The Mystery Light
SCENE 1: A dark kitchen. A single flashlight beam moves across the floor.
ZOE: (whispering) Did you hear that?
LEO: (looking up) It's only the fridge, Zoe.
ZOE: (nervously) The fridge doesn't giggle.
Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 11
Text Forms & Features
Patterns, scripts and visuals
What your child practises
Recognizing problem-and-solution reports, scripts, and web features like menus, and explaining how pictures and graphics add to a text.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: C1.2–C1.4 · text forms, text patterns and features such as subheadings and menus, and how images and graphics add meaning
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which text form tells about a real person's life?
- a biography
- a science fiction story
- a fable
Show answer
a biography
Hint: A biography is the true story of someone's life.
Question 2
A website has a menu bar at the top. What does it help readers do?
- see how long the text is
- move to different parts of the site
- find the author's age
Show answer
move to different parts of the site
Hint: A menu is for navigation.
Question 3
A script has stage directions in brackets. What are they for?
- to name the audience
- to give the title of the play
- to tell actors what to do or how to speak
Show answer
to tell actors what to do or how to speak
Hint: Stage directions are instructions inside the script.
Question 4
What text form is this?
- a news report
- a script
- a poem
Show answer
a script
Hint: It has speakers' names, colons and stage directions.
Question 5
What is the likely result if the school uses reusable containers?
Too Much Plastic
The problem is clear: our lunch room produces a huge amount of plastic waste. Every day, hundreds of wrappers go into the garbage.
One solution is to bring reusable containers. Another is to set up a recycling station. As a result, the school could cut its garbage in half.
- no lunch at all
- less garbage
- more wrappers
Show answer
less garbage
Hint: The last sentence says the garbage could be cut in half.
Question 6
A text lists events in the order they happened, using first, then and finally. What pattern is it?
- problem and solution
- compare and contrast
- chronological order
Show answer
chronological order
Hint: Time words like first, then and finally show chronological order.