English 6 - Q3 - Las 4 RTP
English 6 - Q3 - Las 4 RTP
English 6 - Q3 - Las 4 RTP
Grade 6 - ENGLISH
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Author’s Purpose
ACTIVITY 1
DIRECTIONS: Read the descriptions in each item and determine the author’s main
purpose. Circle your answer.
1. A poster on the wall that names and defines the parts of speech.
a. To entertain b. To inform c. To persuade
2. A book that lists words in alphabetical order. It gives the definition(s),
pronunciation, and a sample sentence for each word. (dictionary)
a. To entertain b. To inform c. To persuade
3. A fairy tale about a lovely princess falling in love with a leprechaun.
a. To entertain b. To inform c. To persuade
4. A comic book about a man that has superpowers and can see into the future.
a. To entertain b. To inform c. To persuade
5. A speech written by a politician to the public telling them about beliefs and causes
that are important to the politician and to encourage people to vote for him.
a. To entertain b. To inform c. To persuade
1. Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the
question below.
My heart is like a singing bird. Whose nest is a weathered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree. Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell, that paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;
My heart is gladder than all these, because my love has come to me.
QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey?
(Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
a. sorrow b. happiness c. excitement d. nervousness
2. Read the following lines from "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon
Swinburne. Then answer the question below.
There go the loves that wither [dry up], The old loves with wearier wings;
And all dead years draw thither [there], And disastrous things;
Dead dreams of days forsaken, Blind buds that snows have shaken,
Wild leaves that winds have taken, Red strays of ruined springs…
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Specific Week: Week 6
Target Competency: Evaluate narratives based on how the author developed
the elements
(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS
Grade 6 - ENGLISH
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And love, grown faint and fretful, With lips but half regretful Sighs,
And with eyes forgetful, Weeps that no loves endure [last].
QUESTION: What mood do the details in the poem convey?
a. Wastefulness and excess
b. happiness
c. Sadness and despair
d. mistrust
3. Which tone is represented in the following passage?
She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.
a. Calm b. annoyed c. scary d. excited
4. Which tone is represented in the following passage?
As that hurricane threatened, the wind's blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves
to crash over the small houses near the shore.
a. Calm b. annoyed c. scary d. excited
5. Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Ugh! Do I have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again?
a. Calm b. annoyed c. scary d. excited
Characterization
ACTIVITY 3
DIRECTIONS: Match each sentence to the character trait it represents.
_________1. May’s parents leave her in charge of her siblings when they are away.
_________2. Rachel is a good friend because she always understands and shares
my feelings.
_________3. Jorge figured out a way to get twice as much done in half the time.
_________4. Sam’s parents work at night, so he often gets his own dinner and
wakes to an alarm.
_________5. Tim made silly faces and played peek-a-boo with the baby. Tim is a
cheerful boy.
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Specific Week: Week 6
Target Competency: Evaluate narratives based on how the author developed
the elements
(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)