Simple Learning Objects

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Simple Learning Objects

• Words and pictures for ESL

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An example from the Web

• Carol Reitan Negation in French
• http//fog.ccsf.edu/creitan/ppt/negation.html

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Vocabulary Say and spell

• Orange

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This is ____

• Money

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These are all ____(s)

• Trees

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Plurals with s
Teachers
Teacher
Students
Student
Books
Book
Desks
Desk
Boys
Boy
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Plurals consonant y ? ies
Babies
Baby
Candies
Candy
Ladies
Lady
Parties
Party
Butterflies
Butterfly
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Irregular plurals
Woman
Women
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Irregular plurals
Man
Men
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Much and Many

• Fill in the gaps with either much or many
• We've had ____ English assignments this
  semester.
• How ____ material do we read this week?
• ____ books are not in the library.
• I've had ____ headaches already because of stress.

many
much
Many
many
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Whats Wrong?

• this is a sentence.

Hint!
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Correction
t

• his is a sentence.

T
The first letter should be UPPER CASE.
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Whats Wrong?
Hint!
There is no verb.

• It an orange.

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Correction
is

• It an orange.

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Parallelism

• A leader should be eloquent, honest and
  __________

• self-confidence
• self-confident
• self-confidently

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Parallelism

• A healthy life style should include exercise,
  diet and __________

• relaxation
• relaxed
• relax

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Active / Passive

• Leonardo da Vinci
• The Mona Lisa

Active Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
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Active / Passive

• The Mona Lisa
• Leonardo da Vinci

Passive The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da
Vinci
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Subject Active / Passive

• Alexander Graham Bell
• The Telephone

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Active / Passive
Active
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
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Active / Passive
Passive
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham
Bell
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Cross out one and say why....
Football Baseball
Swimming Soccer
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Noun clauses

• Indirect speech
• Someone says to you Dont drive so fast.
• What did she say?
• You report
• She told me

that I shouldnt drive so fast.
She told me
not to drive so fast.
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Noun clauses

• Question to statement
• Someone says to you What time is it?

• Answer I dont know

what time is it.
what time it is.
Next subject
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Noun clauses

• Question to statement
• Someone says to you What time is it?

• Answer I dont know

what time is it.
what time it is.
Next subject
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Sorry.
I dont know what time is it.
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Correct!
I dont know what time it is.
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Suggestions?

• Grammar examples?
• Pictures as basis for narrative?
• Pictures as context for words to increase
  vocabulary?
• Other considerations
• Focus vocabulary in an area (nature, food,
  geography)
• Group examples around a theme

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Count and Non-Count nouns
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Count and Non-Count nouns