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Re: Simple Past Lesson Plan

Mister Micawber — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:22:11 GMT

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Oh, I can always find something else (but I may have messed up your formatted columns):

Lesson Plan

Preparation

Level : Elementary

Lesson Length: 45 minutes

Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers.

Target Language: did + subject + base form of verb ( Did your mother call you? )

Question word + did + subject + base form of verb ( What did you do last night? )

Short answers:

Yes + subject + did ( Did it rain? Yes, it did.)

No + subject + didn't ( Did Helen come to the party? No, she didn't. )

Assumed knowledge: Past Simple (regular / irregular verbs, negative form)

Anticipated problems:

Students may use a past form of the main verb to make the question instead of using the base form. E.g. Did you went?

Solutions:

During the presentation stage, draw students' attention to the fact that 'Did' does not change its form. 'Did' is always used to form the question in the Past Simple.(This is not true for the verb 'be' and sometimes the verb 'have'.)
Point out the verb tense in the question form. Did + subject + base form of the verb
Drill individually and chorally.
Practice making questions. Monitoring for errors and having students unscramble sentences

can also help to work on sentence structure problems.

Preparation and Aids: Simple reading text ,dialogue, in the Simple Past, using vocabulary that

students are already familiar with. Handout for homework correcting sentences. Four pictures of people doing things.

Lesson Plan

Stage	Activity	Interaction	Timing
1	Warmer : Timed Scattergories (*spelling? I don't know this word) with pre-chosen* themes (food, things you do on the weekend, etc) Review homework from last class	TS ST	5 mins
2	Introduction : Have two students stand up for a moment to set the scene; elicit their names. Then they can sit down. Write them on the board. Hand out the dialogue between these two friends who are talking about their past weekend. (A dialogue that mostly contains vocabulary the students are familiar with)	TS SS	1 min
3	Have students read the dialogue and answer gist questions about it to check their understanding.	S ST	3 min
4	Ask students to focus on the language used by asking what question Â« A Â» asked Â« B Â». Write this question on the board.	TS ST	1 min
5	Presentation : Show students how it is formed Did + subject + base Did you have a good weekend ? Point out that we don't use the past form of the main verb in questions, but always the base (or dictionary) form	TS	5 min
6	Drill chorally and individually. Focus on pronunciation and correct structure.	TST	2 min
7	Elicit: Draw students' attention to the short answer and explain the positive and the negative structures. Yes + subject + did -- Yes, I did. No + subject + didn't -- No, I didn't.	TS
8	Drill chorally and individually and then conduct a controlled question-and-answer drill around the class : E.g : Â« Sandrine ask Didier...(point to an action on the board : - go to the restaurant / movies / market / bank / etc.) Â» Sandrine: Â« Did you go to the restaurant? Â« Didier: Â« Yes, I did. Â» etc.	ST SS	2 min 5 min
9	Pairwork : Students ask and answer questions from the board and note down their partners' answers. The focus here is on correct pronunciation and structure, so it is important to correct any errors by referring to the structures on the board.	PW	5 min
10	Controlled Oral Practice : Use dialogue text as a basis to talk about what the two characters did on the weekend. Also use visual support such as a picture of a restaurant to prompt questions. For example, show a picture of two friends having a conversation; encourage them to produce the following question : Â« Did they go to a restaurant ? -- Yes, they did / No, they didn't. Â» Give four picture examples as prompts.	TS SS TS	1 min 2 min
11	Monitor closely. Correct errors by using what's already on the board as a point of reference.	TS	1 min
12	If students are performing well, turn focus to what they themselves did on the weekend. They ask each other questions and give short answers.	PW	5 min
13	Follow up with controlled written practice. For example, use questions and answers in which the words are all mixed up ; students put the words back into the correct order.	S	5 min
14	Homework : a transformation exercise (changing affirmative statements into questions and short answers)

I have question.

BeginStudent — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:13:29 GMT

Hi,

The task is :
Think of all the possible causes and effects of the following situations.
5.Nowadays,young people read less than in the past.Therefore,
a.Most young people haven't good spelling and sentence structure.
b.They don't learn more interesting things . ( I need write "interesting" or "interested" and when i used with two ).
c.They haven't good vocabulary.

This is my answers and I need someone check me that and repair the mistakes.

Thanks .

Re: May i please get help on emproving my english skills?

