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The Simple Past: Yes/No and WH- Questions PPTThe Simple Past: Yes/No and WH- Questions PPT
Publisher
Pearson
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3rd - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Number of Slides
13
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The Simple Past: Yes/No and WH- Questions

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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.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

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

Additional Tags

english language arts

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

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