Mastery Writing 2 SpArk Workbook Name: _________________________________________ A special thanks to Daniel Griffin, Ark Bolingbroke, for the adaption and formatting of this material. This workbook is an optional supplement and should not replace the standard English Mastery resources. It is specifically designed to provide consistency of learning, should any students find their learning interrupted. Due to the nature of the format – some deviations have been made from the EM Lesson ppts. These have been made of necessity and for clarity. Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 1 Lesson 1 Do Now: Fill in the gaps with either was or were. 1. On Friday, the weather __________ very gloomy. 2. The clouds __________ grey. They looked angry. 3. Drops of rain started to fall. Each drop __________ heavy and cold. 4. The man __________ out in the rain. 5. He __________ under his umbrella. 6. However, his feet __________ horribly wet. Extension: write 3 more sentences which use the words sopping, shivering and squelched. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 1 DEFINITION: The subject of a sentence is who or what is doing the main action. EXAMPLE: The subject has been underlined in all of the sentences below. 1. Daniel munched his lunch. 2. The rude man ate chips from Sasha’s plate. 3. The pencil was sharp and strong. 4. The boy fidgeted in his seat. 5. He felt sad and alone. 6. The children decided to go to the park at the end of the school day. Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 2 Your turn! Underline the subjects in the sentences below: 1. The blazing sunshine beat down on the swimmers. 2. The peach looked fresh and juicy. 3. The boy felt very proud. 4. Jamie and Mike went to the cinema. 5. Chocolate is delicious. 6. Lots of people like watching sport Extension: write a sentence which uses the subject ‘the man with a very short temper’. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2 Re Read the sentences below and circle either “Yes” or “No”: Is the action in the past simple? 1. Aruna played lots of tennis. Yes No 2. The class was working hard. Yes No 3. The sisters enjoyed reading books. Yes No 4. The sun shone. Yes No 5. Mum and Dad were dancing. Yes No 6. The road looked bumpy. Yes No Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 3 Exercise 3 Let’s practice capital letters and full stops! the mouse saw the piece of cheese it looked delicious the cat watched the mouse he wanted to catch the mouse the mouse moved towards the cheese the cat jumped on the mouse the poor mouse squeaked Extension: continue the paragraph for 2 more sentences. Make sure you use capital letters and full stops correctly! __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Writing Bob Jane Sally Paul Carl John Melissa Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 4 Look closely at the picture on the previous page. Using the vocabulary below as well as some prompts, you are going to write a short paragraph that describes what is happening in the picture. When writing a description of a picture, try to consider and separate everything that is happening. That way, you can go into more detail! For example: - What are Jane & Carl doing? Can you think of an adjective to describe this? - John is looking into the picnic basket. Why do you think this is? - Bob is water-skiing! What adjectives best suit his movements? - What is Sally doing? How is this different to Bob? How can you describe this difference? Feel free to use these prompts or describe the picture in your own way! REMEMBER – use all the vocabulary below: Vocabulary dangled fishing rod lake skimmed knelt picnic water skis brought __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 5 Lesson 2 Do Now: Underline the subject in each of these sentences. 1. The fat policeman talked to his friend. 2. He spoke on his phone. 3. That policeman had a long chat with his friend. 4. He put down his phone. 5. The fat policeman left his seat. 6. Sami and Tasha spoke to the policeman. Extension: write two sentences with the following subjects – “the clumsy clown” and “he”. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 1 Put the following sentences on the next page into the past simple. Cross out the relevant word(s) and replace them with a word from the box below: closed started turned motioned wanted happened Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 6 1. The event was starting at 9.30am. 2. Ms. Davis was motioning for the class to start writing. 3. They were wanting to see the film tomorrow. 4. The frog was turning into a prince. 5. Celebrations were happening all over town. 6. The lady and her son were closing the shop. Extension: write two sentences that tell us more about the celebrations. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2 Each of these sentences in the following passage contains a subject and the main action they are doing. The writer has forgotten to put some of the capital letters and full stops in. Enter the capital letters and full stops in the passage below: Faduma and her mum decided to go shopping. They took the bus into town they started walking around the shops. Faduma saw a dress she loved her mum thought it looked very elegant on Faduma she said she would buy it for her she rummaged in her bag. She couldn’t find her purse she sighed she had left it in the kitchen Mastery Writing 2 Student Booklet Page | 7 Exercise 3 Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with he, she or it: 1. The lady decided to wash her car. ___________ found a bucket and a sponge. ___________ spent all afternoon making her car sparkle. 2. Jamil went to the shopping centre. ___________ bought two pairs of trainers. ___________ took one pair back the next day. 3. The bicycle was in the garage for many years. ___________ became rusty. ___________ was covered in dust and spider webs. Extension: describe why the lady washed her car. __________________________________________________________________________________