Here’s a fun grammar activity (if there is such
a thing) that we did last week when we were reviewing parts of speech…
Now, I have to admit that grammar is not always
my strongest subject to teach for a couple of reasons; a) I learned it well
over 20 years ago, b) I don’t know all the rules by heart yet, c) it doesn't always make a lot of sense in my brain, and d) there’s always a thousand
different ways to say the same thing in English. It can be really frustrating
and confusing for me so I can only imagine the torture it must feel like to my
mostly ESL students.
I started the lesson by playing this catchy
little number to hook them in and then we listened a second time, making sure
to pause and jot down notes in our notebooks. Once we made our way through the
8 parts of speech, I turned them loose with a stack of old magazines in the
craft corner and sent them on a scavenger hunt for all the different parts of
speech we just learned. Here’s a copy of the simple table I made for their
notebooks and a few examples from my students so you have a visual.
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- They didn't get them all accurate, but they really tried. Guess we’ll be revisiting these again this week J
If you have a different method that’s been more
effective for teaching parts of speech, please leave me a tip. I’ll take all
the help I can get!
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