Topic: Word class

In this activity we will examine some short extracts from novels. The idea is to look at the tense and aspect forms used, and think about how they are used to unfold the action of the story.

In this activity we will look at suffixes which change adjectives and nouns into verbs. This process is a part of derivational morphology. 

In this activity, students work through the criteria for identifying verbs.

Goals

• Practise identifying verbs.
• Recognise linguistic criteria for identifying verbs.
• Remember the list of verb criteria for use and application later on.

Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students move beyond what is called the notional or semantic way of identifying verbs as 'doing words' to explore grammatical ways of identifying verbs. (You can listen to Bas Aarts discuss this.)

This lesson looks at how you might use your knowledge of prepositions and preposition phrases to write a short story aimed at children.

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.