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Activity 10
                        10. Write examples of interrogative and declarative (affirmative   Remember
                          and negative) sentences in the following table, taking them   • In this Activity, it is important
                          from texts 1-4 in Activity 4. Look at the example.  The most common
                                                                   structure for       to distinguish the clues
                                                                   sentences with
                                                           e
                                                           t
                                                            rr
                                                          In
                       Declarative        Declarative     Interrogative e  future verb forms   that help to consolidate the
                                                             ogativ
                       (affirmative)       (negative)     (affirmative)  is: subject (we) +
                                                                   future verb form    knowledge about sentence
                  In the near future, you will   They don´t know yet.  (will/going to/
                  also be able to safely surf             Do you   shall) + (optionally:   types (word order,
                                   Commuting to work won´t be such   know...?
                                                                   not) + verb in the
                  the web via your contact lens  an agonizing chore because cars       punctuation, etc.), which,
                  while driving a car.  will drive themselves.     infinitive (have)
                                                                   + rest of the
                                                                   sentence (a mostly   expectedly, students may
                                                                  sunny afternoon,
                                                                  sunny afternoon,
                        11. Look at the sentence division from text 3 Activity 4.  for example).  already have, but they
                                                                  for example).
                                                                                       may have different ways
                                                                                       of understanding them.
                    Saturday,    Dear diary:  My auntie is   She just told    My mom says   it’s a boy,  but they are   • Your students may have
                                                                      still not sure.
                    January 17      pregnant.  us the good
                                                                              session 5
                                             news.
                                                                                       unconsolidated knowledge
                                                                                       about sentences (or even
                                                                                       other contents). However,
                             my aunt                                                   since they are curious, they
                            and uncle will   and Samanta      the baby to
                   If it’s a boy,             You see?  I want   already have
                             call him    if it’s a girl.                               may have their own
                             Francisco;                       been born.
                                                                                       hypothesis about that content.
                                                                                       Try to explore a little about
                                                                                       their hypothesis, then offer
                                                                  Remember
                    Thus, I‘ll have   I’m going to   how to kick    how to jump
                   another cousin   to play with.  teach him    a ball,   rope...  If you want to   students information that
                                      or her
                                                                                       help them to build bridges
                                                                 check other
                                                                 forecasts, have
                                                                                       between what they think
                                                                              Verbs in past, present and future tense
                                                                a look at the
                                                                Reader's Book,
                       •  Comment on which ones give information about past, present,   pages 37-45.  about the subject and what
                        or future actions. Look at the example.
                                                                                       they should get to know
                           Past           Present        Future        READER'S BOOK   about this subject (in this
                           She just told us     My auntie is     I‘ll have another
                           the good news.  pregnant.     cousin to play with.          case, sentence type).
                                                                                     • This is a good chance
                       •  Make cards in three different colors: one for each tense (past, present, future), like
                        the ones above.                                                to practice pronunciation
                       •  Write the sentences you composed in the previous activity on the cards you made,   in a contextualized way.
                        according to your classification.
                                                             Student´s Book  /  Practice 5  81  • As the texts are short, you
                                                                                       may stop the reading aloud to
                 focus on some expressions (mainly time expressions and verbs) that may help your students to get the gist
                 of their content.
               • All of the previous tips are strategies that help your visualize how to develop their forecast.
               Activity 11
               • Help them focus on the different time expressions contained within the sentences as clues to
                 classify activities.
               • Provide them with time to discuss their decisions and to distinguish between different tenses (present, past
                 and future).
               • Let them take notes on these clues, so they can use them in other practices. Remind them it is important
                 to take their own notes and to share them with their teammates.
               • RB box can either extend the current practice or provide materials for developing the practice. If you have
                 enough materials, take your time along the unit to go through the Reader’s Book to foster curiosity and
                 improve reading skills.






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