Grammar for Older Students
Every language program has the nitty gritty task of dealing with grammar and spelling. At the older level, we assume our students know the difference between a noun and verb, but do they?During the summer as I taught a 7&8 ESL program I turned to the BBC Skillwise a lot to help me with my lessons.
Skillwise - Grammar Grades: 5-8
Summary: There are eleven activities on this site ranging from how to insert commas to advice on writing and following instructions. Games/Activities are great to use on interactive boards - drag and drop!
1) Adverbs
2) Apostrophes
3) Personal pronouns
4) Verb-subject agreement
5) Describing people, places and things
6) Using commas
7) Making sentences
8) Putting sentences together
9) Getting the right tense
10) Double negatives
11) Instructions
Each lesson comes with fact sheets, a quiz, a game and worksheets that can be printed out.
How to use it: Model/Independent
This is also a great diagnostics tool to use in September to see how much your students remember/know. These mini-lessons are also great to use at the beginning or the end of a literacy block.
