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Make a Monster

GRAMMAR: Present Tense Verb - plural     EXAMPLE: He eats spiders.     DATE ADDED: 12-03-09 

15-30 min.

Materials Needed:

• MakeAMonster worksheet

Detailed Explanation:

1. Explain that the students are going to make an original monster and pass out worksheet.
2. Show them an example quickly - animal traits, a strange appetite or multiple body parts can easily make a monster.  Draw it on the board and write 3-4 sentences: "Butracula eats pork. He flies to school. He lives in Tokyo.
3. Give the students 5-10 minutes to write five sentences. They can draw a picture AFTER they finish their sentences.

Variations:

• Encourage higher level students to use like+infinitive, past tense, or relative clauses. But 1st year JHS are most likely to get excited about the activity.

Teaching Suggestions:

• For slow starters, get them going with the prompts, "He eats..." "She lives..." "He doesn't like..."
• Use with worksheet Halloween Character Matching to give them some starter ideas.

Tips/Cautions:

• For small classes, have students present their monster.
• Some students will not get started at all. Even some of the smarter students won't like making an original character, so make this a supplement to the main lesson plan.

If you have an updated worksheet, email it to the site directly at: schoolofthought (at) jhsenglipediaproject (dot) com

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