Units

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Units are sets of Resources on the same theme.

Word order We have to have some sort of structure to organise words if we are to communicate. That structure is a big part of grammar. Linguists use a term – syntax – to describe word order. » Read more	Words Objective To explore the meaning of simple, everyday words and how they relate to your experience of the world. There are many kinds of words. Let us see whether you know the words for what you see in the pictures below? Talk to a partner and write down as many words as you can, for things that you see. » Read more
Word salads (primary) In this lesson, students arrange words on the smart board in order to create acceptable sentences. Goals Use implicit grammatical knowledge to arrange word tiles on a smart board into sentences. Lesson Plan The teacher explains that today, we will arrange words to make sentences. All of the example sentences here have been drawn from our corpus. » Read more	World Englishes debate This is a challenging lesson that can be a fantastic springboard for discussion with more able students. How do we decide whether regional, non-standard English is acceptable or not, and what role does context play? » Read more
Word salads (secondary) In this resource we’ll look at what grammar is and why we need it. First of all, take a look at the word salads. They can be found in the Activity pages within the menu entitled 'This Unit' in the upper right of this page. The slides show real spoken sentences drawn from our corpus, which have been jumbled up into the wrong order. The students' task is to rearrange the words into an order that makes sense. » Read more	Writing a story with prepositions Applying knowledge of prepositions to a short story This lesson looks at how you might use your knowledge of prepositions and preposition phrases to write a short story aimed at children. » Read more
Word structure The study of word structure is called morphology. Understanding word structure helps us: improve spelling expand vocabulary In studying word structure, we start by looking at a few key concepts first: root words prefixes suffixes Root words are words, or parts of words, that can usually stand alone. The following are all root words: » Read more	Writing an advertisement with adjectives In this activity, you will write a brief entry advertisement that describes a product and makes it sound as attractive as possible. Goals Identify the adjectives in an online advertisement. Write an original advertisement using an array of descriptive and effective adjectives. Lesson Plan The teacher explains that today, we will write Ebay advertisements to sell products. To make your item sound attractive you will need to describe it in detail, using a range of adjectives. » Read more
Words This lesson looks at words and word-formation and is designed for KS1 students. Goals To explore the definition of the notion 'word'. To explore how words are formed and understand some word-formation processes. To explore how words create meaning. Lesson Plan Start the lesson by asking your students to discuss what a ‘word’ is. It's a surprisingly tricky thing to define! Next, display the following words on the board: » Read more	Writing with tense and aspect This lesson asks students to apply their understanding of tense, aspect, and time to structure passages of writing. Goals Arrange sentences in order based on tense and aspect in the sentences. Practise ordering and re-ordering sentences in various ways using tense and aspect to convey the appropriate order of events. Lesson Plan The teacher explains that today, we will arrange a passage of writing and explore expressions of time in English. » Read more

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