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MUET My Way Teacher's Handbook

3 Grammar Quizzes You could develop your Alternatively, you can divide
1 Teacher pre-teaches certain grammar items own set of grammar quizzes students into groups and get
before creating an online quiz using Quizizz/ following my grammar codes them to research and share the
Kahoot!/ Plickers / Edmodo or any other you can access some that grammar quiz which they have
related apps (refer to the Tech Resources List I have created on Quizizz. chosen with their classmates.
on page 279). However, it is unnecessary to Allowing them to create
2 Teacher can also resource free grammar reinvent the wheel so it is also their own quizzes with your
quizzes that the students can attempt based perfectly fine to resource other guidance is also a very good
on grammar items or overall proficiency that existing grammar quizzes for idea because it heightens their
suits their level. the students to attempt. knowledge and their ability
to identify the grammatically
correct answers.
4 Grammar Item Identification Students will be more You can easily turn this into
1 Students work in small groups and decide on aware of the grammar items an ‘Exhibition Simulation’. Each
a broad title and then zoom in on a specific and structures when they group is to set up their laptops
topic (e.g. pollution – noise pollution, encounter them in the articles. and load their PowerPoint
technology – artificial intelligence etc.). This heightened awareness presentations into it in their
2 Students collect 5 – 10 articles online based of the correct forms and the allocated corner in the school
on the sub-topic and identify at least 2 differences between active hall. Invite other students
example sentences that highlight each of and passive voices will create from the whole school to visit
the 12 grammar formulas below: a clearer understanding of the (either during the class time
i. 1 +s (present tense, singular) mechanics of the language. or recess etc.) and to vote for

ii. >1 –s (present tense, plural) The exhibition simulation will the best presentations. This
iii. B5 + P2 (process/continuous tense) make the purpose of the project will get students to be more
iv. B5 + P4 (passive voice) more realistic and authentic confident in explaining the
v. 3H + P4 (perfect tense) and they can learn the norms grammar items and allows
vi. 3H + been + P4 (passive perfect tense) of an exhibition (registration the visitors to also brush up
vii. to + ori counter, prepare door gifts, on their understanding of
viii. to + be + P4 voting ballots, announcement grammar and its usage as well
ix. modal + ori of winners, etc.) as learning new content.
x. modal + be + P4
xi. by + ing
xii. for + ing
3 Students create a PowerPoint presentation
and take turns presenting.
5 Grammar Game Students will find it more You can make this activity
1 Students make cue card with the grammar interesting if they use the more exciting by asking
rules. Shuffle the cards. grammar rules in an authentic them to collect 10 pictures or
2 In a group, a student picks out a card and and genuine writing activity keywords from magazines or
writes a sentence of a story using the that is fun and meaningful. newspapers. For each picture,
grammar item correctly. Students will be challenged use the grammar item in the
3 The next student picks another grammar to use all the different items cue card to write the story.
cue card and continues the story with the correctly rather than stick to Make sure the story makes
grammar item being used correctly as well. only the simple present or past sense and uses all the forms
4 Continue this method until all the cards are forms without attempting the correctly. They can make
used. other rules so ensuring that a scrap book or a poster
5 Write out the story on a card and hold it up. they use up all the cards will using the materials and the
Take turns to tell the story to another group. give them ample practice to sentences of the story. Share
use them all. with other groups or the whole
class.

B Teaching Lexis

No Suggested Lessons Rationale Enrichment
1 Low Frequency Wordlist Students will easily learn the Get students to use
1 Assign a set of vocab from the wordlist meaning and application of crosswordlabs.com to create
(pg. ) to students (individual or pair work). the low frequency words with online crosswords. Either print
2 Students write sentences to demonstrate hands-on experience. Creating it out or add the link to their
their understanding of the words. a worksheet also keeps them blogs and get other classmates
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