Checkpoint Practice

Checkpoint Practice
 Grade 5 – Week 7

English / Science

Monday 4th October 2021

Fix the sentences!

“The enemy are over there.” Guthrum told them.

This is an
example of
direct speech.

“They’re over there,” Guthrum told them.

Fix the sentences!

Kayla say that she lived in New York.

This is an
example of
reported
speech.

Kayla said that she lived in New York.

Fix the sentences!

I’m the best at frisbee! shouted Alex.

This is an
example of
direct speech.

“I’m the best at frisbee!” shouted Alex.

Fix the sentences!

Kayla said “I live in New York.”

This is an
example of
direct speech.

Kayla said, “I live in New York.”

Fix the sentences!

Alex shouted that I was the best at frisbee.

This is an
example of
reported
speech.

Alex shouted that he was the best at frisbee.

Fix the sentences!

The doctor gently told that I needed to eat less sweets.

This is an
example of
reported
speech.

The doctor gently told me that I needed to eat less sweets.

Fix the sentences!

Guthrum told them that the enemy are over there.

This is an
example of
reported
speech.

Guthrum told them that the enemy were over there.

Fix the sentences!

The doctor gently told me, “you need to eat less sweets”.

This is an
example of
direct speech.

The doctor gently told me, “You need to eat less sweets”.
Reading

You are going to read a short text: Take Your Kids to

Work Day. What do you think happens on this day?
Do you think this sounds fun? Why or why not?

Skim the text on the next slide. You will only have two
minutes. You don’t need to understand every word,
just the main points. Try to answer these questions on
your mini-board:

• Where might Ellie’s dad work?

• What might Tom’s mum’s job be?
• Who enjoyed Take Your Kids to work Day more?
Take Your Kids to Work Day

Ellie’s dad was a chef, and she was helping him cook all day. It was Take Your Kids to Work
Day and all the students had gone to watch their parents do their jobs.

“This is great!” Ellie said.

Her dad explained that today was a quiet day. “It’s not so fun when we are busy,” he told
her.
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Meanwhile, Tom was with his mum at the hospital. He wasn’t having anywhere near as
much fun as Ellie. “What’s wrong?” she asked.

“I don’t like hospitals,” he complained. His mum asked him why not and he told her that it
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was the smell! She asked him if he wanted to see something cool.

“Yeah,” said Tom. His mum slowly opened a draw and got out the biggest needle he had
ever seen! Tom felt sick. “Can I go home?” he asked.
Identify direct and reported speech in a text

• Where might Ellies dad work?

• What might Tom’s mum’s job be?
• Who enjoyed Take Your Kids to work Day more?

If you could answer those questions, you understood

the main points of the text!

Now read again. Underline examples of direct speech and

highlight examples of reported speech.
• Identify direct and reported speech in a text

Ellie’s dad was a chef, and she was helping him cook all day. It was Take Your Kids to Work
Day and all the students had gone to watch their parents do their jobs.

“This is great!” Ellie said.

Her dad explained that today was a quiet day. “It’s not so fun when we are busy,” he told
her.

Meanwhile, Tom was with his mum at the hospital. He wasn’t having anywhere near as
much fun as Ellie. “What’s wrong?” she asked.

“I don’t like hospitals,” he complained. His mum asked him why not and he told her that it
was the smell! She asked him if he wanted to see something cool.

“Yeah,” said Tom. His mum slowly opened a draw and got out the biggest needle he had
ever seen! Tom felt sick. “Can I go home?” he asked.
Breaktime: Go to the toilet / get some water

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5 4 3 2 1
 Learning objective
• To be able to identify direct and reported speech.
• Begin to write reported questions.

Success Criteria
We are successful when we can:
• Identify direct and reported speech in a text
• Change reported speech to direct speech and visa-versa
• Use “asked” to write direct and indirect questions.
Change reported speech to direct speech and visa-versa

Direct Speech Reported Speech

“This is great!” Ellie said.
Her dad explained that today was a quiet day.
“It’s not so fun when we are busy,” he told her.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
“I don’t like hospitals,” he complained.
His mum asked him why not.
He told her that it was the smell!
She asked him if he wanted to see something cool.
“Yeah,” said Tom. (TIP: What is he saying “Yeah”
to?)
“Can I go home?” he asked
Change reported speech to direct speech and visa-versa

Direct Speech Reported Speech

“This is great!” Ellie said. Ellie said that this was great.
“Today is a quiet day,” her dad explained. Her dad explained that today was a quiet day.
“It’s not so fun when we are busy,” he told her. He told her that it was not so fun when they were busy.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. She asked him what was wrong.
“I don’t like hospitals,” he complained. He complained that he didn’t like hospitals.
His mum asked him, “Why not?” His mum asked him why not.

He told her, “It’s the smell” He told her that it was the smell!
“Do you want to see something cool?” she asked him. She asked him if he wanted to see something cool.
“Yeah,” said Tom. (TIP: What is he saying “Yeah” Tom said that he did (want to see something cool).
to?)
“Can I go home?” he asked He asked if he could go home.
Use “asked” to write direct and indirect questions.
Look at the questions. Are they closed questions or open-
ended questions?

What do you notice about the reported questions?

“What’s wrong?” she asked.
She asked what was wrong.
His mum asked him, “Why not?”
His mum asked him why not.

“Do you want to see something cool?” she

asked him.
She asked him if he wanted to see something
cool. he asked
“Can I go home?”
He asked if he could go
home.
Use “asked” to write direct and indirect questions.

Open questions Closed questions

My mum asked me what I wanted to be. My mum asked if I wanted to be a doctor or
a teacher.

She asked him what was wrong. She asked him if he wanted to see
something cool.

His mum asked him why not. He asked if he could go home.

• Reported speech with ‘asked’ doesn’t use that.

• Open questions use wh- and how words.
• Closed questions use if.
Use “asked” to write direct and indirect questions.

?
Think of one open ended
? question and one closed
question, the people could be
asking.

Use reported speech to write

what the chef and doctor
asked.
 Learning objective
• To be able to identify direct and reported speech.
• Begin to write reported questions.

Success Criteria
We are successful when we can:
• Identify direct and reported speech in a text
• Change reported speech to direct speech and visa-versa
• Use “asked” to write direct and indirect questions.
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