Grammar in focus 1 teachers guide

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Unit 1| Subjects, Predicates

Gammar in Focus 1: Teacher’s Guide

Unit Objectives:

1 Students will learn about subjects and predicates

2 Students will understand the meaning of new words and be able to use the words in grammatically correct sentences

3 Students will learn major grammar skills and concepts and learn to apply them

LESSON GUIDE

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The opening text with captivating illustrations enables students to start the lesson in a meaningful real-life context Colored words and carefully considered questions help students discover the key grammar structures on their own

Extra Idea (optional):

Word Scramble: Create a set of cards with a mix of nouns and verbs Spread out the words on a table or the floor Make a chart on the chalkboard or a bulletin board that has categories for subject and predicate Each student can take turns picking a word and categorizing it correctly, or you can call out a category and have the student find an appropriate word The class can build on the activity by composing sentences from the posted words

Notice and Practice 1

Clear explanations and examples with easy to-understand charts present grammar forms, meaning, and use of grammar This controlled exercise reinforces students’ understanding through targeted grammar practice

A) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly First have the students complete the exercise on their own When the students are all finished call on individual students to say what the consonants are for each question You may also have the students answer as a whole

A) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

B) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

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C) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was Make sure to carefully go over the punctuation with the students as well

Become an Editor: Find a news article that suits your class' reading level Rewrite some of the sentences using incorrect subject-predicate agreement Challenge your students to become "newspaper editors" and find the mistakes Build on these skills by diagramming the correct sentences as a group Lower-level students can practice just identifying subject nouns and predicate verbs correctly, while more advanced classes can identify complementary words such as adjectives and adverbs, and whether they accompany the subject or predicate of the sentence

Revise, Write & Say

Revise, Write, and Say offers students rich opportunities to apply newly learned grammar to writing and speaking activities Along with previous grammar practice, this guided writing activity successfully expands students’ learning experience step by step

Revise

Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

Write

Say

For this exercise, have students apply personal information to the topics being covered in the unit Explain the directions

to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the

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answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

Make Your Own Grammar Map

This exercise is an opportunity to gauge student understanding of the unit topics being covered It also serves as an opportunity for the students to directly apply the skills and topics covered in the unit on their own Explain the directions

to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

Workbook

Grammar Practice

Dictation

Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise Then play the recording for the class You may have to play the recording more than once depending on class levels When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

Listen and Speak

Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise Then play the recording for the class You may have to play the recording more than once depending on class levels Encourage the students to take notes in the space provided When all the students are finished, call on individual students to complete the speaking portion of the exercise

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ANSWER KEY: STUDENT BOOK

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ANSWER KEY: WORKBOOK

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Unit 2| Subjects, Verbs, Objects

1 Students will learn about subjects, verbs, objects

LESSON GUIDE

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Memory Activity: Having students perform a memory activity is another way to improve your students' subject and verb skills Create a set of memory cards, listing an assortment of subjects and verbs individually on index cards or paper squares Turn all of the papers face down and have students take turn flipping over two squares at a time If a student discovers a subject and verb that agree, such as "The cat" and "runs," he keeps the card, before letting the next student turn two cards over If the child uncovers two subjects, two verbs or a subject and verb that do not agree, like "The boy" and

"play," he must turn the cards over and let the next child have a turn The child with the most cards at the end of the game

is the winner

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Speed Drills: Have students race against the clock to match up agreeing subjects and verbs in an agreement speed drill Speed drills will improve a student's ability to recognize verbs and subjects automatically Before starting the drill, create

a worksheet for students to complete, with several activities where they must match subjects in one column to verbs in another For example, the words "a flower" and "two flowers" might be listed under each other in the subject column and

"grow" and "grows" in the verb column Students must draw a line connecting the correct subject and verb in a set amount

of time The student to correctly match the most subjects and verbs or the student who completes the entire activity most

quickly is the game's winner

Revise

Write

Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are

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finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

