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assignments.
So let’s get rolling with these five activities and make reading a
fun classroom task for all!
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Worksheet: Azar: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd ed. Charts 2-7, 10-2, and 10-7
You’ll also need copies of two stories. Make sure each is single
spaced, and printed on a separate piece of paper. Label each story
“Story 1” and “Story 2.”
In the end, you’ll probably find (like me) that it’s more fun to
find a story online and download images from Google to make
your own picture stories.
Depending on the level of your students, you can read the story
together in class before dividing them into groups for further
discussions.
If you want to have students figure out the plot on their own,
make sure the group you create has members with different
English skill sets. In other words, you don’t want to put all the
strong readers in one single group. Spread them out so they can
help others to succeed. Then:
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Worksheet: Azar: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd ed. Charts 2-7, 10-2, and 10-7
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Worksheet: Azar: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd ed. Charts 2-7, 10-2, and 10-7
1. Create a cause and effect map to capture the first part of Ms.
Webb’s testimony, which ends right before the sentence, “The
inspector was very sympathetic and told her that it was very
natural to not want to damage somebody’s property.”
(effect) Ms. Webb could see the study room → it was well-lit
(cause).
(cause) Ms. Webb broke a small window → to get into the house.
(effect)
It doesn’t matter how we order the cause and effect. The point is
to help students notice details in the story and make an effective
analysis.
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Worksheet: Azar: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd ed. Charts 2-7, 10-2, and 10-7
2. Write a short story and clues that tell where to find each
treasure.
The clue sheet should begin with a short text that describes an
actual or fictional event in the past. The story should include the
name of the characters and vague descriptions of the treasures
involved. The rest of the clue sheet should be filled with hints,
codes and even secret messages for students to decode.
The first group that finds their treasure wins the game. But they
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Worksheet: Azar: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd ed. Charts 2-7, 10-2, and 10-7
are always welcome to join other teams to help them find their
treasures too!
A. Past participles come in two forms: regular and irregular. The regular forms end
in –ed just like the past tense of verbs. The irregular forms can take on various forms.
B. Past participles are used as adjective, in the passive voice, and with the perfect
tenses.
Examples:
Adjective The broken toy is
on the floor.
Passive The toy was broken
by the child.
Perfect tense The toy has been
broken.
C. To learn these, write the base form on one side of an index card and the past
participial form on the other side of the card. You can flip the cards yourself or
have another student work with you.
Blow blown
Draw drawn
Fly flown
Know known
Sew sewn
Swim Swum
Throw thrown
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Worksheet: Azar: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd ed. Charts 2-7, 10-2, and 10-7
Bind Bound
Find Found
Grind ground
Be been
See Seen
Do done
Go gone
Lose lost
Myra M. Medina
Miami Dade College
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