Immerse Lesson 3
Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
encourages
Who/What
Burdick
Sentence
Burdick encourages readers.
Add Detail: verb prefixes
reconsider
______________
Burdick encourages readers to
the image.
Re-read
Build
Burdick encourages readers to
the image.
reconsider
______________
Check
___________________________________________________________________________
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Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
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Combine?
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Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
think
Subject
people
Sentence
People think it's easy.
Add Detail: formal or informal speech
“People always think it's easy to explain, don't they?” Burdick says.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
“It seems to be believed that there is always a simple explanation,” Burdick explains.
__________________________________________
______________________
Re-read
Build
Match the formal and informal labels to the correct sentence.
FORMAL
Check
INFORMAL
“People always think it's easy to explain, don't they?” Burdick says.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
“It seems to be believed that there is always a simple explanation,” Burdick explains.
__________________________________________
______________________
___________________________________________________________________________
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?
Vehicle Text Recap
Remember the letter from Harris Burdick. He is going to reveal the truth behind his mysterious illustrations.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Vehicle Text Recap
Listen to my writer's voice.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me read the Example Text
The Curious Illustrations of Harris Burdick
The Mystery Behind the Illustrations – Now Revealed
For over three decades, the mysteries of Harris Burdick’s illustrations, and indeed his unexplained disappearance, have puzzled writers, publishers and literature professors alike. The possible stories behind these illustrations have been pondered over on countless occasions; no conclusion was ever found and the case was closed, left unresolved… until now. With the greatest anticipation, we are delighted to report that Harris Burdick, the elusive illustrator of these fascinating sketches, has finally come forward with explanations behind his work. This report details the long-awaited truths behind these illustrations and how they came to be. After exclusive and investigative interviews with us, Burdick reveals otherworldly secrets behind three of his famous sketches, unravelling these unusual, albeit fascinating, mysteries.
Interview One: The Mystery Behind ‘Archie Smith, Boy Wonder’
The first illustration depicts a young boy asleep in his bed while glowing orbs of light drift in eerily through the open window. A model ship, cricket bat and yo-yo hint at the boy’s playful and adventurous nature, yet the caption is what creates the most intrigue. When questioned about whose tiny voice it was that asked, “Is he the one?”, Burdick admits that the lights are indeed extra-terrestrial beings. “It’s true… they’re aliens. They’re coming to take the boy, aren’t they?” Burdick explains further. “He’s the kid that went missing all those years ago – he had some sort of superpower, and they abducted him.” Whatever made the boy a wonder is still open to speculation.
Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’
The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.
Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’
The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”
Example Text Vocabulary Time
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churns
murmuring
barged
brutal
malicious
scarce
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churns
murmuring
churns
churns
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murmuring
murmuring
murmuring
murmuring
Your turn to write sentences using the new vocabulary.
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CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
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Ideas
Other...
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makes someone very curious
Act it out?
Words that are similar?
Words that are opposite?
Say it?
Draw it?
Spell it?
Say it in a sentence?
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
Act it out?
Words that are similar?
Words that are opposite?
Say it?
Draw it?
Spell it?
Say it in a sentence?
makes someone very curious
“People always think it's easy to explain, don't they?” Burdick says.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
INFORMAL
“It seems to be believed that there is always a simple explanation,” Burdick explains.
__________________________________________
______________________
FORMAL
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
reconsider
______________
Burdick encourages readers to
the image.
makes someone very curious
Act it out?
Words that are similar?
Words that are opposite?
Say it?
Draw it?
Spell it?
Say it in a sentence?
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Immerse Lesson 3
Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
encourages
Who/What
Burdick
Sentence
Burdick encourages readers.
Add Detail: verb prefixes
reconsider
______________
Burdick encourages readers to
the image.
Re-read
Build
Burdick encourages readers to
the image.
reconsider
______________
Check
___________________________________________________________________________
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
think
Subject
people
Sentence
People think it's easy.
Add Detail: formal or informal speech
“People always think it's easy to explain, don't they?” Burdick says.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
“It seems to be believed that there is always a simple explanation,” Burdick explains.
__________________________________________
______________________
Re-read
Build
Match the formal and informal labels to the correct sentence.
