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students learn, they feel good about themselves. You can tell a child how
great that he/she is and that is good. Unless the child builds on their
own personal successes, they will feel inadequate despite your praise.
Who can
not teach grammar successfully?
Really,
anyone can teach grammar. If you absolutely hate English it may not be
a good idea.
Two musts
in teaching grammar:
A.) Teach
and insist on Mastery learning.
In this
type of learning the student understands the concept and is able to use
it when ever the need arises. It is like riding a bike--once you learn
it you never forget
B.) The
children that you are teaching must memorize and learn 50 prepositions.
This is the first step. These 50 prepositions are involved in almost every
aspect of grammar.
| about
against
around
above
along
at
across
amid
atop
after
among
before
behind
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between
below
beneath
beside
beyond
but
by
concerning
down
during
except
for
from
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in
into
inside
like
near
of
off
on
onto
out
outside
over
past
regarding
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since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
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PREPOSITION
BINGO
Place
each word on a piece of construction paper (you can laminate). Place each
in a shoe box.
Give each
child a blank BINGO card.
Have each
child fill in the card using different prepositions
You, then,
select a preposition from your shoe box.
(It would
be a good idea to say the preposition and then use it in a propositional
phrase.)
The student
who gets BINGO first is the winner.
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