Lesson no. 10

Lesson no. 10
10 July 2009 / Friday
(16:05 – 17:40)

Topics of the day:
- Beginners - Actions revision... spelling and pronunciation...(5)
- A/An exercise with general (3)

- Verb/Noun/Adjective Exercise with advanced (3)


Beginners: (5 students present)
I gave the students the handout with pictures again. I asked them to write down what was happening in the pictures. They had done this exercise previously but I think it is essential to revise things especially when it concerns beginners. By writing words and sentences again, the spelling of the words and the vocabulary both improve a lot. This time I also focussed on pronunciation. The handout can be found below:

General class: (3 students present)
A revision with the use of 'a' and 'an' was done with the general group. I had an old exercise that most students had already attempted in one of the previous lessons, and I also had a new exercise which can be found below:

Articles explanation: http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html

Articles exercise: http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-an.html

Exercise from lesson 9: http://www.rhlschool.com/eng2n26.htm

Advanced: (3 students present)
For the advanced group I has an exercise about verb/noun/adjective. In this exercise a verb was given and the students had to deduce a noun and an adjective from it e.g. the verb = to analyse, the noun = analyst (person) or analysis (thing) and the adjective = analytic. I didn’t know initially that it would be such a difficult exercise but together we all managed to do quite well. I thought it was an important exercise, as it not only increased the vocabulary of the students but it also stimulated them to think of new words. Overall the students thought it to be one of the most difficult exercise so far.

Exercise: http://www.smic.be/smic5022/wordformation1.html

Answers: http://www.smic.be/smic5022/wordformation1solutions.html (can also be found below)