Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes
Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes
Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes
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<strong>Top</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Writing</strong>, <strong>First</strong> <strong>Edition</strong><strong>Teaching</strong> <strong>Notes</strong>http://esl.college.hmco.com/instructorsCopyright Houghton Mifflin CompanyChapter 8 Word FormsOverviewThis chapter deals with different word <strong>for</strong>ms. Students will study lists of endings whichpertain to adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs. This chapter is very list-heavy, sostudents should not be expected to memorize all the endings. A more reasonable goal,there<strong>for</strong>e, is to have the students be able to identify the endings.<strong>Teaching</strong> <strong>Notes</strong>Adjective Endings (8.1)After going through the list, students should be encouraged to come up with alternativevocabulary words which use the same endings. They can then do Exercise 1, which isidentification of adjectives.Noun Endings ((8.2)These common noun endings should also be reviewed, with students coming up withalternative nouns containing the same endings. Exercise 2 gives students the opportunityto write in the noun endings. This activity works well as a pair activity. Have studentscover up the endings with a piece of paper to see if they can correctly insert the correctendings without the aid of the list. After completing the exercise, they may check theiranswers on their own.Verb Endings (8.3)The verb endings listed in this section can be reviewed be<strong>for</strong>e going on to Exercise 3.Adverb Endings (8.4)Exercise 4 is an editing activity that comprises adjective, noun, verb, and adverb errors.Students can work alone or in pairs to find and correct the errors.Word Forms Across Parts of SpeechIn this section, students are asked to write original sentences using the differentvocabulary words presented. After working on Exercise 5 individually, students may beasked to re-write their sentences on the blackboard to check their work.Exercise 6 asks students to choose the correct word <strong>for</strong>m to fill in the blanks. There aretwo skills at work here: choosing the correct <strong>for</strong>m of the word and choosing the wordwhich makes the most sense in context. Students might have some difficulty inserting1
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