Showing posts with label English World 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English World 4. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
English World 4 Unit 10 Grammar p.104
Friday, July 17, 2020
English World 4 Unit 10 Reading p.100-102
(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--English World 4)
Google Drive Folder HERE
Crossword Puzzle for Vocabulary from the reading--drive
answers--drive
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Monday, September 11, 2017
English World 4: Unit 11 Grammar p.112 Explanation
(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--English World 4)
[A colleague of mine was confused by this page in the textbook, and I wrote him an email to try and explain it. I figured I would add this to my list of English World 4 material.]
I was thinking, and I thought maybe I didn't explain the present perfect as well as I could have. So here is some more information.
Both the present perfect and the past simple both refer to events in the past. But the present perfect is unique in that it is looking at the past from the point of view of how it impacts the present.
There are several different uses of the present perfect, but the use on page 112 is "past action with a present result"
So looking at page 112, the example sentences from the book are all trying to illustrate this.
"I have painted the table" (the action is in the past, but the result is the newly painted table that you can now see before you)
"I have made a cake" (the action is in the past, but the result is the freshly baked cake that I am currently holding).
Unfortunately, as is typical with English World, not all of their example sentences are well chosen. For example 2C (they have climbed the mountain) isn't really great at illustrating the present result. (I guess the present result is that they are at the top of the mountain now, after having spent the day climbing it).
But the general idea they are trying to emphasize is past action with present result.
FYI:
The textbooks often have a tendency to present the contrast between verb tenses as a lot stricter than they are in real life.
In real life, a native speaker might use the past simple for any of the situations on page 112.
Also in real life, the difference between the past simple and the present perfect is based more on how the speaker feels about the event, and less about the actual context. In all of the situations on page 112, the past simple would be fine as well, but if the speaker feels they want to emphasize the present result, they would chose the present perfect over the past simple
But that's just FYI. I wouldn't try to explain that to the kids. For simplicity's sake, just follow the lead of the textbook, and teach them that the present perfect is used whenever there is a present result of a past action.
[A colleague of mine was confused by this page in the textbook, and I wrote him an email to try and explain it. I figured I would add this to my list of English World 4 material.]
I was thinking, and I thought maybe I didn't explain the present perfect as well as I could have. So here is some more information.
Both the present perfect and the past simple both refer to events in the past. But the present perfect is unique in that it is looking at the past from the point of view of how it impacts the present.
There are several different uses of the present perfect, but the use on page 112 is "past action with a present result"
So looking at page 112, the example sentences from the book are all trying to illustrate this.
"I have painted the table" (the action is in the past, but the result is the newly painted table that you can now see before you)
"I have made a cake" (the action is in the past, but the result is the freshly baked cake that I am currently holding).
Unfortunately, as is typical with English World, not all of their example sentences are well chosen. For example 2C (they have climbed the mountain) isn't really great at illustrating the present result. (I guess the present result is that they are at the top of the mountain now, after having spent the day climbing it).
But the general idea they are trying to emphasize is past action with present result.
FYI:
The textbooks often have a tendency to present the contrast between verb tenses as a lot stricter than they are in real life.
In real life, a native speaker might use the past simple for any of the situations on page 112.
Also in real life, the difference between the past simple and the present perfect is based more on how the speaker feels about the event, and less about the actual context. In all of the situations on page 112, the past simple would be fine as well, but if the speaker feels they want to emphasize the present result, they would chose the present perfect over the past simple
But that's just FYI. I wouldn't try to explain that to the kids. For simplicity's sake, just follow the lead of the textbook, and teach them that the present perfect is used whenever there is a present result of a past action.
Monday, July 10, 2017
English World 4 Unit 12 Vocabulary
(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--English World 4)
English World 4 Unit 12 https://quizlet.com/_3k7ubu
English World 4 Unit 12 https://quizlet.com/_3k7ubu
English World 4 Unit 12 https://quizlet.com/_3k7ubu
English World 4 Unit 12 https://quizlet.com/_3k7ubu
Sunday, June 18, 2017
English World 4 Unit 11 Vocabulary
(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--English World 4)
English World 4 Unit 11
https://quizlet.com/_3j8xpj
English World 4 Unit 11
https://quizlet.com/_3j8xpj
English World 4 Unit 11
https://quizlet.com/_3j8xpj
Monday, June 12, 2017
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Sunday, April 02, 2017
English World 4 Review Units 4-6
(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--English World 4)
In my school, Units 4-6 are covered as together on one test, so I set up this Slideshow to review all the grammar from those 3 units.
Saturday, April 01, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
English World 4 Unit 6 Grammar p.68
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Either...Or: Slideshow and Worksheet
(TESOL Worksheets--Conjunctions, Or)
In my class I used this to supplement English World 4 Unit 5, Grammar in Conversation p.61
Slideshow: slides, pub
Worksheet: docs, pub
In my class I used this to supplement English World 4 Unit 5, Grammar in Conversation p.61
Slideshow: slides, pub
Worksheet: docs, pub
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
While + Past Continuous Slideshow
(TESOL Worksheets--Past Continuous, conjunctions, While)
This is a slideshow with various sentences using "While + past continuous, past continuous." It was set up to supplement the grammar lesson on page 60 from English World 4, and so follows the format used in English World 4 very strictly (always two past continuous verbs, always with the while clause at the front of the sentence). And the first 5 slides are all copied and pasted directly from the English World 4 textbook. (The rest of the slides were found using a google image search).
In my classes I used this as a board race. The first team to run to the board and write the correct sentence gets a point. (Any grammatically correct sentence would get a point--the answer doesn't have to be exactly the same as the sentence on the slides). But the slideshow could also be used for drilling or eliciting.
Google: slides, pub
This is a slideshow with various sentences using "While + past continuous, past continuous." It was set up to supplement the grammar lesson on page 60 from English World 4, and so follows the format used in English World 4 very strictly (always two past continuous verbs, always with the while clause at the front of the sentence). And the first 5 slides are all copied and pasted directly from the English World 4 textbook. (The rest of the slides were found using a google image search).
In my classes I used this as a board race. The first team to run to the board and write the correct sentence gets a point. (Any grammatically correct sentence would get a point--the answer doesn't have to be exactly the same as the sentence on the slides). But the slideshow could also be used for drilling or eliciting.
Google: slides, pub
Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
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