Correct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Not Correct CODE

1. Once upon a time, hungry fox went looking for something to eat. 1. = G
2. He came upon a crow sitting in a tree with a piece of meat in her mouth. 2. = L
3. Of course, the fox wanted a meat and thought of a clever idea. 3. = I
4. “Well, well well,” said the fox, “you are a very beautiful bird!” 4. = V
5. The crow looking at the fox, but didn’t say a word. 5. = S
6. “I’m sure you can sing beautiful too,” the fox said with a smile. 6. = E
7. “But perhaps,” said the fox looking up the crow, “you can’t sing at all.” 7. = B
8. The crow was proud of her lovely voice, so she began to sing. 8. = O
9. When she open her mouth to sing, the meat dropped down to the fox. 9. = F

Correct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Not Correct CODE
1. Once upon a time, a hungry fox went looking for something to eat. 1. = C
2. He came upon a crow sitting in a tree with a pieces of meat in her mouth. 2. = A
3. Of course, the fox wanted the meat and thought of a clever ideas. 3. = D
4. “Well, well well,” say the fox, “you are a very beautiful bird!” 4. = U
5. The crow looked at the fox, but didn’t say a word. 5. = E
6. “I’m sure you can sing beautifully too,” the fox said with smile. 6. = L
7. “But perhaps,” said the fox looking up at the crow, “your can’t sing at all.” 7. = T
8. The crow was proud of her lovely voice, so she begin to sing. 8. = I
9. When she opened her mouth to sing, the meat dropped down to the fox. 9. = X

Correct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Not Correct CODE
1. Once upon a time, a hungry fox went to looking for something to eat. 1. = M
2. He come upon a crow sitting in a tree with a piece of meat in her mouth. 2. = A
3. Of course, the fox wanted the meat and thought of a clever idea. 3. = E
4. “Well, well well,” said the fox, “you are very beautiful bird!” 4. = W
5. The crow looked at the fox, but didn’t said a word. 5. = O
6. “I’m sure you can sing beautifully too,” the fox said with a smile. 6. = R
7. “But perhaps,” said the fox looking up at the crow, “you can’t sing at all.” 7. = F
8. The crow is proud of her lovely voice, so she began to sing. 8. = C
9. When she opened her mouth to sing, the meat drop down to the fox. 9. = H

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The Clever Fox
1. Student ability: Beginner ~ Intermediate
2. Approximate length of lesson: 20
3. Number of students necessary: 3+
4. Preferred age/maturity: JHS, HS, College, Adult
5. Type of lesson: Tri-work
*****
Language Target: Listening for and spotting
English errors including: dropped articles,
subject/verb agreement, singular vs. plural
nouns, etc.
Setting Up: Prior to class, prepare three
versions of a simple sentence, title them A,
B and C. In class, students listen to the three
sentences and vote on which one they think
is correct. Explain that two of the sentences
have an error in the grammar or syntax
(there are no spelling errors).
For example:
A: Jim like baseball more than volleyball.
B: Jim likes baseball more than volleyball.
C: Jim likes baseball more then volleyball.
Sentence A is incorrect because it says
“Jim like. . . .”
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Teachers’ Instructions (1/2)
Sentence B is correct.
Sentence C is incorrect because it uses
“then.”
Put students into groups of three and
give Section A to one, Section B to
another and Section C to the third. Explain
that the story is the same but the sections
are different, listening is important. One
(and only one) sentence among the three
sections is grammatically correct; the
other two sentences have grammar or
syntax mistakes.
Getting Started: Students silently read the nine
sentences and try to decide which of the
sentences are correct and which are
incorrect. (Each worksheet has 3
grammatically correct sentences.) Working
individually, at first, students mark the
sentences with either a 3 or an 8 on the left
side of the section.
When finished, students read their
sentences to each other, one by one.
Through comparative readings, students
should be able to identify which of the three
sentences (either Section A, B or C) is
grammatically correct. When errors are
identified, they should be corrected on the
paper.
Finally, students need to look to the
right side of their Section sheets. For every
correct sentence within a section, there is a
corresponding letter. For example, Section
A, Sentence #1 has the corresponding letter
“G,” Section B, Sentence #1 has the
corresponding letter “C” and Section C,
Sentence #1 has the corresponding letter
“M.” Since Section B, Sentence #1 is the
correct sentence (A & C contain mistakes),
all students should write the letter “C” in
Box #1 at the top. After writing the
corresponding letters in the boxes at the top,
students will know immediately if they have
identified all of the grammatically correct
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sentences. When finished, the title should sentences. Then, students discuss which
read: CLEVER FOX. one they believe is correct.

If the title doesn’t say CLEVER FOX, Building Fluency: The story of the Greedy
students will need to return to the sentences Dog is, of course, from Aesop’s Fables.
and examine them more carefully. These fables often have morals which can
teach us about life. See if students know
Variation 1: Gambling. Assign an imaginary any other Aesop’s Fables.
amount of money to each student in the
group, e.g., $100. After silently reading Writing Practice: Students write the story of
Sentence #1 from their section, students bet the Clever Fox in their own words.
on their sentence, they can bet that it is
correct or that it is incorrect. They can bet Answers: The following sentences are correct:
any amount of money they like, up to the Sentence # 1 Section B
maximum. Sentence # 2 Section A
When two students bet that their Sentence # 3 Section C
sentence is correct, obviously one of them is Sentence # 4 Section A
wrong. They can raise their bets (if they are Sentence # 5 Section B
confident). Finally, after all bets have been Sentence # 6 Section C
taken, the sentences are read aloud and the Sentence # 7 Section C
grammatically correct sentence is identified. Sentence # 8 Section A
They money is then paid out to the winner. Sentence # 9 Section B
This is also true when all each student
claims that his/her sentence is incorrect. One
of them must be correct. Similar Lessons:
The Smart Crow
Variation 2: Rotation. Students Look only at (Lesson Collection Set #1 – Lesson 9)
the first sentence of each section, make a Sour Grapes
mental note of its correctness then rotate (Lesson Collection Set #3 – Lesson 14)
their section. After rotating the three The Greedy Dog
sections among the three students, (Lesson Collection Set #3 – Lesson 28)
everyone will have read all three

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