Conclusion and Resources

Conclusion
When you are learning English you are also learning how to read and write. Writing in beginner level involves learning how to put stories together focusing on the introduction, the body and the conclusion. Students in this level also learn how to summarize a story by picking out the main points and writing them down in their own words. So, you always have an opportunity to read, write, listen and speak English everyday.

Checking for spelling and grammatical errors will ensure that the story flows and is understandable to the reader. I know that you are ESL students who will need extra work with editing and revising the sentences. I must assist beginner ESL students with this part of the writing process as sentence structure and spelling will be challenging for the ESL student. You are still learning English and becoming familiar with the parts of speech, so I am as a teacher will need to instruct the ESL student further with editing and revising.

Teacher Notes

This instruction has been prepared as a draft of the ESL for the beginning level. I got help from variety of web resources to add my instruction page. I would like to thank for all web-designers of the education and my textbook preparers. I found very helpful/useful links, fun practices, and curriculum with its rubrics. I have set up my instructional goals, objectives, content, instructional activities related with the lecture, and learning assessments as a formative evaluation. I would like to use more technologic opportunities from the web but some of them does not allow me to design my instruction. I think that the summative evaluation process requires some costs to pay for these web-pages to effective design of the instruction.

Useful Resources for practice

Match the related plurals with your classmate

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/irr_plurals1-mw.html

Plurals picture quiz

http://www.jeron.je/anglia/learn/sec/english/spelling/page17.htm

Sentence writing

http://www.spellingcity.com/sentenceWriting-spelling-game.html?mode=login&listId=4276571

Singing a song  (unfinished song)

http://www.songdrops.com/funny-kids-songs-for-children/the-unfinished-song.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/online_stories_language_arts_third_3rd_grade.htm

Lecture 3: Parts of Speech

Eight Parts of Speech

                               

    

Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Verbs 
                        Conjunctions Interjections          

Lesson 2.1:

What are the Adjectives?

Examples (Adjective nouns):

—  Follow the yellow cab.

—  (In this example, the adjective 'yellow' modifies the noun 'cab'.)

—  Craig caught another large bass.

—  (In this example, the adjective 'large' modifies the noun 'bass'.)

Examples (Adjectives pronouns):

—  It is a blue one.

(In this example, the adjective 'blue' modifies the pronoun 'one'.)

—  Only a brave few have received a recommendation.

The Different types of Adjectives

Personal Titles

—  Personal titles such Mr, Mrs, Auntie, Uncle, Dr and Lord are classified as adjectives when they are attached to a name.

—  The day after tomorrow, you can visit Auntie Pauline and Uncle Joe.

—  The lecture on Friday will be presented by Dr Ingols and Prof. Munro.

Possessive Adjectives

—  Possessive adjectives are used to show possession. They are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their. (They are also called possessive pronouns.)

The Articles

—  The words “a, an, the” are known as articles and are classified as adjectives too. 'A' and 'an' are called the indefinite articles, as they do not indicate a specific noun; whereas, 'the' is called the definite article, because it does point to a specific noun.

—  A cup (< any cup)

—  The cup (< a specific cup)

Demonstrative Adjectives

—  If I hear that parrot again, I will call the RSPCA.

('That' is a demonstrative adjective. It refers to a specific parrot.)

—  Medals will only be given to those runners who complete the marathon in less than 8 hours. 

('Those' is a demonstrative adjective. It refers to specific people.)

Indefinite Adjectives

—  The chief has heard many people make the same promise.

—  (The indefinite adjective 'many' modifies the noun 'people'.)

—  According to a council spokesman, there are no wallabies left in Derbyshire.

—  However, over the past few months, many walkers have reported seeing several adults with young.

—  (The indefinite adjectives in this example are no, few, many and several.)

Numbers

—  Numbers are classified as adjectives too.

—  Four dolphins stayed with the boat until dawn. The adjective 'four' modifies the noun 'dolphins'.

—  All we could muster was 9 cans of beans. The adjective '9' modifies the noun 'cans'.

Compound Adjectives:  A compound adjective is an adjective that comprises more than one word. Usually, hyphens are used to link the words together to show that it is one adjective.

Often adjectives are formed from proper nouns (i.e., the names of things), which should be written using capital letters. In these circumstances, there is no need to group the words together using hyphens.

Examples:

—  Please request a four-foot table.

—  ('Four-foot' is an adjective describing the table. A hyphen is used to link 'four' and 'foot' to show that it is one adjective.)

—  It is a 6-page document.

—  Claire worked as a part-time keeper at the safari park.

—  That is an all-too-common mistake.

Compound Adjectives from Proper Nouns

Examples:

—  Did you manage to get the Billy Elliot tickets?

—  (The words 'Billy Elliot' are one adjective describing the tickets. As the capital letters group the words, there is no need to use a hyphen.)

—   'Waking the Dead' (This is correct. It's a compound adjective using title case.)

Compound Adjectives with Quotation Marks and Italics

Examples:

—  Amber looked at the stick in the water, looked me in the eye and then turned

away,  giving me a "get it yourself" look. (quotation marks used to group the adjective).

Ambiguous Adverbs/Adjectives

However, with words like well and fast (which are both adjectives and adverbs), a hyphen can be used to avoid ambiguity.

Example:

—  Jacob took the well-fatted calf to the riverside. ('well-fatted calf' as in a very plump calf)

—  Jacob took the well fatted calf to the riverside. ('well fatted calf' could be construed as a 'well' (i.e., healthy) and 'fatted' calf. In the first example, the 'well-fatted calf' could be ill.)

Learning Activities  

Easy test

Select the correct answer:

Q1: The pear-shaped tower is typical of his design. Which word is an adjective?

            a. of                b. design                     c. pear-shaped

Q2:  The old man in the shop punched a customer. Which word is an adjective?

            a. man                         b. shop                        c. old

Q3:  Pick an even number between one and ten. Which word is an adjective?

            a. pick                         b. number                   c. even

Hard test (click on the hyperlink named as test)

Click on the adjectives: test

Discussion Board Activity: Find or write a paragraph that includes at least five adjectives. You may find a passage over the internet or you create your own. Discuss with your classmates what kind of adjective they're.

Online Assignment:

Create 10 sentences that include different kind of adjectives. Underline the adjective words and write down as what kind of adjective.

Resources and useful links

—  list of adjectives

—  adjective tests

—  Irregular and confusing adjectives

—  Comparative and superlative adjectives

—  Choosethe best adjective to complete sentences worksheet

—  Adjective or Adverb