Today, in Form 2 West, students spent the class predicting each other's futures! After learning about nine different modal auxiliary verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, would, will) and what each is used for, it was time for students to apply what they learned. First, I had students create a few sentences of advise. Using the modal auxiliary verb should, I had students pretend to give their best friends some important advice. Students then shared their sentences with each other. There was lots of great advice, but I didn't hear anyone say, "You should study hard in Form 2 grammar!" It must be because they all are already doing that!
After some time giving advice, I let students create their own classroom rules! They had some pretty
interesting rules. For example, the teacher must remember to never give homework, you must enter the class hoping on one foot, and you must give your desk mate a candy bar each Wednesday. Imagine how silly class would be if students made the rules!
After a few minutes of sharing their classroom rules, I walked students through the steps on how to make fortune tellers. We folded the paper oragami style and students had to use the modal auxialiary verbs will, might, and may in order to write different predictions. For example, you will become rich and famous. When a student had their fortune read, they had to identify the modal auxiliary verb.
Concentrating on folding the paper...
Students holding up their completed fortune tellers.
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