Reading

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to identify language features. 

VOCABULARY

Language features: Features of language that support meaning (for example, sentence structure, noun group/phrase, vocabulary, punctuation, figurative language)

Similes: A simile is a description that uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison. For example "as light as a feather". 

Metaphors: Compares something to something else to create an image in the readers mind. For example "he had a heart of stone".

Hyperboles: An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally. For example 'The teacher gave us a ton of homework". 

Rhetorical Questions: A rhetorical question is a question asked to make a point, rather than get an answer. 

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Throughout this term, students have been working at reading and identifying language features in Fiction Texts.

Have your child read the following passage.

Have them highlight/underline/circle language features they can identify and label which one they find. Or they can read and verbally identify to a family member which language feature/s they find. 

“In the hallowed halls of education, where minds are moulded and dreams take flight, each day unfolds like a tapestry of discovery. Are classrooms not akin to treasure troves, where wisdom gleams like precious jewels waiting to be unearthed? Do teachers not wield knowledge like magicians, casting spells of enlightenment upon eager minds?

Behold the playground, a battlefield of youthful exuberance, where laughter echoes like thunder and friendships bloom like wildflowers in a sun-drenched meadow. Could it be that recess is not merely a break, but a grand carnival of jubilation where time itself dances to the rhythm of youthful joy? And oh, the weight of textbooks upon young shoulders, heavier than the burdens of Atlas himself, yet each page holds the promise of worlds unknown, beckoning explorers to journey forth into the boundless realms of imagination”