Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Writing and editing

3 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LA12

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Question 1

Changing direct speech to reported speech · core

Ms Patel said, 'Our class is ready for the exhibition.' She added, 'The students have worked carefully on their models.'

Turn the direct speech into two reported-speech sentences for a newsletter. Keep the meaning, but do not use speech marks.

What to aim for

Both messages are retained.
Speech marks are removed and references/tense suit the report.
Adult checks the report does not add a new opinion.

Response or adult observation notes:

VC2E4LY11 · VC2E4LA12

Question 2

Composing direct speech from a report · core

Alex said that they could bring two spare rulers the next day.

Rewrite the reported message as possible direct speech. Include a reporting clause and speech punctuation. Explain why you cannot know the exact original words.

What to aim for

The possible speech preserves the offer and timing.
Adult checks speech marks and punctuation.
The learner recognises that the original wording is unknown.

Response or adult observation notes:

VC2E4LY11 · VC2E4LA12 · VC2E4LA11

Question 3

Distinguishing quotation from reported speech · core

The exhibition is ready said Mila. She explained that 'the class had checked every label'. The teacher said that 'families could enter at three o'clock'. Only Mila's first sentence is an exact quotation.

Edit the report so the exact quotation and the reported information are presented differently. Add the needed speech punctuation and remove unnecessary speech marks.

What to aim for

Mila's exact words are punctuated as direct speech.
The two reported messages do not have speech marks.
Adult checks that the original meanings are unchanged.

Response or adult observation notes:

VC2E4LY11 · VC2E4LA11 · VC2E4LA12

Answers and review guidance

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: Ms Patel said that the class was ready for the exhibition. She explained that the students had worked carefully on their models.

Reported speech communicates the message through the writer's sentence rather than quoting exact spoken words.

Review criteria

Both messages are retained.
Speech marks are removed and references/tense suit the report.
Adult checks the report does not add a new opinion.

Question 2

Example response / review guidance: Possible dialogue: 'I can bring two spare rulers tomorrow,' said Alex. The report gives the meaning, but it does not preserve every word Alex actually used.

Converting a summary into dialogue involves composing plausible words, not recovering a guaranteed quotation.

Review criteria

The possible speech preserves the offer and timing.
Adult checks speech marks and punctuation.
The learner recognises that the original wording is unknown.

Question 3

Example response / review guidance: 'The exhibition is ready,' said Mila. She explained that the class had checked every label. The teacher said that families could enter at three o'clock.

Quotation marks identify exact spoken words, whereas reported messages belong within the writer's sentences.

Review criteria

Mila's exact words are punctuated as direct speech.
The two reported messages do not have speech marks.
Adult checks that the original meanings are unchanged.