Guide to Construct Sentences in a Short Time!

Learn to Construct Sentences in a Short Time!

It is amazing! By following those simple rules, you can learn how to construct sentences in short time. How? What are the rules?

 1. Subject + Verb   

     Example: I (subject) am eating (verb).

2. Subject + Verb + Object  

    Object - noun phrases

    Example: He (subject) sells (verb) his car (object).

3. Subject + Verb + Complement 

    Complement - gives information about the subject

    Example: This clothes (subject) is (verb) beautiful (compliment).

4. Subject + Verb + Adverbial

    Adverbial - when ? how ? why?

    Example:The cat (subject) lays (verb) on the table (adverbial).

5. Subject + Verb + Object + Object

    Example: I (subject) give (verb) the children (object) some money (object).

6. Subject + Verb + Object + Complement

    Complement (object) - related to the object

    Example: The project (subject) kept (verb) everyone (object) very busy (complement). 

7. Subject + Verb + Object + Adverbial
    Example: I (subject) put (verb) the books (object) in my wallet (adverbial).

 There are some examples for subject, verb, complement and adverbial.

   

 

     

 

 

Form of Poem

1. Haiku

• Japanese form of poetry which is composed of three non rhyming lines.

• The first and third lines have five syllables each and the second line has seven syllables.

• They often express feelings and thoughts about nature; however, you could write a poem about any subject that you would like to in this form. 

2. Pastoral

• wonderful senses of peace and harmony

• nature is often at the center

• describing a rural place, but the terms will be peaceful and endearing

3. Ballad

• about love

• will tell stories and they tend to be of mythical nature

4. Imagery

• give an extremely powerful image of what the writer is talking about

5. Limerick

• often silly and whimsical

• written in five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme

•  tell a short, humorous story

6. Epic

• Longest form of poem

• tells a story of a mythical warrior and the great things that he accomplished in all of his journeys

7. Elegy

• sad form

• express a lament, often over a death of the loved one

8. Free Verse

• tend to employ other types of creative language such as alliteration, words that begin with the same sound, or assonance, the repetition of vowel sounds

• does not require any rhyme scheme or meter

9. Sonnet

• authors from Dante to Shakespeare

• contains 14 lines, typically with two rhyming stanzas known as a rhyming couplet at the end

• 3 quatrains(4 line stanzas) followed by 1 couplet(2 line stanza). Rhyming scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• Written in Iambic Pentameter- sonnets are written iambic pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables

3 Types of Sonnets

1. Italian Petrarchan Sonnet

• 14 line poem

• 1 octave(8 line stanza) followed by 1 sestet(6 line stanza)

• rhyming scheme of ABBAABBA CDCCDC or (CDECDE)

2. Spenserian Sonnet

• 14 line poem

• 3 quatrains followed by 1 couplet

• rhyming scheme of ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

3. English(Shakesperian) Sonnet

• 14 line poem

• 3 quatrains(4 line stanza) followed by 1 couplet(2 line stanza)

• rhyming scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

10. Ode

• explores and idea - whether political, philosophical, intellectual, or personal in detail

11. Rap

• a modem style of poetry, often associate with heavy use of rhyme, word play and strong rhythm

12. Pantoum

• uses a lot of repetition

13. Tanka

• Japanese poem

• 5 lines ( Line 1 & 3  -  5 syllables) (Line 2, 4 & 5  -  7 syllables)

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Basic Grammar Rules

Basic Grammar Rules (Plural Nouns)

There are some basic grammar rules. Do you worry about how to teach grammar rules to your child or pupils? We need to teach them by using simple ways in order they are able to master the grammar rules. There has some simple activities provided for each grammar rules. 

