This post will be related to the Google Classroom activities I created for my students aged 11-13. The course is named “Grammar for secondary students”. The students can access the tasks through the link:

https://classroom.google.com/c/NTA1NTcxNDEyODAx?cjc=4zqwlz4

the following code can be used: 4zqwlz4

       The course mainly consists of two main grammar topics, such as: past simple tense and adjectives ( comparatives and superlatives) .

Often times, students need to do thorough revision of covered topics on their own. Therefore, this coursework has been created in an Innovative learning way. Overall duration of the course is 6 hours.

Basically, every lesson includes youTube videos with detailed explanation, exercises and a word document attached for typing the answers in it. All the steps were designed in a way, that the learners could be able to complete all the assignments independently.

 

With respect to the first lesson, it is called “Past Simple ( regular and irregular verbs. )”

To begin with, the video has to be watched through the provided link. Next, the work sheet with a list of irregular verbs needs to be done, i.e. ( the second form of the verbs has to be written in the word document attached. )

The next lesson named “what is irregular verbs”  designed to give more detailed explanation of irregular verbs. Students can look through the rule and practice using the right past form of the verbs in sentences. Using verbs in context, helps to memorize the meaning and the right spelling of different verbs.

 

The third lesson is “ past simple of to be”. The YouTube video presents brilliant examples of how to change the forms of to be in past tense. Majority of students struggle to use (was/were) where it is really necessary and where it has to be omitted. After completing the assignments in this lesson, the answers have to be included in the word document.

The fourth lesson is “revision of regular verbs”. The YouTube channel named ( ESL library ) is a perfect source of detailed presentations of grammar rules. The video presentation of past tense is explained clearly  and comes with so many quiz questions. The video can be paused and the questions asked in the video may be answered before the learners see the right answer. Finally, the tasks in a lesson plan have to be completed in a word document.

 

The fifth lesson is “past simple verb to be ( was/were) + reading practice.”

The main idea of the lesson is to make students practice the verbs (was/were) both in listening and reading tasks. The listening task (audio track 7.1 attached) allows to practice the learners to use the verb to be correctly. After that, the reading tasks need to be done. It is a great opportunity for the learners to experience (to be ) in different types of tasks like listening and reading comprehension.

 

The sixth lesson is “ comparative adjectives”. The lesson starts with the video explanation. There are a lot of examples shown about how to make comparative form of adjectives. Moreover, the video presentation includes various tasks which could be answered and checked independently. The last step in the lesson is to complete the tasks ( 9 C ) in a word document.

 

The last lesson is named “ superlative adjectives”. As usual, the first task is to watch a video from You tube. The next step is to review the rule about superlative adjectives. One of the advantages of recapping the topic in such a way is that we may take time and pay a close attention to details, i.e. ( double letters, endings and various forms of exceptions).  The exercises from section ( 10 A ) perfectly match the needs of the learners and include practical tasks.

In conclusion, I have chosen this type of order in my lessons, because it allows the learners to understand the grammar rules much better, practice and produce the covered topics in their speech. The convenience of ( LMS ) lessons is that the practical part during the lessons, can be extended thanks to online theoretical assignments done by students on their own.

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