Faces of Malaysia6J

Reading

•Turn to page 71 and read the poem.

Friday 05th May 2014

Learning Objective: to be able to use different types of

punctuation

Fill in the table• Add in the name of the punctuation and

what you think it does in a sentence.

Punctuation

What is it called?

What does it do?

word. Full Stop Finishes a sentence

Punctuation

What is it called?

What does it do?

word.word,!

?“ ”

word’

Punctuation

What is it called?

What does it do?

word. Full stop To show the end a sentence

word, Comma To separate item in a list

! Exclamation mark

To express an emotion

? Question mark To show the end of a question

“ ” Quotation mark To show direct speech or quotation

word’ Apostrophe To show contraction or possession

“ ” ! ? . , ;Punctuation

Punctuation

Eats, shoots and leaves.

Punctuation

Eats shoots and leaves.

Punctuation saves the sandwich

• The waiter opens the manual and sees the following definition for panda: "A tree-dwelling marsupial of Asian origin, characterised by distinct black and white colouring. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Punctuation makes noises

! = Stamp your feet ? = Huh?. = Clap your handsword, = Deep breathword’ = Blow a raspberry“ ” = Click your fingers

Reading with noise

One fine day Mr Liong went for a walk he was thinking about 6J and what he might teach them in Mondays lesson he wasnt sure what to do because he knew they needed to practise punctuation but didnt know how to make it fun

One fine day, Mr Liong went for a walk. He was thinking about 6J and what he might teach them in Monday’s lesson. He wasn’t sure what to do because he knew they needed to practise punctuation but didn’t know how to make it fun.

Group Work

• Form groups of five.• Each group will be given a piece of paper.• Make 2 sentences for the following punctuation.

. , ! ? ’• Present your work in front of the class with the

punctuation noise.

Individual Work

• Rewrite the text using the correct punctuation.

• Write in your exercise book.

01. Sarawak Cultural Village

Have you been to the Sarawak Cultural Village Well it is a fantastic place to visit The Cultural Village is located at the foot of Mount Santubong There are handicrafts to see traditional games to play and local food to try You can even see dances by the local Iban Kadazan and Murut people

01. Sarawak Cultural Village

Have you been to the Sarawak Cultural Village? Well, it is a fantastic place to visit. The Cultural Village is located at the foot of Mount Santubong. There are handicrafts to see, traditional games to play and local food to try. You can even see dances by the local Iban, Kadazan and Murut people.

02. Sumazau

the Sumazau dance can be considered the state dance of sabah the arm gestures are likened to that of a bird and it floats gracefully at approximately shoulder level with gentle bending of the elbow and wrist or alternatively is swung gently like a pendulum parallel at the sides of the body the costumes are authentically Kadazan they are usually black in colour and made of a velvet type material adorned with the appropriate accessories the music is provided by gongs of different sizes

02. Sumazau

The Sumazau dance can be considered the state dance of Sabah. The arm gestures are likened to that of a bird and it floats gracefully at approximately shoulder level with gentle bending of the elbow and wrist or alternatively is swung gently like a pendulum, parallel at the sides of the body. The costumes are authentically Kadazan. They are usually black in colour and made of a velvet type material adorned with the appropriate accessories. The music is provided by gongs of different sizes.

REMEMBER: Which piece of punctuation am I thinking of?

• Where does it go in a sentence?

• What does it do?

• What noise did it make earlier?