Grammar approaches

The teacher writes on the board: "To make a sentence negative in the present simple, use 'do not' or 'does not' before the main verb." She then provides examples and asks students to create their own negative sentences.

• Deductive

• Inductive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

The teacher provides a list of sentences, all of which use the present perfect tense. Without explaining the rule, she asks students to identify the structure and use of the tense.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The teacher explains that in English, questions in the past simple tense often start with 'Did'. He then gives examples and asks students to form their own questions.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Students are presented with various sentences showing the use of adjectives and adverbs. They are then asked to work in groups and discuss the differences in the positions and forms of adjectives and adverbs.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The teacher says, "When we want to express a possibility in the future, we use 'might'." She then provides several example sentences and asks students to create similar sentences.

• Deductive

• Inductive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The teacher shows a set of sentences that use different prepositions of place. Without giving explicit rules, the teacher asks the students to infer how each preposition is used based on the examples.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

The teacher explains the difference between "fewer" and "less" and then asks students to correct sentences that misuse these words.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Students are given dialogues where tag questions are used frequently. They are then asked to identify the pattern and form rules for creating tag questions.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2C

The teacher states, "The past form of 'go' is 'went'." He then shows sentences using 'went' and asks students to come up with their own examples.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Students are presented with sentences that all use passive constructions in various tenses. They are asked to analyze the sentences and deduce the rules for forming passive voice.

• Deductive

• Inductive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A