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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: Simple idea for teaching adverbs of frequency |
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Maybe this can work with other sentences/ structures as well.
This has worked for me.
Write on the board in columns:
1. I always...(go) ... (to school on Monday).
2. I usually...
3. I often...
4. I sometimes...
5. I rarely...
6. I never...
Next in the sentence is a verb, so you can write simple verbs like "go, eat, have, read,..." or whatever.
Get two dice. Roll one at time. The first number is the adverb, the second number is the verb. Have students take turns and create their own endings to the sentences. It's good to have interesting dice as well, like big soft different colored ones.
I'm wondering how else to apply dice or something "game-like" to have students create sentences. It works well in this one because the sentence structure is consistent. If you use the adverb "every day", you can put it at the end of the sentence. The kids seem to get a sense of satisfaction learning something that is often difficult for them.
Just an idea, maybe it will help somebody. Any other similar ideas would be appreciated. |
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Alyallen

Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:02 am Post subject: |
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I can't think of anything with dice but when I worked in a hogwon we used to have a contest.
I'd go over whatever grammar point I was teaching and then give them an example of something truly ridiculous. So with adverbs of frequency, I write on the board "I always fry my cat" or something equally absurd. I'd then give them 5-10 minutes to come up with some sentences and then we'd talk about the sentences and laugh at the silliness of them. At the end, we'd select our favorites and then vote and if possible draw pictures to describe the top silly sentences....
Definitely something I could do in a hagwon with 10 students but with 30....Not so much.... |
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tomato

Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: Re: Simple idea for teaching adverbs of frequency |
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jajdude wrote: |
I'm wondering how else to apply dice . . . |
Give each student a sheet of paper with a verb conjugated in two columns.
Personalize the third person singular for each student:
Each student takes a turn rolling the die, reading the sentence with the number of the die roll, and crossing out that sentence. The game is played until every student has all six sentences crossed out.
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or something "game-like" to have students create sentences. |
Make a set of cards.
One-third of the cards have an S in the corner, along with a capitalized noun or pronoun serving as a subject.
One-third of the cards have a V in the corner, along with a verb.
One-third of the cards have an O in the corner, along with a noun or pronoun followed by a period, serving as an object.
Put all the cards face down at random.
Each student takes a turn looking for an S, a V, and an O.
If a student turns over two S's, two V's, or two O's, that player turns the cards back over.
If a student succeeds in finding an S, a V, and an O, that player takes the cards, reads the sentence, and takes another turn.
The winner is the player winning the most sentences.
This game can be applied to phonics lessons, verb tenses, and many other purposes.
I have made SVO decks which are illustrated and which are not illustrated.
In kindergarten class, you can use the students' own drawings for illustrations.
The students also get a bang out of seeing their own snapshots on the S cards. |
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ajuma

Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: |
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For adverbs of frequency, I RARELY use RARELY. I DO mention it, but I use "hardly ever". In real life, we don't often use rarely...we usually use hardly ever. Plus, the pronunciation of rarely is a lot more difficult than that of hardly ever!!  |
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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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I'm currently trying to develop something for my TESOL materials assignment. What I want to do refers to tenses, but I think you could tweak it for your needs.
It depends what level the students are, but for arguments sake, lets say they're E2 (elementary-lower intermediate) and you're introducing say, the Present continuous. You can outline the construction rule on the board (am/are/is ...+ing) first so they're clear about that. Then you introduce a number of different sided polygons (5, 6, 7, 8 etc just depends what you want to do) What you need to do is create them out of some cardboard and stick a matchstick in the middle so that they become little spinning tops.
On the first (say a hexagon) you could write 6 different personal/object pronouns (I, she, we etc) on each side of the shape so that once it's been spun it'll land randomely on one of them. On the next polygon (maybe an octagon), write some everyday verbs (work, eat, play etc). Now the students spin both and then create sentences applying the rule and both the verb and pronoun that the top stops spinning on. The learners, taking it in turns, will then construct a sentence such as He is Walking, They are eating etc.
Thats a very basic application of it. You can tweak it by adding a triangle with a ?, +, and - and then ask the learners to construct either a question, postive or negative statement (they aren't walking, are they walking? etc). You can also add additional polygons for higher level learners where you write say, all the present tenses and which ever one it lands on the students have to construct a sentence in the appropriate tense.
Sorry I can't include diagrams but I think you get the idea. I haven't tried to use it yet but one problem with it is if you don't cut your shapes out evenly it'll always land on the same spot. I was thinking about getting some fabricated, but that may be taking things too far.
Think it could prove to be an engaging and interactive exercise, though how quick they'd get bored with it remains to be seen. I think it's got scope for lots of uses though. |
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