W8-D4-Gerunds vs Infinitives
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To enable students to accurately use gerunds and infinitives after common verbs and understand basic meaning differences.
Subsidiary Aims
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To distinguish verbs followed by gerunds vs infinitives.
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To understand meaning differences (stop doing vs stop to do).
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To reduce common errors such as "decided responding".
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To integrate emergency-context vocabulary naturally.
Procedure (107-120 minutes)
Quick dynamic. Work in pairs. Both will say a word at the same time. Then, they'll need to find a coincidence between both words, for example: "Sun" - "water" "beach!" - beach!"
Vocabulary: high-risk case, rapid response, immediate concern, medical alert, crisis moment, IV catheter, emergency kit, triage category, choking incident, seizure episode -Teacher presents each word in context. -Explains the meaning of the word. -Each student creates one sentence. -Teacher reformulates only when meaning is unclear.
Teacher introduces Infinitives. Shows a list of common verbs that go with infinitives. -Is this about intention or purpose? -Did they choose this action? Teacher introduces Gerunds. Shows a list of common verbs that go with gerunds. -Is this about an activity? -Did the action continue or stop? Teacher introduces dual verbs. Shows a list of common verbs that can go with infinitives or gerunds. Explains some of them have the same meaning and some others change in meaning.
Students work together answering the exercise. Students choose the correct form of the verb in parenthesis: gerund or infinitive. One by one, they read a sentence, give the answer, and re-read it complete. Teacher corrects if necessary.
Students work in pairs. Scenario: "There was a choking incident during a high-risk case." Students must write: -2 sentences with infinitives -2 sentences with gerunds -1 sentence with stop + ing -1 sentence with stop + to + verb Teacher monitors and reformulates key errors.
