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Troublesome Words in English. Jacqueline Elam. Content Area: English/Language Arts Grade Level: 3 Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is for students to understand and use troublesome words in a sentence.
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Troublesome Words in English Jacqueline Elam
Content Area: English/Language Arts • Grade Level: 3 • Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is for students to understand and use troublesome words in a sentence. • Learning Objective: Given several troublesome words, the students will place the correct word in a sentence with 100% accuracy. • Content Standard: Language • Accomplishments: Master the correct use troublesome words. • 301.1.2. Recognize and avoid errors in standard English usage (e.g. to/too/two, their/there/they’re) • spi.0301.1.14 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e. double negatives, troublesome words: to/too/two; their/there/they’re
In this lesson, we will identify troublesome words, and know their place in a sentence. • These words sound alike, but are spelled differently, and have a different meaning.
I can see it from over_______. a. their b. there c. they’re
Correct!! I can see it from over there.
This is _______ house on the hill. a. our b. hour c. ours
Wow!! Correct again! This is our house on the hill.
_______ I will go with you to the store. a. maybe b. may be
I tried to make this tricky; you all must have been practicing. Maybe I will go with you to the store.
www.amblesideprimary.com Now we take a short quiz, using the words: there/ their/they’re
Now, we are beginning to master the use of troublesome words correctly in a sentence. • To insure us that we can do this with 100% accuracy, we will play a word game. www.quia.com/pop/1000.html
This will be our last practice with troublesome words. We will play a game using these words correctly in a sentence. Put on your thinking caps; this will be our last ride. www.funbrain.com
In this lesson, the students learned how to identify troublesome words. • The students also learned how to spell troublesome words, because it was necessary in order to place it in a sentence.
Works Cited www.ambersideprimary.com www.english-zone.com/verbs www.funbrain.com www.internet4classrooms.com www.quia.com/pop/1000html