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The Weekly Text, May 8, 2020: A Lesson Plan on Using Modal and Conditional Verbs

This is the second lesson plan on the use of modal and conditional verbs that I’ve posted in the last week. I wrote two of these in order to break up the forms of these verbs and to help students build their understanding of them through extensive practice in their use.

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the subjunctive mood of verbs. The subjunctive is a challenging area of usage, and I probably need to take a look at both of these lessons on modals and conditionals to make sure the use of the subjunctive is clear. If this lesson goes into a second day, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Ida B. Wells, the great journalist (and don’t forget that if you and your students like Everyday Edit worksheets, the generous people at Education World give away a yearlong supply of them at their website).

This scaffolded worksheet and its accompanying learning support  are the central work of this lesson. While the support contains material specific to this lesson, if you remove that from the bottom of the document, and change the header, you will have a learning support on modal verbs that can be used more broadly than the confines of this lesson. Finally, here is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet to make delivering this lesson a bit easier.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Bourgeoisie

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the bourgeoisie for all you social studies teachers out there. I found, when I taught global studies classes, that this abstract concept was somewhat difficult for students to grasp.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: British Empire

This Cultural Literacy worksheet on the British Empire probably has a number of uses in a social studies classroom, including as an independent practice (i.e. homework) exercise.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “The Great ‘Drug’ Bust”

Here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “The Great ‘Drug’ Bust.”

If you use do-not exercises at the beginning of lessons, then the one for this lesson is this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. To investigate this case, you’ll need the PDF of the illustration and questions that contain the evidence of this crime. Finally, here is the typescript of the answer key to help you apprehend your culprit.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on Using the Modal and Conditional Verbs

Here is a lesson plan on using modal and conditional verbs.

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on, simply, verbs. In the event this lesson goes into a second day, here is another do-now, this one an Everyday Edit worksheet on the roller coaster. This scaffolded worksheet on using modal and conditional verbs is the centerpiece of this lesson. Finally, here is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet to make teaching this lesson a little easier.

Incidentally, if you like Everyday Edit worksheets, please remember that the good people at Education World generously offer a yearlong supply of them at their site.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Brainwashing

Last but not least this morning, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on brainwashing. I imagine the importance of this speaks for itself.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on Linking Verbs

A few days ago, I posted the first lesson in a series of two on linking verbs. If you search the term “linking verbs.” Because of the way these kinds of words are used in the English language, as well as their commonality in everyday and academic speech and prose, I thought it necessary to make sure students master their use.

So, here is the second lesson plan on linking verbs. I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the idiom “Burn the Midnight Oil.” Should the lesson go into a second day, here is a worksheet on the homophones you’re and your. This scaffolded worksheet is the mainstay of this lesson; the teacher’s copy will help you teach the lesson. Finally, here is a word bank that functions as a learning support to help students understand usage and syntax in writing sentences with linking verbs.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Apollo

OK: moving right along, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Apollo, that avatar of civilization, order, balance, and light.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Academy Awards

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Academy Awards. This may be high-interest material for some students, though I can’t recall any of students I’ve served asking for it–so I have not tagged it as high interest.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: All’s Fair in Love and War

OK, last but not least this morning, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the idiom “All’s Fair in Love and War.” It’s a nice abstract expression that students, if you want to augment, could work to reify in a few sentences.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.