FORMAL
Check
INFORMAL
“People always think it's easy to explain, don't they?” Burdick says.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
“It seems to be believed that there is always a simple explanation,” Burdick explains.
__________________________________________
______________________
___________________________________________________________________________
My turn to write the sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?
Vehicle Text Recap
Remember the letter from Harris Burdick. He is going to reveal the truth behind his mysterious illustrations.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Vehicle Text Recap
Listen to my writer's voice.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me read the Example Text
The Curious Illustrations of Harris Burdick
The Mystery Behind the Illustrations – Now Revealed For over three decades, the mysteries of Harris Burdick’s illustrations, and indeed his unexplained disappearance, have puzzled writers, publishers and literature professors alike. The possible stories behind these illustrations have been pondered over on countless occasions; no conclusion was ever found and the case was closed, left unresolved… until now. With the greatest anticipation, we are delighted to report that Harris Burdick, the elusive illustrator of these fascinating sketches, has finally come forward with explanations behind his work. This report details the long-awaited truths behind these illustrations and how they came to be. After exclusive and investigative interviews with us, Burdick reveals otherworldly secrets behind three of his famous sketches, unravelling these unusual, albeit fascinating, mysteries.
Interview One: The Mystery Behind ‘Archie Smith, Boy Wonder’ The first illustration depicts a young boy asleep in his bed while glowing orbs of light drift in eerily through the open window. A model ship, cricket bat and yo-yo hint at the boy’s playful and adventurous nature, yet the caption is what creates the most intrigue. When questioned about whose tiny voice it was that asked, “Is he the one?”, Burdick admits that the lights are indeed extra-terrestrial beings. “It’s true… they’re aliens. They’re coming to take the boy, aren’t they?” Burdick explains further. “He’s the kid that went missing all those years ago – he had some sort of superpower, and they abducted him.” Whatever made the boy a wonder is still open to speculation.
Interview Two: The Mystery Behind ‘Uninvited Guests’ The next illustration portrays a stately home basement with a man making his way down the staircase. It is not the ice skate, nor the rolled-up carpet that our eyes are drawn to, but a patch of light that illuminates a very small, peculiar door set into the wall. The accompanying caption claims that the man ‘was sure he had seen the doorknob turn’. When pressed about this miniature doorway, Burdick smiles, recognising the scene. “Oh, this is a good one. That door led to a secret corridor built into the house’s walls.” Burdick reveals that the so-called ‘guests’ were secret residents, their own abode hidden within the walls. “It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?” Burdick laughs. “There were loads of secret tunnels all over the original blueprints.” Exactly who the secret residents were, to this day, remains unknown.
Interview Three: The Mystery Behind ‘Captain Tory’ The third illustration depicts a boat captain, stood with a young boy upon the shadowed dock, waving his lantern as a ghostly boat appears from the mist. According to the caption, the lantern has been swung three times. Burdick explains that this was indeed a signal to summon the ghost vessel; he draws attention to the captain’s fierce grip on the boy’s arm. The illustrator asserts, “Look how he’s grabbing hold of him; the lad’s being captured by the captain. Street kids like him went missing all the time back then, didn’t they?” When asked about the fate that awaited the boy aboard the mist-veiled schooner, Burdick’s expression darkens. “You don’t want to know,” he says. “No-one taken onto that ghost ship ever came back.”
Example Text Vocabulary Time
Click for definitions!
churns
murmuring
barged
brutal
malicious
scarce
Click for definitions!
churns
murmuring
churns
churns
Click for definitions!
murmuring
murmuring
murmuring
murmuring
Your turn to write sentences using the new vocabulary.
Use your Sentence Checker
Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
makes someone very curious
Act it out? Words that are similar? Words that are opposite? Say it? Draw it? Spell it? Say it in a sentence?
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
Act it out? Words that are similar? Words that are opposite? Say it? Draw it? Spell it? Say it in a sentence?
makes someone very curious
“People always think it's easy to explain, don't they?” Burdick says.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
INFORMAL
“It seems to be believed that there is always a simple explanation,” Burdick explains.
__________________________________________
______________________
FORMAL
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
makes someone very curious
reconsider
______________
Burdick encourages readers to
the image.
makes someone very curious
Act it out? Words that are similar? Words that are opposite? Say it? Draw it? Spell it? Say it in a sentence?