ed - ing adjective
grade 5 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of ed - ing adjectives in the context of sports
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist reading practice using a text about sports
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To provide detailed reading practice using a text about sports
Procedure (32-44 minutes)
how the Sports Day picture is from the PowerPoint. Give students a moment to look. Ask: “What can you see?" "What is happening?" "How do you think the runners feel?” "Do you like sports?" and "What sport do you play?"
Set the context that they are going to read and listen about Dan and Ainko; they are talking about the sports day Set the task before playing the audio. Say, "Listen and read. Did Aiko win the race?” Check the instructions: “Are you going to listen only, or listen and read?” “What question are you answering?” “Do you need a long answer?” Play the Dan and Aiko dialogue.
Ask students to read the dialogue again and answer the two questions on the PowerPoint: (1) What does Aiko say they have in her village on Health and Sports Day? (2) What is Aiko very excited about? Ask them to write full sentences and underline the evidence in the dialogue. ICQs: “How many questions?” “Full sentences or single words?” “Do you underline the evidence?”
Use the two sentences from the dialogue: “I’m very excited about that” and “We always have lots of exciting races and games.” Ask: “Is Aiko describing how she feels or describing the dancing?” Then: “What is exciting here: the races and games, or Aiko’s feeling?” Highlight -ed and -ing. Explain that -ed adjectives usually describe how someone feels, while -ing adjectives describe what something is like or the feeling it causes
Open textbook page 4, Exercise B. Ask students to underline the adjectives used by Dan and Aiko and place them in the correct column: -ing ending, -ed ending, or other. Model the first example if needed, then elicit answers and check together.
Use textbook page 6, Exercise D. Students circle the correct adjective. Ask a few students to explain their choices by referring to the meaning of the sentence. If students need more support, do the first item together.
Set up sports event happened in their school. Display prompts: What was the event? What activities did you have? What was exciting or interesting? How did you feel? What was your favorite activity? Model one short exchange first. Challenge pairs to use at least three -ing adjectives and three -ed adjectives naturally. work together and then share to the whole group
