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[spliff]

Working on a lesson for public school (elementary) large class (40-45) 5th grade students. I can more or less do anything I want as we've finished our book for this term. Anyway, I thought I'd do something on revising the pimple past tense because they my be a little weak in this area. Anyone have a killer idea/activity/game please post it here. Nothing too difficult to play or introduce, but something fun for this end of the term lesson.

Thanks in advance!

[ddeubel]

I'll take a shot.

There is also a ppt on my site, word-irregular but you could also use any of the photo games etc.....just show the photo and ask what did they just do?

I would also mention you could use the nosy neighbour game. It is in my teaching folder. Each student gets a sheet. In small groups deal out the cards and each says, "I live in house number 1 and last night, ........." they read what happened at their home, using their card as a cue. Others listen and draw a line from the house to the appropriate picture. Keep one card out and that is what is happening at the other house....

But the best game is Did Bingo. Download the card in the teachers folder. Give each student a card , tell them NO pens. Draw the squares on the board. Bring one student to the front of the class. Teams ask the student what they did on the weekend. If the student says yes, I ......this weekend. Mark an 0 in that square. If the student says no, mark an X. Keep going around the groups. The winning team is the one which finds a bingo, 5 in a row, either 0 or X s.........

The students then use their pens and play in pairs, asking each other and giving answers. First to get a bingo wins. if some pairs finish quick , say two bingos........

I teach this on the demonstration video on my site. If you want to watch a horrid....long version.............

DD

[tomato]

Hello, Spliff!

Here are a few of my favorite ideas:

■ variations on a theme

"What did you do last weekend, Larry?"
"Play computer game."

While slapping your knees, chant rhythmically, "Larry played a computer game! Larry played a computer game!"
Then repeat the sentence, shouting, whispering, whining, and angrily banging your fist on the table.

■ pattern picture books

Look for picture books in which all of the sentences are simple and structured the same way.

There are some picture books which use only one verb. Books by the Creative Teaching Press are good for that purpose. On the Go uses only "take," I See Colors and I See Patterns use only "see." You can read it the first time as it is written, the second time with the verb tense changed.

The best place to buy Creative Teaching Press books seems to be Kim & Johnson's in Pusan.

I also like books in all the sentences begin with the same subject. In Pikachu's Day, every sentence begins with "Pikachu." In Daddy Sleeps, every sentence begins with "Daddy." The sentences are written in present tense, but I when I teach a different verb tense, I change the verbs to past tense.

After I finish reading it the first time, I point to the students, saying, "Eeny meeny miney mo, Catch a tiger by the toe, If it hollers, let it go, Eeny meeny miney mo." Then the student who ends up on the sixteenth beat becomes the new subject of the sentences. That always creates some levity.

The two books which I gave as examples might be difficult to find. If they are, send me a PM, and I will copy the pages and send them as attachments.

■ bingo game

I made a bingo game set out of pictures which illustrates verbs.
The time was well spent, because the set is applicable for teaching any verb tense.

■ concentration game

Make a deck of cards. Mark one-third of the cards with an S in the corner, with a V in the corner, and with an O in the corner.
Then write subjects on the S cards, verbs on the V cards, and objects on the O cards.
I made this illustration for a discussion on the present tense, but I think you get the idea.



You can illustrate the cards or not, depending on your choice.
If you have pictures of the students, use those pictures on the S cards.
They will get a big kick out of it.

To play the game, lay the cards face down helter-skelter.
Each player takes turns trying to find an S, a V, and an O without turning over two of the same.
Once that player finds the right combination, that player reads the resultant sentence and takes another turn.

■ dice game

Give each student a sheet of paper with a personalized verb conjugation, like so:



Each student takes the paper and a pencil and sits in a circle.
Each student takes turns rolling a die.
The student reads the sentence corresponding with the roll of the die and then crosses out that sentence.
The winner is the first student to cross out all six sentences.
However, the students play the game until the last player finishes.

Again, I apologize for the example being in the present tense, but I have to be at work by 3:00.

[ddeubel]

I'd second what Tomato said about using picture sets. I have one on my site and appropriate for the past tense. Students use the pictures and make a mini book, What Mr. ________ did yesterday. Cut the pics, paste, write sentences under them. Then they decorate and have something to bring home as evidence of the year......give prizes and read the best books.

DD

[ajuma]

You could play a version of "I went to Grandma's house". You "I went to Grandma's house. I ate apples." Next student "I went to Grandma's house. I bought bread." Third student "I went to Grandma's house. I cut carrots."

You might want to do this in teams or pairs...don't let the "waiting time" go on for too long. You also have to skip "x"!

[spliff]

Again, some great ideas above and have helped immeasurably....Thanks folks!!!