LESSONS AND MATERIALS

A. CORRECT IT! i. Using a variety of pedagogical techniques, the students were taught grammar. ii. More beautiful and one of the rarest, my brother bought an African cat. iii. Challenging and difficult, Rudi decided to take the tasks. iv. When in third grade, my mother went back to college. v. Doing my assignments, my cat ignored me. B.  COMPLETE THE SENTENCES! when buying your first car,…. upon arriving at the train station,…. working diligently on the project,…. running to catch the train,…. when only seven years old,…. —

 A. Do you know that report cards have become a controversy? Have a look at the text below to get a clearer information!     Some schools are giving parents report cards. Every five weeks, parents get a grade on whether their children are doing their homework, on whether the kids are absent too often, and on whether the kids are suitably dressed for school    Some people think it is a good idea. For one thing, a report card would get parents involved in their children’s education. That mean kids would do better in school. Further, a report card might also let parents know what the kids are doing well-and what they are no doing well. It would help them be better parents. Finally when parents get good grades, then they will feel rewarded-just like their kids.     On the other hand, some people don’t think it is necessary. First of all, parents should be able to raise their children the way they wants to. Teacher should not be telling ...

A. Previously, we have discussed how to differentiate between phrase and clause. Now, to refresh your memory,  the following exercise needs to be done. Decide whether the following are clauses or phrases and then specify the Subject an Verb! For example: the children yelled  - clause  ( the children: SUBJECT, yelled: VERB ) into the room  - phrase (NO SUBJECT AND VERB) 1. arriving at the store 2. Gina came into the store 3. although I could not play 4. The running water 5. from earlier centuries 6. before a hurricane occurs 7. during the rainy season 8. I took a quick jog 9. after I walked the path 10. through the winter months B. Next, you are going to review your understanding on how  Complex sentence and Simple sentence  differ. Combine these paired-up sentences to be a one-clause sentence. Then, underlined the Subject and the Predicate of the newly-formed sentence!        E.g .     ...