Goodman — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:15:10 GMT

Hi Anon,

As you wish... I noticed a few things obvious. Itâs more of a laziness problem than grammar. You have a habit of not applying the capitalization rule and making simple but careless spelling mistakes. Tone and structure are workable nut certainly can use some improvement. I marked it up so that you can seeâ¦.. Hope that helps

Hello everyone! I'm here in search for some help on (improving) emproving my (English) english skills including my spelling and grammar. I'm not here to search for ~~some~~ answers but mostly am ~~here~~ to (broaden) broden my vocabulary as well as my grammar. I notice that my main problem is sentence structure as well as spelling (on some words). I believe that if (I) i learn to speak more on a forum (which is) thats willing to offer constructive criticism (criticise (on) my (capital E) english which would ultimately lead to improving my self (knowledge) knowlege. So with this (cap. I) i hope for people to point me in the right direction, (not necessarily) giving me the (answers) answeres but point and criticize (what is wrong) whats wrong so (that) as (capt I) i can learn from my mistakes. (Anyway- no s) Anyways ( missing apostrophe) dont hesitate to give me feedback.

May i please get help on emproving my english skills?

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:35:28 GMT

Hello everyone! I'm here in search for some help on emproving my english skills including my spelling and grammar. I'm not here to search for some answers but mostly am here to broden my vocabulary as well as my grammar. I notice that my main problem is sentence structure as well as spelling (on some words). I believe that if i learn to speak more on a forum thats willing to criticise my english that it would ultimately lead to improving my self knowlege. So with this i hope for people to point me in the right direction not giving me the answeres but point out whats wrong so as i can learn from my mistakes. Anyways dont hesitate to give me feedback.

P.S I hate my english, although my first language is english....

Re: Is there a synonym list available as text file?

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:43:25 GMT

I have a new application for auttocorrect, which is normally used to instantly correct common spelling errors such as changing teh to the. You may also know that you can add your own entries and even add abbreviations. When I type "fi", for instance appears on the screen. fe = for example; st = such that, etc. There are seemingly unlimited shortcuts you can add, but there are even more applications such as auto translator and auto paraphraser.

To create a translato, you would simply program each word to the equivelant in another language. For example, if I changed autocorrect to change house to casa and vice-versa and then added hundreds and thousands of additional words, it would be instant.

The same holds true as a paraphraser. If I make exciting change to thrilling and vice versa and add thousands of other words and phrases that mean the same thing like for instance and for example, MS Word will automatically paraphrase the document. While it would not change the sentence structure, it would be a start. You can also use it so a person's normal and boring vocabulary would instantly be changed to more powerful words.

Does anyone know how to use macros to automatically program all the entries into autocorrect? If it could cut and paste each side of the list it would be very possible and saves months of work.

john@examplepapers.com

Re: hello

Samarnh_p — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:15:04 GMT

Writing is a tough job, but once you like it you never fail to success. There are bunches of good web addresses that may guide you to be an excellent writer or composer. You can make things alive, so you also can make it good and shiny. I recommend that each time you've done with your writing whether just a word, a sentence, a paragraph, or an essay, it's your responsibility to revise it again and again until you feel enough. Surely, no one can make a perfect paper, unless it's polished and critized. Always be ware with unity, style, sentence structure, spelling, and word choices. Writing is formal; thus, slangs or idioms are not included.

Good luck with your study Littl...

Re: Is "asks" a word?

Yankee — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:32:53 GMT

Goodman wrote:
... who cares if "asks" is a real word.

Actually, the same thought had also crossed my mind.

Funny you should mention the DMV. I just recently had to get a new drivers' license (since I've now returned to the US after many years in Germany). I decided I ought to review the drivers' manual before "test day" arrived, but I found myself reflexively critiquing grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling, etc. instead of paying strict attention to the material. It's a wonder I passed.

Re: Same sound - different letters

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:15:14 GMT

the problem with English spelling is that we borrow and have borrowed an infinite amount of words over the years but have never been good about changhing the original orthography when we take these words into our writing system; thus, we have many words that don't seem to conform to any particular systematic way of representing sound in letters. If you look more closely, you can see patterns for certain sound representations. For example, 'ck' is only used to represent the sound at the end of a word in spelling. This can be seen in words like book, stack, flick, pick, etc. At least some of these spellings of words might be linked to this phenomena. The difference in spelling can also be seen as an advantage though. Despite being pronunced the same way, the words that you introduced are definately different words so the different method of spelling eliminates confusion in writing if the context in which the word appears would not provide enough detail to distinguish which word is being used. You might want to take up some etymological study and look at the root of words, especially those from Latin, Greek, and French that would not only greatly assist you in deducing the semantics behind new words but also to reason out the spelling.
It's late here, maybe I should have used some simpler sentence structures here, especially if the question was posted by a non-native speaker.

this also reminde me of a joke me and my friends have that we alway's use while driving.