Say

Workbook

Dictation

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Unit 3| Nouns, Articles

1 Students will learn about nouns, articles

LESSON GUIDE

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Noun Naming Game: This noun game only requires letter tiles You can use commercially produced letter tiles, Scrabble pieces or your own letter tiles made from small squares of poster board The letter tiles go in a bucket or bowl All of the students stand up, either at their desks or in a circle at the front of the room A letter is drawn and the students must name

a noun that starts with that letter one at a time You can give specifics for the type of noun such as a person, place, thing, proper noun or common noun A student is out if she cannot think of a noun that fits the requirements, says a word that isn't a noun or repeats a word that was already used for that round A student who is out sits down for the rest of the game Start at different points in the circle each time so the same people aren't always at the end when it's more difficult to think

of words that haven't been used

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Noun Town: Noun Town is a fictional location that helps students identify whether or not a word is a noun Each student draws a picture of a person, place and a thing The pictures are colored and cut out All of the noun pictures are glued onto

a large piece of butcher paper to represent Noun Town The picture becomes a reference for the students If they're unsure

if a word is a noun, they ask themselves if it could go in Noun Town

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Write

Say

Make Your Own Gramm ar Map

Workbook

Dictation

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Unit 4| Plural Nouns

1 Students will learn about plural nouns

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Plural Noun Spelling Bee: Line students up in two lines parallel to each other so that each student has a partner standing directly across from them The first student must name a singular noun that starts with the letter "A" and write it down on the board The accompanying students must spell the plural form of the noun on the board If they are correct they can remain standing The next student names a noun that starts with "B" and the pair repeats the same process as the first two students Go through the entire alphabet The pair that is standing last wins the plural noun spelling bee

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C) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was Make sure to carefully go over the punctuation with the students as well D) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly After they have fully understood what the exercise requires have them complete the exercise You may have to model the first question as a guide for the students When all the students are finished, go over the answers as a class For students who have incorrect answers reinforce the subject at hand by explaining exactly what their mistake was

Plural Noun Memory Game: Create a few sets of flashcards for a plural-noun game of "memory." Flashcards will have pairs one with a plural noun and one with the singular form of the word Split students into small groups of about three

or four and have them spread their set of flashcards face down on the table Each student takes a turn turning over two cards to try to find a plural noun and its singular match If the cards match, the student keeps them in his pile If they don't match, the cards are turned back over and the next student takes her turn The game is over when all the cards have been

matched up The student with the most matches wins the game

Revise

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Unit 5| Adjectives

1 Students will learn about adjectives

LESSON GUIDE

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Name the Item Game: Print out pictures of different items that have definite distinguishing features; colors, shapes or size, for example Spread out the pictures and explain to pupils that you're going to describe an item and they should select the picture of the item you're talking about; explain that the describing words you are using are called adjectives State a few descriptive words that relate to a particular item For example, if you're describing an orange, you might say, "It's orange and round." Provide a description to one pupil at a time If the pupil can identify the correct item, she takes the picture; if she can't, the next pupil tries to identify the object The pupil with the most pictures wins the game

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Sensory Adjectives: With this activity, pupils use their sense of touch to describe how different items feel Place items that have different textures inside individual bags sandpaper, cotton and satin, for example Invite pupils to place their hands inside the bags and feel the objects Encourage them to describe how the items feel Explain to them that the words they are using are called adjectives Ask if they can guess what the items are based how they feel

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Unit 6| Pronouns

1 Students will learn about pronouns

LESSON GUIDE

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Pronoun Bingo: For a fun take on pronouns, students can play pronoun bingo They create their own bingo cards using pronouns in place of numbers The teacher (or a student) draws nouns out of a bag, and the students if they have the correct pronoun on their card mark it off This is a fun way to cap off a lesson on pronouns

B) Explain the directions to the students thoroughly First have the students complete the exercise on their own When the students are all finished call on individual students to say what the consonants are for each question You may also have the students answer as a whole

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Pronoun Hunt: Students search the classroom for words, gathering only those that are pronouns To prepare for this game, write words on index cards Write one word on each card, including words of all parts of speech Make sure to include a wide array of pronouns Hide the cards around the room

Divide the students into four teams Tell students that you have hidden words around the room, and they need to hunt for pronouns Instruct students only to pick up pronouns, telling them that they will lose a point for any non-pronoun they collect Allow students to race about the room searching for pronouns Give them four to five minutes to complete their hunt At the end of the game, count up all of the pronouns collected by each team, taking points away for any non-pronoun words gathered in error

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Revise

Write

Say

Workbook

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