Have you discussed goals and resolutions for 2014 with your students? One way to lead into a discussion about future goals is to remind your learners of what they’ve already accomplished in the past! Sprout English‘s lesson of the week is Achievements & Records in the Grammar Stories section of the Grammar School.
The eight-page lesson starts out by asking students about their own personal records and goals that they’ve accomplished in their lives. The reading focuses on people’s records for various activities such as pie-eating, skateboarding, running, etc. There are comprehension questions, a vocabulary exercise, a writing activity, a drawing activity, and a true or false exercise. Students can work alone or with a partner for almost all of the exercises in this lesson. It’s always a good idea to mix individual, pair, and group activities within a lesson!
If your students are more advanced, or if you’ve already discussed future goals with them, try getting them to compare past goals and future goals! Do it as a discussion activity in pairs, or assign it as individual written homework. Get students to say or write sentences that compare past and future goals.
Examples:
- “I won a swimming trophy last year. This year, I’m going to win a bowling trophy.”
- “I learned how to play the guitar last year. This year, I’ll learn how to speak French.”
This lesson focuses on the simple past tense and superlative adjectives like the biggest, the strongest, the fastest, etc.
Sprout English has many simple past and adjective resources:
- Simple past and adjective lessons in our Grammar School (in the Basic Grammar Structures and Grammar Stories sections)
- Over 70 simple past dialogues in our Conversation Station
- 20 simple past stories in our Library
- Teaching the Simple Past, a grammar guide form our editor
- Zero Prep Simple Past Warm-Up: Remembering Yesterday, a fun activity from our head writer
- Simple past verb charts in the Lists, Test, Charts, and Maps section of the Library (Grammar Charts – B)
- Adjective chart in the Lists, Test, Charts, and Maps section of the Library (Grammar Charts – A)
- Superlative Adjectives, a grammar guide from our editor
- Practicing Superlatives During the Olympics, a fun activity from our head writer
Find this lesson in the Grammar School – Grammar Stories.
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