"I wanna turn left, right?"

"Right, left."

English 201 essay

IsaacN — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:39:49 GMT

I would really appericate it if anyone could go through and check this paper for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, varied wording, consistent tense...and whatever else I didn't mention that is surely wrong with my paper.

The Sponson

The lace wt="on">t="on">U.S. lace>warship, the USS Carl Vinson was my home for over a year. The Vinson was more than just my home for truly it was my whole life, where I worked, slept, played, ate dinner, and every other imaginable thing. Stress runs high every day while on a floating island of steel, and finding a spot to call my own really helped me to work things out and keep my life in perspective. My spot on the Carl Vinson was the port sponson at 0600.

Most nights, late in the evening, I would sit out on the sponson, alone and in complete darkness, knowing that in just a moment the sky would be filled with the radiance of rising sun. I would watch in anticipation as the sun peeked over the horizon, and would stand in awe as the black night was consumed by the joie de vivre of dawn. The dark-departed depths of Davy Jones locker sparkled and shimmered like diamonds as they came to life with the start of the new day. If I was lucky, I would be joined by some playful sea life enjoying the first light with me, one of the few guests which I did not mind spending my mornings with.

As the night grew old, and first light of the day overtook the late evening, the sun would rise and warm my cold skin,. While on the sponson, I was at peace with the world. As the evening passed I would wait for her, and soon I began to feel as though she spoke to me.

After one particularly long and trying evening, I felt her try to tell me that everything would be ok. Without words, she told me to relax and take this moment and just look and listen. She showed me the abundance of life living the waters below. I just stood there blinking from the intensity of the light, leaning against the railing. Before I knew it the sky was orange and purple, and I saw her peeking over the horizon. I felt her warm touch and soothing light as it killed the cold night. I looked down in the water and I saw a school of fish swimming around looking for some food that had been dumped there earlier that night.

Lying in my rack that morning, waiting to drift into sleep, I thought about that morningâs sunrise and the fish scurrying about for some food. I thought about home and wondered what my friends and family might be doing at this very moment. I was able to sleep peacefully even though my life was hard and full of challenges.

Desolate and cold, the grey steel of the sponson may not seem like a good place for a retreat at six in the morning, but for me it was a place where I could escape the drudgery of ship life. That day, like most the days of that cruise, tested me, and pushed me to the limit.

As I reflect on my time spent at sea, I donât so much think about all the bad times so much. Instead, I remember what the sea looked like as the sun broke through the night. I remembered the feeling of being all alone so early on the start of a new day. Of course, there was a lot more to remember, but somehow none of it seemed worth remembering. I would rather relive the moments I spent alone on the port sponson then any of the other crazy adventures that happened. For me, a sanctuary is the most important part of life. It keeps my life in perspective, and it gives me a place to myself, where I can reflect on what has happened during the day. Safe havens, like my sponson, can help me to move past emotional blocks, and deal with the problems in my life.

Re: sentence analysis in terms of function and form

Mister Micawber — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:26:58 GMT

There are often optional ways of looking at sentence structure, but here are my opinions:

1. She | tried phoning | his home number, | but | he | didnÂ´t answer.

2. Recently | the company | has been trying | to increase its turnover | by diversifying (into other fields).

adverbial | subject | verb | Direct object / nonfinite clause | adverbial / prepositional phrase (with embedded prep phrase)

3. That they are now a mess | is | beyond dispute.

Subject / nominal clause | verb | adverbial/prepositional phrase

4. It | is | almost certain | that the government will lose the next election.

Itroductory 'it' as subject | verb | phrasal adverb | postponed subject / nominal clause

5. The principal activity of the company | is | cleaning carpets.

subject | verb | subject complement / noun phrase [note spelling of 'complement']

7. They | have worked | very hard | all year | raising money for people in the Third World.

subject | verb | adverbial of manner | adverbial of time | nonfinite clause/ verb complement

8. Whenever possible, | the public | should be informed | about dangerous conditions (on the roads).

adverbial | subject | verb | verb complement (adjective / prepositional phrase)