Units

Units A-Z

Units are sets of Resources on the same theme.

Building characters Analysing the language of characters in a literary text Goals Understand some of the ways that writers use language to create characters Analyse the use of language in a literary text Lesson Plan You could start by asking students to think about some of the ways that writers use language to create fictional characters. What makes a convincing character? What are some of their favourite characters from fiction, and why? Next, talk students through the first passage from Jekyll & Hyde. » Read more	Classroom language and TV drama In this lesson, students identify and analyse elements of classroom dialogue. Goals Identify the elements of classroom dialogue. Analyse some examples of real classroom language and classroom language presented on TV. Analyse some elements of real classroom language at students' own school. Lesson Plan Activities 1 and 2 » Read more
Building verb phrases In this resource we’ll look at how verb phrases can be built up by putting auxiliary verbs and main verbs together. » Read more	Clause paths This is a short game that can be used at the beginning or end of a lesson, to consolidate understanding of single clause sentences, multi clause sentences and subordinate clauses. » Read more
Building words Exploring the internal structure of words Goals Identify prefixes, base words, and suffixes. Build words by combining prefixes, base words, and suffixes. Demonstrate an understanding of word classes by identifying the word class of the newly derived words. Demonstrate an understanding of derivational morphology by using newly derived words in sentences. Lesson Plan The Activity page appears in the menu entitled 'This Unit' in the upper right. » Read more	Clause patterns in online recipes Exploring how and why different clause patterns are used This activity looks at different clause patterns (statement; question; command; exclamation) in an online recipe. Students are asked to think about why different clause patterns are used, and what kind of role they play in creating the meaning of the text. » Read more
Certainty and uncertainty Sometimes we make confident statements, while at other times we want to express some uncertainty. In this resource we will explore the expression of certainty and uncertainty. This is one of the areas of meaning we call modality. » Read more	Clause types in context Exploring how different clause types help to construct social meaning The four clause types are a central part of English grammar. An understanding of declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamative clause types can help students recognise how writers use these structures to create meaning in different ways, and can help them develop a better repertoire of structures in their own writing. » Read more
Changing voice Goals Practise changing voice: from active sentences to passive, and passive sentences to active. Lesson Plan The teacher explains that today, we will practise turning actives into passives, and passives into actives. Activity 1 in the right hand menu presents students with active sentences. Ask students to work individually, in pairs, or in groups and to write down a passive version of the sentence. » Read more	Clauses Clauses are considered to be very important units in the study of language. But what is a clause? What makes it different from a word, a phrase, or a sentence? Why are clauses so important? A clause is a powerful structure because it can express a whole situation. Here’s an example: » Read more

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