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SUBMITTED BY: Melvin Kullu     EDITED BY: まだ

Sentence-Making Relay

GRAMMAR: Passive Voice Verb     EXAMPLE: Braille was invented by Louis Braille     DATE ADDED: 07-03-09

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 15-30 min.
 
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Brief Outline: Students try to make passive sentences from sheets over paper located on the walls of the classroom.

 

Materials Needed:

  • 1 sheet of paper containing famous people. (not included)
  • 1 sheet of paper with passive verbs. (not included)
  • 1 sheet of paper containing the famous people's popular work. (not included)

 

Detailed Explanation:

  1. Split the class into groups of about 5 students, so a class of 30 will have 6 groups.
  2. The students are given numbers. 1-5.
  3. The three sheets of paper are pinned to the wall at different places, in order.
  4. On Start, student No. 1 rushes to the first sheet and memorizes the famous person and the spelling of the person's name.  Then, (s)he rushes to the next sheet containing the passive verbs and chooses a verb that would match the work.  Finally, they rush to the last sheet of paper that has the people's popular work and chooses the correct work. 
  5. Once student No. 1 has gathered all the information, (s)he goes to student No. 2 and recites what they read.
  6. Student No. 2 then forms a sentence using the three words with the help of Student No. 3.
  7. Student No. 3 reads the sentence to Student No. 4, who is not allowed to see the sheet.
  8. Student No. 4 recites the sentence to student No. 5, who then recites it to the teacher.
  9. If the sentence is gramatically correct, the group order changes.  Student No. 1 becomes student No. 2.  Student No. 2 becomes student No. 3, etc.
  10. If there is a mistake, then they will be told to correct the sentnece as a group.

 

Variations:

  • You could have four students in a group if the class is smaller and get the JTE to join if there is not enough students.

 

Teaching Suggestions:

  • Work with your JTE on this so that it can be easily explained to the students.

 

Tips/Cautions:

  • Try to get them to speak, and remember what the other person had told them.

 

Comments:

  • (Apr 15, 2011) Tash said: You could make it simpler by just having three students run to a different sheet of paper, one to write and one to read.
  • (Mar 17, 2011) Ben said: this could be very good or very bad. The best advice for this activity i think is Demonstrate Don`t Explain..