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« Reply #30 on Feb 19, 2009, 11:58am » | |
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These are good, fun and comprehensive activities, but there are a couple of things that should probably be changed.
FIRST GRADE QUIZ
The Subject question "What subject is Mr./Ms. ______ teaching?" should probably be "What subject does Mr./Ms. _______ teach?". Although Japanese tends to use some of their present continuous forms for routines, it's probably best to reinforce the English present simple form for routines, customs, and rules.
The Mix Questions regarding ALT/JTE require the use of the article "the" in front of job titles. And the 40-point question should probably have "from" at the end.
Just like the Subject question previously mentioned, the 20-point Textbook question regarding Ms Green should probably also be in the present simple form.
SECOND GRADE QUIZ
I don't think second graders have learned the structure "used to" as yet, so perhaps the past simple would be better here.
And as an aside, baseball probably originated from the game "rounders" rather than from cricket, but even that is debatable.
In the Famous People section, Japan has a "prime minister" rather than a "president".
The 50-point Geography question needs the article "the" in front of "main language".
The preposition "of" correct for the 10-point Capitals question, but wrong for the remaining questions.
THIRD GRADE QUIZ
In the 10-point Sports question, "snow mountain" need to be in plural form.
some comments from the 2nd grade quiz's Famous People, Geography and Capitals sections also applies here.
In the 20- and 30- point Geography II questions, the word order of the questions needs to be changed. They should read "In which city is THE <festival name here> held?"
In the Capitals section Malaysia is misspelled.
And please don't underestimate the need for articles. Although using a Japanese word in the 20-point Textbook section, you still need to put the article "a" in front of furushiki, since it is as countable as a handkerchief.
Lastly, (just as a matter of style) there is no need for a comma between "every day" and "to come to school" in the 30-point Mix question.
Sorry to sound savage since that's not my intent. I think this is a great activity, but some people may not check the worksheets before printing them out and it could cause some embarrassment for them if the JTE or a student calls them on the error.
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« Reply #31 on Feb 19, 2009, 8:35pm » | |
Feb 19, 2009, 11:58am, rasteps wrote:Bizz Quiz
These are good, fun and comprehensive activities, but there are a couple of things that should probably be changed.
FIRST GRADE QUIZ
The Subject question "What subject is Mr./Ms. ______ teaching?" should probably be "What subject does Mr./Ms. _______ teach?". Although Japanese tends to use some of their present continuous forms for routines, it's probably best to reinforce the English present simple form for routines, customs, and rules.
The Mix Questions regarding ALT/JTE require the use of the article "the" in front of job titles. And the 40-point question should probably have "from" at the end.
Just like the Subject question previously mentioned, the 20-point Textbook question regarding Ms Green should probably also be in the present simple form.
SECOND GRADE QUIZ
I don't think second graders have learned the structure "used to" as yet, so perhaps the past simple would be better here.
And as an aside, baseball probably originated from the game "rounders" rather than from cricket, but even that is debatable.
In the Famous People section, Japan has a "prime minister" rather than a "president".
The 50-point Geography question needs the article "the" in front of "main language".
The preposition "of" correct for the 10-point Capitals question, but wrong for the remaining questions.
THIRD GRADE QUIZ
In the 10-point Sports question, "snow mountain" need to be in plural form.
some comments from the 2nd grade quiz's Famous People, Geography and Capitals sections also applies here.
In the 20- and 30- point Geography II questions, the word order of the questions needs to be changed. They should read "In which city is THE <festival name here> held?"
In the Capitals section Malaysia is misspelled.
And please don't underestimate the need for articles. Although using a Japanese word in the 20-point Textbook section, you still need to put the article "a" in front of furushiki, since it is as countable as a handkerchief.
Lastly, (just as a matter of style) there is no need for a comma between "every day" and "to come to school" in the 30-point Mix question.
Sorry to sound savage since that's not my intent. I think this is a great activity, but some people may not check the worksheets before printing them out and it could cause some embarrassment for them if the JTE or a student calls them on the error.
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I'll make those changes...thx for the detailed response!
Now, go check out the new forum! 
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« Reply #32 on Apr 30, 2009, 4:35pm » | |
New Horizon 3, Unit 3, Speaking Plus 2
Grammar point: polite questions
Game: hungry hungry hippos.
I used this one today and it was helpful: the kids found and English explanation easy enough to understand and they were all asking and answering eachother in English.
However, I swapped the order and I think it makes more sense. I played it so that when a student has an item in their 'yes please' list and they answer 'yes please', they get to keep it. When their item is 'no thank you' they give it to their partner. This reinforces the other idea that 'yes please' means one wants something and 'no thank you' means one doesn't want something. I think the game as it stands could be confusing:
'would you like some ice cream?'
'yes please' - then has to pass it to partner !?
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« Reply #33 on May 29, 2009, 9:49am » | |
Long Long Time worksheet
The examples given in this worksheet (for the make sentences from the picture part), "I have been watching TV...", are the wrong grammar for that particular Unit. Units 3 and 4 use the Past Perfect (ex. I have lived in Japan) and not the Past Perfect Progressive (ex. I have been living in Japan). Your handout uses the Progressive tense. Might want to change that.
Also noticed that the Units 3 and 4 activities are the same. You might want to try and separate out the "have you ever..." stuff from the Unit 3 activities. "Have you ever..." is a completely different point than teaching "I have lived in Japan for 6 years."
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