Were you in an accident? How did it happen? Pupils practice asking and answering questions with a language arts slideshow presentation. As they work on describing past events to explain a current condition, individuals take a look at the sentence structure of each question using the base form of each verb.

Concepts

questions, asking questions, interrogative sentences, parts of a sentence

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Extend the lesson by assigning pairs short scripts to write with questions
• Have learners view the presentation in a computer lab or on a class set of tablets

Classroom Considerations

• Animation and sound effects might be distracting for some class members
• Applicable for English learners as well as mainstream classes

Pros

• Slides are engaging and informative
• Grammar rules are clear and easy to understand

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.4.1.a L.5.1.a L.6.1.a L.7.1.a L.8.1.a