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Book ISBN: 9781877074462 PDF ISBN: 9780987303462
Size: A4 paperback
Level: primary school aged students to adult readers
Age group: school age students to adult
Self study: Yes Answers: Yes Audio CD/MP3: Yes (available as a separate purchase)
Also there are discussion questions which lead into speaking activities.
Skills practiced include reading, listening, writing, spelling, grammar practice and comprehension.
People in Australia’s Past – Contents
Story Vocabulary, comprehension & language activities page
1. Aboriginal Australians 2
Verbs: past, present and future 5
Past tense crossword 6 Put the verbs in the correct place in the story 7
2. Governor Arthur Phillip 8
Paragraphs: Grouping ideas in writing 11
Noun categories: equipment 12
Crossword & discussion 13
Conjunctions – joining pieces of information 14
Map activity ; discussion relating to the First Fleet 15
3. Bennelong 16
Nouns: proper nouns & common nouns 19
Nouns: concrete & abstract nouns 19
4. James Ruse 20
Nouns: revision 23
Adjectives and nouns 24
Adjective crossword & Noun groups 25
5. Mary Reibey 26
Discussion – Crime & Punishment 28
More practice with nouns: 29 Verbs and nouns with the same spelling 29
Nouns review: put nouns in the story 30
Map activity 31
Nouns and adjectives with a suffix (‘ful’) 31
6. John and Elizabeth Macarthur 32
Prepositions of place 35
Prepositions of time 35
7. Governor and Mrs Macquarie 36
Adjectives: nationalities 39
Adjectives – practice & crossword 40 – 41
8. Caroline Chisholm 42
Personal pronouns 45
Adding a suffix (e.g. ‘ment’) to a verb to make a noun 46
Crossword practice: words with suffix ‘ment’ 46
Research & presentation: Social services 47
9. Edmund Barton 48
Punctuation: capital letters 51
Nouns with a suffix ‘ion’ – practice & crossword 52 – 53
10. Edith Cowan 54
Online research on Australia’s banknotes 56
Design a banknote 56
Australian banknotes images & features 57
11. Banjo Paterson 58
Plural nouns: spelling and pronunciation rules 61
‘Waltzing Matilda’ & paraphrasing practice 62- 63
12. Dame Nellie Melba 64
Phrases that show time or place 67
Adjectives with suffix ‘al’ & practice crossword 68- 69
Discussion: Fame 69
13. David Unaipon 70
Prepositions 73
Adverbs of frequency & practice crossword 74 – 75
Discussion: Inventions; Racism 75
14. Charles Kingsford Smith 76
Paragraphs 79
Past tense verbs review 80
Active and passive verbs – practice 80 – 81
15. John Flynn 82
Adjectives with special suffixes: ‘ed’, ‘ing’, ‘est’ 85
Abbreviations – acronyms 85
Synonyms 86
Expressing information with words or numbers 87
Discussion: Advances in health &communication services 87
16. Douglas Mawson 88
Articles: a, an, the 91 – 92
Phrasal verbs 93
17. Vincent Lingiari 94
Punctuation: quotation marks 97
Punctuation symbols: list & crossword 98 – 99
18. Oodgeroo Noonuccal 100
Poetry – words & meaning in context 103
Antonyms: prefixes to make opposites & crossword 103- 105
19. Eddie Mabo 106
Map activity 108
Words and phrases to show ‘ownership’: possessive pronouns 109
20. Charlie Perkins 110
More about verbs – infinitives 113
Revision: prepositions 114
Pronunciation and spelling practice: letter ‘c’ 115
Group Speaking Activities
People in Australia’s Past Quiz 116
Map Activity – Australia 117
Speaking & listening activity instructions 118
People in Australia’s Past- information exchange 119 – 120
Writing a simple biography 121
Answers to language activities 122 – 152
Acknowledgements and further reading 153
