Other Stuff To Teach

Workbook:
672: p.83 adverbs
+ C3 Letter of Apology
p.86 Cross-Word- good revision
671: p. 76-77 (read and use)
p. 80 A Lame Excuse
p.81-82 C2
p. 83 adverbs
+ C3 Letter of Apology
p.86 Cross-word- good revision
*play a game with this or Kahoot- something active. Make a skit, song or
poem about an excuse
Excuses matching game: set up on (2) big poster in front of the room,
have students run up and put the right excuse next to the situation
Materials: big cardboard with situation X 2 for two teams (students line up
in rows).
Things is bold must be created
ACTIVITY
Cause and effect
Teach to 671 (2 periods)
1- Watch video on superstitions
2- Explain- clarify cause and effect
(sunburn ex)
3- Students read the text. We identify
together the causes and the
effects, highlight in 2 different
colours. Do any words help us to
find the causes? (because, cause)
4- Interactive notebook: show how to
cut and glue
5- Add the text causes and effects to
the G.O.
6- Read Friday the 13th as a class+
discussion
7- Superstition matching activity:
students cut and match. Glue to
Interactive notebook.
8- Modernizing superstitions:
Read the questions in the top right
corner and discuss
In teams of 2 or 3, do the

RATIONALE

MATERIALS
Photocopies
X20 for all
Notebook to
show model
Kahoot
Cause and
effect quiz
X20

ipads

modernizing exercise. Write final

versions on Padlet so everyone can
see. Which ones are the funniest?
9- Kahoot Quiz for fun 672, for revision
671
10Cause and effect quiz
Novel Lit Circle 671
Final discussion
Quiz
2 periods
Novel Lit Circle 672
1-explain the circles (Word Wizardothers copy only 6 new words and new
sentence)
2- give the bookmarks
3- Give students all the handouts and
build the sections together (including
rubric)
4- Students get time in class to read
the book and do their job
5- students meet in groups to share
their work- teacher walks around
(checklist) to make sure students did
their work)
6- work is handed in at the end of the
4 sections and graded with rubric
Paragraph writing
*Do before School of rock (model)
Amazon project 671Give everyone the handout and the rubric
1- Summary
2- 1 or 2 sentence summary
3- Quote me
4- Editorial review
5- Product details
6- Rank or recommend
7- New book cover
8- Pick up, give feedback (peer
feedback?), give back
9- Final copy: assemble onto a poster
and present science fair style
Grammar notebook WH questions

Make the
groupings
Make the
bookmarks
Copies of IN
Hand out
books

Yellow spiral
Model for
students
Peer
evaluation
Rubric

Handouts X
students
+notebook
for reference

Cadavre exquis WH questions:

1-Students sit in groups of 3 or 4
2- write one question, fold over, pass to
the left
3- write answer on new sheet (without
looking at question)
4- so on and so forth until youve written
6-8 questions (whole paper)
5- share together, hilarity ensure
6- pick up for quick formative assessment
(have they understood question
formation)

Model

Quiz writing WH questions: (C3

assessment)
Create a quiz to get to know more about
your friends- the wackier the better.
Ex. Where is the weirdest place youve
ever eaten chips? What was your
favourite cartoon when you were 5?
5 to 8 questions
Pick up, grade, return
Give a friend your quiz, switch and take
another persons quiz
Prepositions in grammar notebook
Workbook p. 131 for further reference

Workbook for
grammatical
reference.
134-135
inside
outside circle
for idea
reference

Preposition test in the computer lab:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cramup/grammar/prepositions
Preposition of location pencil-case TPR
1- Students will put their pencil case
where the teacher says according
to the prepositions of location.
Running Dictation of text with lots of
prepositions+ a few missing ones
1- In teams of two. One will write, one
will run, then switch.
2- Student 1 runs up to a text, tries to
memorize, runs back and tells the
writer what to write.
3- After the whole first section is
copied down, the runner sits down
to write. The new runner runs up to
the second section of the text and

Notebook for
model plus
handouts X 2
groups

List of
prepositions
Find text
and make 4
copies

runs back to tell the new writer

what to write.
4- Once the text is written, students
supply the missing prepositions to
complete the text.
5- Fastest team to have everything
finished mistake free gets to choose
a song to dance to.
Map discussions C1 summative
assessment (target: questions and
prepositions)(use different prepositions
every time- make a dice)
1- In groups of 4, students roll the dice
and must use the word on the dice
in order to ask another student
where an exhibit is on the map.

Conjunction junction song

Use as a hook for conjunction work

Conjunctions

Interjections in grammar notebook

Workbook p. 132

Idiomatic
expressions
Listening to,
appreciating
authentic texts

Preposition
dice
List of
functional
language
Map of
Australia
zoo X 1
Map of
Granby zoo
X5
Cloze with
and without
bank
X students
Handouts X
2 groups +
notebook for
model
Handouts X
2 groups+
notebook for
model

FUN activity for interjections?

Something about text messages?
Other: Mini Pont Pop
Dehydrator: see Nutrition Unit
Assessment:
C1
WH questions and prepositions with Map of Australia Zoo
(summative)
Have groups practice with Map of Granby Zoo, and assess using
Australia Zoo
Final discussion (formative)
Interaction at amazon project science fair

C2

novels quiz 671

Lit circle quizzes 672
Cause and effect quiz
TPR game (formative- check for understanding)
Computer quizzes on prepositions (formative)
Grammar quizzes

C3

Quiz questions (summative)

Amazon project
School of rock review (paragraph)