1.  "s” & "es"

    - plural noun

    - "s" for all noun except ended with "-s", "-z", "-x" ,"ch", "sh"

    - "es" for noun which ended with "-s", "-z", "-x" ,"ch", "sh"

     Examples : dog - dogs

                        bus - buses

     Activities:

    

 Classify the plural nouns

Crossword Puzzle 

2. "s" & "-ies:

     - y to "-ies"

     - But for extent words, there are adding with "s"

  Activity:

Choose the correct answer

3.  "-ves"

     -"fe" / "f" to "-ves"
   
     Activity:
    

Categorise the words

 

4.  "s" & "es”

      - "o" to "s" or "es"

      Examples : tomato - tomatoes

                         radio - radios

 

     Activity: 

Colouring

5. "s”

      Examples ： 

       Activity: 

Tick the correct answer

6. Some nouns are always plural 

    Examples :  a pair of shoes

                        a pair of scissors

    Activity:

  Choose the correct items (always plural)

 

Types and Elements of Poetry

Types of Poetry

1. Lyric Poetry: 

It is any poem with one speaker (not necessarily the poet) who expresses strong thoughts and feelings. Most poems, especially modern ones, are lyric poems. Lyric (elegy, ode, sonnet and dramatic monologue and most occasional poetry) explores or expresses a state of feeling rather than narrates an event.

2. Narrative Poem: 

It is a poem that tells a story; its structure resembles the plot line of a story [i.e. the introduction of conflict and characters, rising action, climax and the denouement]. (ballad, epic)

3. Descriptive Poem: 

It is a poem that describes the world that surrounds the speaker. It uses elaborate imagery and adjectives. While emotional, it is more "outward-focused" than lyric poetry, which is more personal and introspective.

Elements of Poetry

1. Stanza

• tercet (3 lines)
• quatrain (4 lines)
• cinquain (5 lines)
• sestet/sexain (6 lines)
• septet (7 lines)
• octave (8 lines)

    2. Number of Lines

    3. Rhyme Scheme 

• abab
• abba
• abcdeb(some are not in a rhythmic pattern)

    4. Syllabes

How To Teach Pupils With Low Proficiency in English language

How to teach pupils with low proficiency 

in English language?

Will be feel annoying when teaching pupils with low proficiency in English language? Will you be afraid to teach them? Do you think your effort is wasted? Don’t worry. You just need use different methods and be patient when teaching them. Those are basic skills you need to master to deal with pupils of low proficiency in English language.

  

      1.  Warming up activity

It is the most important stage before you start to teach pupils with low proficiency in English language. Have you think what will it be if you teach them about the lesson directly without warming up activity? However, we must begin the lesson with warming up activity. Hence, it can attract their attentions.

Warming up activities: 

Word Search

Find the differences between two pictures

      2.    Giving simple instructions (with non-verbal language)

What instructions are considered as simple?

Instead of using full sentences in your speech, we can use keywords to give the instructions.

Example:  You look at the pictures provided in your worksheet. Then, choose and circle the correct answer. (Difficult)

 Look at the pictures and circle answer (A, B, C or D). (simple)

Besides, we can use non-verbal language such as gestures when giving the instructions. He / She can guess and understand the instructions clearly. Example: We can show and point at the worksheet in front of pupils.

     3.    Giving simple worksheets

If we give difficult worksheets to pupils with low proficiency in English language, they may choose to ignore or not pay attention in your lesson. Hence, it is important to create simple worksheets which based on their proficiency level. 

Worksheet (with pictures)

Worksheet (Choosing the answers)

Worksheet (Answers provided)

 4.    Repetition

Most of pupils are not able to catch what you said or teach at once. Thus, we need repeat as many as we can. What we need to do during repetition?               
        - Slow pace
        - Clear pronunciation

         - Use simple language

-                 - Encourage pupils repeat after you

5.    Insert fun activity

     With fun activity, they are willing to involve themselves in learning. It is a good beginning to learn new knowledge. Try to think about it? If you involve in boring activity, what feeling do you have? Annoying? Lazy? Thus, we need to plan fun activity before conducting teaching and learning process. 

     Fun activities : 

 Memory Game

 

Snake and ladder

Counting the Numbers

Running Dictation