arranged

in the same pattern as the stars in

the Brazilian night sky.

Do not accept The night sky.

dark green background – Green

symbolises the great Amazon

rainforest, Atlantic jungle and the

Panama or symbolises all of their

amazing tropical landscape.

For this question, you need to look back at the text

to find relevant evidence.

For this question, you need to make a comparison between the other text-based

evidence and the information about the flag.

1mark

25. How does the information about the Brazilian flag support the other

information in the text?

Key Reading Skill: To explain how information is related and contributes to meaning as a

whole.

For this question, you need to make a comparison between the other text-based

evidence and the information about the flag.

1mark

25. How does the information about the Brazilian flag support the other

information in the text?

Key Reading Skill: To explain how information is related and contributes to meaning as a

whole.

Example Answers

• The flag information says that Brazil has gold reserves, which suggests it is a

rich country, and the other text says that Brazil is the sixth largest economy in

the world, which also suggests that it is a rich country.

• The flag information says that the green symbolises the great Amazon

Rainforest, and the other information also talks about the Amazon Rainforest as

being a great place: ‘This area of immense natural beauty’.

• The flag information talks about the ‘amazing tropical landscape’ – accept any

relevant link with the physical features from the rest of the text.

For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can

you do if you change your mind or make a mistake?

1mark

26. ‘Yellow represents the gold reserves the country holds’

In this sentence, the word ‘represents’ is closest in meaning to…

With this type of question, it is often a good idea to try to replace the word with the

other word choices to see which word ‘fits’.


shows

symbolises

for

Tick one

For this question, you must tick the word which is closest in meaning. What can

you do if you change your mind or make a mistake?

1mark

26. ‘Yellow represents the gold reserves the country holds’

In this sentence, the word ‘represents’ is closest in meaning to…

With this type of question, it is often a good idea to try to replace the word with the

other word choices to see which word ‘fits’.


shows

symbolises

for

Tick one

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27. Across the globe is a white banner that reads, ‘Ordem E

Progresso’, which translates in English to ‘Order and Progress’.

Explain two things that the words ‘order’ and ‘progress’ suggest

about the country of Brazil.


To get 2 marks you must interpret both order and progress.


Acceptable points for order

include references to:

• organisation/logic

• control/discipline

• peace/harmony

Acceptable points for progress


• movement

• development

• advance

• growth

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27. Across the globe is a white banner that reads, ‘Ordem E

Progresso’, which translates in English to ‘Order and Progress’.

Explain two things that the words ‘order’ and ‘progress’ suggest

about the country of Brazil.


To get 2 marks you must interpret both order and progress.


Mark Scheme

Acceptable points for order


• organisation/logic

• control/discipline

• peace/harmony

Acceptable points for progress


• movement

• development

• advance

• growth

There is a total of 17 marks awarded for this paper. How did you do?

Which type of question did you find the trickiest to answer?

What do you know now that you didn’t know before?

What would you still like to know about Brazil?

Task 3

Task 4: Plan a speechToday you are going to plan a speech about climate change. It is your job to try and convince others to change their ways and prevent global warming. Before you start writing your plan, watch the video of Greta Thunberg’s UN speech about climate change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11FCyUB81rI

You need to plan up to 5 paragraphs. Can you include the following features in your plan?

• Write in the first person form (I, we…)• Use persuasive language• Include facts and statistics about climate change• Include modal verbs e.g must, should, will, could, might

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Task 5: Write a speechToday you are going to write a speech about climate change. It is your job to try and convince others to change their ways and prevent global warming. Before you start writing your speech, rewatch the video of Greta Thunberg’s UN speech about climate change.


You need to write up to 5 paragraphs. Can you include the following features in your plan?

• Write in the first person form (I, we…)• Use persuasive language• Include facts and statistics about climate change• Include modal verbs e.g must, should, will, could, might

Use the following websites to help you research facts and statistics on global warming.https://www.explainthatstuff.com/globalwarmingforkids.html



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Year 5 English Home Learning Term 6 Week 5 · cities in Brazil, e.g. Brasilia. Key Reading Skill: To summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph. 2 mark s 18. Brazil is a popular