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Activities For Teaching Grammar
Activities For Teaching Grammar
1. in / their / pupils / teacher / use / let / mobile / class? / your / phones / Does / the
Does the teacher let pupils in your class use their mobile phones?
5. when / were / late / your / let / stay / Did / out / you / young? / parents / you
Did your parents let you stay out late when you were young?
7. many / exercise / as / cakes / like? / you / Does / you / eat / let / as / doing
Does doing exercise let you eat as many cakes as you like?
9. communicate / of / speaking / people? / let / English / Does / with / lots / different / you
Does speaking English let you communicate with lots of different people?
10. watch / Does / you / lessons? / the / your / let / in / films / teacher
Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from
your car mechanic? your school? your plumber?
Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from
your girlfriend? your brother? your work colleague?
Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from
your doctor? your boss? your friend Jim?
Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from
your mum? the phone company? your travel agent?
Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from Who’s got a message from
the repair shop? your landlord? the bank?
Secondary Form 5
Message cards
From: boss
From: car mechanic From: landlord
Message: You have been
Message: The car needs a Message: The rent is
promoted to senior manager.
new engine. Please call overdue. Pay the rent by the
Come and sign new contract
back. end of the week.
tomorrow.
From: school
From: doctor From: girlfriend
Message: Classes are
Message: A health check-up Message: Going shopping
cancelled. The teacher has
is overdue. Please make an this evening with Susan. Will
won the lottery and has left
appointment soon. be home late. Love you.
the school.
Message: See you tomorrow Message: The TV has been Message: The cat is stuck up
after work. Will meet you at repaired. Please come to the tree again. Please call
the pub at 6 p.m. pick it up. back soon.
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Secondary Form 5
Discuss and complete the table after you have tried out the activity. Name of the activity:
Skills:
What language skills did you use in the activity?
Language focus:
What was the language being practised?
Was the focus on form, meaning or both?
Participation:
Did everyone participate in the activity?
Task:
How could you use this activity in your Form 5 class?
What changes would you need to make to the activity, if any?
Differentiation:
How could you set up the task to support less proficient pupils?
How could you stretch and challenge more proficient pupils?
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Secondary Form 5
Part 1:
Complete the Literature in Action lesson plan using the lesson plan template and
materials provided by the Ministry, and the learning standards from the curriculum
framework.
Theme: n/a
Topic: teacher to select
Cross curricular elements: teacher to select
Language/Grammar focus: teacher to select
Literature in Action Content and Learning Standard
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Secondary Form 5
Part 2:
Complete the Language Awareness lesson plan using the lesson plan template
provided by the Ministry and Language Awareness lesson information provided here.
Theme: Teacher to select
Topic: It’s Personal!
Cross curricular elements: Values
Language/Grammar focus: Present simple; present continuous; stative verbs;
relative clauses