135 Revision & CA PrepBelinda Baardsen, American Ex Pat, Saudi Arabia ~

March 27, 2013

Grammar Review

I Me

Pronoun

Grammar Review

YouYou Me

Pronoun

Activity – Let’s practice using the pronoun “I” to see how it works. I

I have ______ bags.

I have __________ bags.

I have bags.

I have ________ bags.

Elicit & board

Activity – Let’s practice using the pronoun “You” to see how it works.

You have a nice bedroom.

You have purple flowers.

You _______ have ______ in your

bedroom.

You have __________ .

You are _____________.

Elicit suggestions from students and board.

Activity – Let’s practice using the pronoun “me” to see how it works.

I don’t have any money with me.

My mother came with me.

It wasn’t me.

Are you talking to me?Me

Elicit & board suggestions made by students.

Vocabulary Review

Happy

Sleepy

DirtyUpset

Adjectives

What is an adjective?

An adjective describes a noun, like: happy.

For example: good, bad, happy, long

I am a happy girl!

Vocabulary Review

ShortTall

Young

Small and big

Old

Loud

Vocabulary Review

Bored

Lovely

Cold

What is an adverb?

Faster!

Slowly

An adverb describes a verb like:

faster, slowly, well

I can get there faster,

because my brother has a

great car.

A caterpiller moves slowly.

Activity – Let’s put what we learned to work!

I ran faster than my friend.

You walked slowly to the airport terminal.

Example

Walked

Ran

Let’s make sentences from the words and adverbs listed here:

Windsurfer Swimmer Trash FasterSlowlyBadlyWellGoodAwfulsmelly

You swim well.Example:

Elicit & board suggested sentences.

Writing Activity – Putting it all together

Write a 50 word essay about last weeks vacation. Tell us where

you went, stayed and what you did.

I stayed in a big hotel in Turkey.

I went swimming in a nice pool.

I was cold everyday.

I ate Italian food.

30 Minutes

Peer Editing Activity – Putting it all together

Please trade papers with your neighbor to the right and mark their papers. Spelling? Vocabulary? Grammar?

15 minutes

Interview your neighbor about their holiday.

Ask your classmate about their holiday.

1. Where did you go?

2. Where did you stay?

3. Who did you go with?

4. What did you do?

15 minutes

Speaking Activity – share with the class what you learned about each other’s holiday

I went with my family to ____.

I traveled by ___________.

I saw __________________.

I ate ____________________.I stayed at ________.

Demonstrate

Activity – write a postcard to someone about your vacation

Write to someone who did not come on your

vacation with you, and tell them about it.

20 minutes