Shades of Meaning

Thank you for actively engaging in this Blog. I do hope you have found the lesson ideas useful.

As you wind down the year, here is another quick activity to fill your lesson or perhaps add it to your ideas for next year: Grammatikus’ Shades of Meaning

I do hope you all have a great break over the summer and I look forward to sharing more ideas with you in 2015.

Phrases Into Words

I love Term 4! The weather is warmer, most coursework has been completed and there is an air of excitement among students and teachers. So, how do we keep our students on task or engaged as their minds begin planning their summer break?

That would really depend on your students! Given that you may be looking for a few ‘filler’ activities, I’ve come up with a fun way to look at phrases.

As we know, a phrase is a group of words that functions as if it were a single noun, adjective or adverb. It cannot stand on its own because it does not have a subject or a finite verb.

With that in mind, download the Grammatikus Phrases into Words worksheet here: Grammatikus – phrases into words

Use it as a friendly competition among your students; as a time-based activity; or ask students to design a grammar App based on phrases etc.

Guide To Text Types

Well, it is finally here…Term 4!

As well as ploughing through the remainder of your 2014 curriculum, you may be well underway with planning for the coming year. So with that in mind, I thought a pictograph of text types might be the perfect way to assist you.

Please feel free to download the Grammatikus guide to text types, print it and share it with your colleagues.

Critical & Creative Thinking - Forming Adverbs

Now we are well and truly into the term and as mentioned in August’s blog, I will tackle Critical & Creative Thinking in grammar learning.

Do your students rely heavily on you providing them grammar rules, or can your students think for themselves?

Students will need to use logic and reason to establish a set of rules for forming adverbs from adjectives.

Forming Adverbs from Adjectives Worksheet

Check out the our grammar reference guide in Grammatikus for assistance.