Punctuating Adverbial Clauses

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Grammar presentation, review or controlled practice

Punctuating

Ipad  

App - Camera

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Number of devices required ; 1 

Instructions:

Have students do a controlled activity to practice subordinating conjunctions and transitions.

Correct it by showing the answers on slides. Open the presentation in Explain Everything on the Ipad

and record your voice going over the reasoning behind the structure once again.Send

the recording to youtube directly from the Ipad and email the link to your students.

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The Social Network for Punctuating Adverbial Clauses

My advanced students are talking about personality types. We are working with the book World Pass, and they have to be able to punctuate adverbial clauses. Easy? Not at all for this rambunctious group of teens. I prepared an activity to get their attention, and provide them with some more practice. It worked allright, eventhough some complained that it was difficult to undesrstand the movie scene.

They are getting there...

Activity type - Practice

Language focus - Punctuating adverbial clauses

Level - Advanced

Time 25 minutes

Materials - Powerpoint presentattion, movie scene

Web2.o - Blogger

What personality type are you?

Peaceful

Driven

Easygoing

Assertive

Unpredictable

Nurturing

Systematic

Refined

Introspective

Watch the movie segment and choose the correct sentences about it.

The girl decided to break up when she realized he was not easygoing.

Although she was very systematic, she couldn’t pass her exam.

He didn’t get a high score, eventhough he was very driven.

She decided to break up, since he was too assertive.

She decided to leave the restaurant so that she could spend more time with him.

Because he was studious and driven, he was not popular with the girls in school.

Practice – Punctuate these sentences

The girl decided to break up when she realized he was not easygoing

when she realized he was not easygoing the girl decided to break up

Although she was very systematicshe couldn’t pass her exam.

She couldn’t pass her exam although she was very systematic.

She decided to break up since he was too assertive.

She decided to leave the restaurant so that she could spend more time with him.

He was not popular with the girls in school because he was studious and driven.

Write more sentences about a different movie scene to challenge your partner.

Use adverbial clauses. Post the link to the scene and your sentences on blogger.