Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Writing and editing

11 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LA04

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Open responses, handwriting and spoken tasks need adult review. The models are examples; different responses may meet the criteria.

Question 1

Example response / review guidance: After the bus left, Nisha stood beside the school office and checked the time. While she waited with a teacher, they phoned her dad. He was working nearby and could collect her. Eventually, she spotted his blue car and thanked the teacher for helping.

Time connectives help a reader follow the sequence without changing who does each action.

Review criteria
  • Events form a plausible sequence with a safe solution.
  • All three connectives fit their meanings.
  • Adult can follow the paragraph without guessing what happened between events.

Question 2

Example response / review guidance: The dog stopped outside the bakery and sniffed the doorway. Its muddy paws left small prints on the tiles. A baker read the number on its collar and rang the owner. When Mr Lee arrived, the terrier wagged its tail so hard that everyone laughed.

Related vocabulary and clear references hold a paragraph together.

Review criteria
  • The paragraph has a clear sequence.
  • Adult identifies at least three useful related words.
  • Pronouns and alternate references clearly identify the same animal.

Question 3

Example response / review guidance: If the rain stopped, the family could hold Grandma's birthday tea in the garden. Unless the path dried, however, they would need to carry the chairs through the house. Mia checked the clouds, then laid the table indoors. She could move the cups later, but the cake needed somewhere safe now.

Conditional connectives show how one event depends on another.

Review criteria
  • Both conditional sentences express clear, sensible relationships.
  • The conditions influence the character's actions.
  • Adult can follow the paragraph as a connected scene.

Question 4

Example response / review guidance: Paper Bookmark Materials: card, pencil, ruler, scissors and coloured pencils. 1. Draw a long rectangle on the card. 2. Cut along its outline carefully. 3. Write your name near one end. 4. Next, decorate the remaining space. 5. Place the finished bookmark between your pages.

A procedure uses ordered actions and precise directions to help someone complete a task.

Review criteria
  • Materials match the actions in the steps.
  • Steps begin with clear action verbs and follow a useful order.
  • Adult can follow the instructions without missing information.

Question 5

Example response / review guidance: Both ice cubes began at the same size. After ten minutes, the cube on the sunny bench had become a smaller piece in a larger puddle. The shaded cube still had more ice around it. Both cubes received heat from their surroundings, so both began to melt. In this observation, the sunny position supplied heat faster. That explains why more of that cube changed into liquid water.

An explanation connects evidence with reasons instead of only listing events.

Review criteria
  • Adult checks that the reported observation matches the notes.
  • Cause-and-result language connects the ideas.
  • The explanation does not claim every sunny/shady setting always gives the same result.

Question 6

Example response / review guidance: First, check the device volume. If it is muted, turn the sound on at a comfortable level. Next, check that the slide actually contains an audio clip. The sound will not play unless an audio file has been added. If these checks do not solve the problem, ask the teacher for help before changing other settings.

Conditional language guides a reader through different possible causes and actions.

Review criteria
  • The checks follow a sensible order.
  • 'If' and 'unless' express correct conditions.
  • Adult checks that the guide ends with an appropriate way to seek help.

Question 7

Example response / review guidance: First, we collected clean pots. We filled them with soil and put seeds into it. After watering the pots, we placed them by the window. I moved collecting the pots to the beginning because the other actions depend on having pots.

Reordering improves the logic of a paragraph; connectives make the order explicit.

Review criteria
  • Adult checks that every original action remains.
  • The sequence is practical and clearly linked.
  • The explanation identifies a useful move.

Question 8

Example response / review guidance: The rabbit escaped from its pen. It hid behind the compost bin. The small animal waited there until Zara brought some food. Then it hopped back into the pen.

Pronouns and related references can improve flow when the reader can still identify their meaning.

Review criteria
  • All original events remain clear.
  • The revision uses a pronoun and another reference to the rabbit.
  • Adult checks that no pronoun could be confused with Zara.

Question 9

Example response / review guidance: Before you begin painting, cover the table. Put on an apron, then collect your brush. If the paint is too thick, ask the teacher whether a little water can be added. Wash the brush when you finish.

Connectives should express real relationships between actions, not simply decorate sentences.

Review criteria
  • The table is protected before painting begins.
  • The condition about thick paint has a matching action.
  • Adult checks that the revision keeps all essential steps.

Question 10

Example response / review guidance: Before the visitors arrived, we set out the chairs. While they watched the demonstration, we explained our model. After they left, we packed everything away. 'After' in the first sentence wrongly suggested that we prepared the seating too late.

A connective changes a reader's understanding of when an action happens.

Review criteria
  • Preparation, demonstration and packing occur in the correct order.
  • The revised connectives match those relationships.
  • Adult checks that the explanation identifies a specific changed meaning.

Question 11

Example response / review guidance: Before the swap, students ask at home before bringing a book they no longer need. The class checks that each book is complete and in good condition, then groups the books on labelled tables. During the event, students browse calmly and choose according to the agreed turn-taking rules. If two readers want the same book, a teacher helps them use a fair method to decide. Afterwards, the class returns any unchosen books to their owners and tidies the tables. Revision: Add the permission step before collecting books because it is essential preparation.

A complete explanation accounts for preparation, possible problems and what happens afterwards.

Review criteria
  • All three stages are clear and connected.
  • The conditional sentence addresses a plausible event.
  • Adult checks a revision improves essential content or order.