yopparaisaru
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Post by yopparaisaru on Jul 10, 2008 9:09:01 GMT 8
So I have to TT a lesson on infinitives in 3rd year JHS. The format my JTE wants to use is based on the page 22 of New Horizon 3. I have no real idea how to do this, since i made a mastermind sheet for the next page, so I don't want to use mastermind twice... Even though Mastermind would be the easiest thing to do I think...
The sample sentence is "I have a lot of work to do." Or, This pen is used to write. etc... Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Post by rollypop on Jul 10, 2008 12:56:55 GMT 8
Same boat...
The NH 2nen book teaches some similar-but-different uses for infinitives...might be good for a review...
When are you doing the activity? Also, what is "mastermind"?
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Post by yopparaisaru on Jul 10, 2008 13:47:52 GMT 8
Mastermind is a game where Students write a secret sentence using the grammar pattern and their partner tries to guess what they wrote. Usually and by usually I mean all the time you have to write examples for them at the top of the page so they just pick a possible sentence out of 4 or 5 options and then work from there. The students then try to guess their partners secret sentence. First one to do so wins. You can get a copy of a Mastermind worksheet on the mainsite here, its pretty easy to figure out. jhsenglipediaproject.com/jhs_grammar_question_isthis.aspxIts in the worksheet only section.
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Post by rollypop on Jul 11, 2008 14:25:13 GMT 8
Ok, I`m working on page 23...
For page 22, my JTE did an activity with little cards - food and drink items, plus a "I have a lot of homework to do" wildcard.
Each student got 5 food cards (green) and 5 drink cards (yellow), and the wildcards are mixed in randomly. Different food cards have different point values - a potato, for example, is 2 pts, something more delicious like cake is more points. The "I have a lot of homework to do" card is -20 pts.
Students partner/group up, and say phrases - "I want something to eat/drink" - and the partner gives them a food card (or, I suppose, the speaker can draw it blind, like old maid). The "I have a lot of homework" can be passed at any draw. Pwnd.
Whoever has the most points at the end of the time period/game wins.
I don`t know where her cards came from, but it`s a pretty nifty game. Something to eat/drink is easy, but you could use a variety of phrases/cards with it...
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Post by yopparaisaru on Jul 11, 2008 14:31:27 GMT 8
thanks. In the end my classes involving that lesson were ultimately cancelled, but before knowing that, I decided to use the game Twisted Pictionary and changed the target grammar to fit page 22.
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Post by rollypop on Jul 11, 2008 14:36:22 GMT 8
Dang. I`m sorry to hear that. That is really freaking annoying.
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Post by Otaku on Jul 14, 2008 7:54:22 GMT 8
I, too, had my brain frazzled by these split infinitives. Meaning, how the second year textbook teaches infinitives and then they teach them all over again in the 3rd textbook. When we study English back home, we study every aspect of a grammar point before moving on. Japan's English textbooks have decided to split different aspects of infinitives into different textbooks. Probably, as with every other reason when you ask about an English grammar point in the textbook, it has been deemed in Japan that teaching every aspect of the same grammar point would be too difficult for a student to understand, hence breaking up the various parts located within one grammar point. I recently went out onto an English forum and asked about the differences of these infinitives and a nice poster named CliveHawkins responded to my question. This is what he had to say, "I use a computer to play games." - this is an example of the infinitive of purpose. For example, to say why you do something: "I went to Spain (why?) to see a bullfight." "I listen to the radio (why?) to improve my English." "I want to find some e-pals." - here, want is an example of one of the verbs that takes the infinitive. Other examples are would like, need, hope, plan, decide. There are quite a few! "We are glad to have a chance." - this is the infinitive used after adjectives. Other examples include: "Pleased to meet you." "I'm upset to hear..." "She was delighted to see you." "It's easy to make a mistake." There was one more infinitive example sentence he was a bit unsure about: "I have a lot of work to do." Also, if you're still wondering why they split the infinitives between books, I'm just as clueless as you. I hope that helps...
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Post by yopparaisaru on Jul 14, 2008 8:14:19 GMT 8
If i had to wager a guess as to why to split the infinitives between books I would guess its prolly has to do with their japanese lessons. Since its painfully obvious the English textbooks teach English to match japanese grammar patterns, I would bet that they don't learn that japanese grammar pattern till 3rd year, and thus why they would split the English lesson between 2nd and 3rd year. But thats just a haphazard guess with no background checking at all.
Also, I just learned a lot more about infinitives today...lol
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