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Kevin McCaughey
Regional English Language Officer
Office of English Language Programs
Washington, DC
http://americanenglish.state.gov
Whats your
definition of a
proverb?
Why proverbs?
Why
proverbs?
Why
proverbs?
Why
proverbs?
Why
proverbs?
Short
complete
texts!
Applause
please
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Whats the
big
deal?
Whats the
big
deal?
Fun Stuff
&
Surprises
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Surprises!
Surprises!
Activities
Activities
Meaning /
Interpretation
Meaning
Meaning
Meaning
Activities
Dictation
Activities
Loop
Dictation
Listen to the
audio called
Your Head
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Activities
Matching
Activities
Scramble
Scramble
by
little
grow
Little
the
bananas.
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Scramble
only
to rain
it
have
forks.
would
soup,
were
the poor
If
saying
quotations
maxim
dictum
epigram
adage
truism
definition
&
Redefinition
witticism
Activities
Gap Fills
Gap Fills
Gap Fills
woman you
A beauty
_____ is a ______
charmer is a woman
notice; a _______
notices you.
who _______
Adlai
Stevenson
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Create
your
own
Activities
Agree or Disagree
Activities
Arrange by
Theme
Grammar
Country of Origin
Source (person)
Crocodile
Grammar
Crocodile
Grammar
Grammar:
Modals
Could or Should
Grammar:
Modals
Could or Should
Challenge
Not necessarily
Activities
Activities
Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
Born 1925
Yogi-isms
Baseball is 90 percent
mental. The other half
is physical.
Should
Or
Could?
Yogi-isms
Writing Frames
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Activities
My students
cant write.
Writing
Frames
A writing frame
is a model
or pattern
Writing
Frames
Writing
Frames
Partial
proverb
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Writing
Frames
Partial
Proverb
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Writing
Frames
Partial
proverb
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Writing
Frames
Partial
proverb
very short texts in language learning
Writing
Frames
Partial
Proverb
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Activities
Partial Proverbs
Finish
the
proverb
Finish
the
proverb
Finish
the
quote
Finish
the
quote
Partial
Proverbs
Partial
Proverbs
Writing
Frames
Listen to
The audio:
Kiss
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Writing
Frames
Activities
Wise Likenings
with a semicolon
Model
simile
semicolon
clarification
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Love
Money
Time
Your health
The future
Greed
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shark
lake
basket of eggs
dragon
candle
a broken chair
By the way...
Dice Alternatives
Make from paper
Use a number 2 pencil
Use coins
Have students devise a
method
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Extending
Proverb
Into
Poem
Proverb
Into
Poem
Remember...
Short Complete Texts are super useful
Writing frames help students writing:
both language and ideas
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Nedelandischer Proverben - Peter Breughel