Topic: KS3

Relevant for UK National Curriculum Key Stage 3.

Dizzee Rascal and the textbook: Activity

Stress on the brain, complain, too da fool. Stress on the brain, complain, too da max.

I'm gonna search for big money stacks, top tens and platinum whacks.

Ain't got no need for a chain of a chaks. I'm a rude boi, I ain't gotta relax.

I got this game in my head like dax. Got this game in my hand, be cool.

Unstoppable, make a boi relax. I'll take teeth for the money and jaks.

We make money off album tracks. Come on, I'll face it, let's all face facts.

Dizzee Rascal and the textbook

The way we use language can differ dramatically according to context. This creative lesson asks students to translate from one context into another. This is a great approach that allows students to apply their implicit knowledge of language, and to analyse linguistic features naturally and implicitly, based on their intuitive language skills.

Contractions: Activity

Contractions

Words like I'm, don't, and should've, which involve two words being joined together, are often called contractions. This lesson explores the many different types of words in this category, and the similarities and differences between them.

Goals

Describe examples of contractions.
Categorise a set of contractions.
Identify the differences between categories of contractions.

Lesson Plan

The teacher explains that today, we will study contractions.

Noun identification

In this activity, students work through the criteria for identifying nouns.

Noun identification: Activity 2

I'll see you on Thursday.

Is Thursday a noun?

Does it represent a person, place, thing or idea?
Can it be singular or plural? Can you say one ___ and two ___s?
Can it be possessive? Can you add 's or ' at the end?
Can it follow the or a?
Can it be replaced with a pronoun like it, he, she, or they?

Noun identification: Activity 1

Which words do you think are nouns?

Baby Sentences: Activity

Daddy go work

Mummy read

Daddy bike

What that

Where blanket

Sock off

Teddy fall

Sammy tired

Changing voice: Activity 2

The leader of the party is elected by the political party. → The political party elects the leader of the party.

The full costs of their care are met by the NHS. → The NHS meets the full costs of their care.

Changing voice: Activity 1

Two guards examined the BMW. → The BMW was examined by two guards.

Renoir painted the same road a few months later. → The same road was painted by Renoir a few months later. Or 'The same road was painted a few months later by Renoir' is also acceptable.

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