For mye bruk av verb + ing / When not to use verb + ing or the Present Progressive Tense

Mange norske elever som lærer engelsk som ESL bruker ofte for mye "ing". Her har jeg skrevet ned noen regler for når vi IKKE skal bruke verb+ing. 

Many Norwegian ESL learners use the Present Progressive where they actually should be using the Simple Present. Here are some rules for when NOT to use the Present Progressive. 

Indirect Speech or Reported Speech

Here is a prezi which explains how to convert direct speech to indirect speech or reported speech. The prezi also contains a video.

The rules for the reported speech are important for students to know if they are writing a short story like mine have been doing. 

Working with It/There

Formative Assessment does not just stop at pointing out what the pupils need to work with, but also guiding them to find the resources they can use to improve their writing. Pupils who need to work with the correct use of "it" and "there", can start in the following way:

1. Check out this animation here from NDLA to learn the rules. 
2. Here is a hand out with some quick rules. 
3. Read about the Anticipatory "It" or "There" here: 
4. After that the learners can work with extra exercises here: 
1. Excercises 
2. Excercises 2

Good luck!

Jaspreet

Working with Comma Splice / Overuse of Comma

Formative Assessment does not just stop at pointing out what the pupils need to work with, but also guiding them to find the resources they can use to improve their writing. 

Some pupils overuse the comma and use it to connect two independent sentences. 
This grammatical error is called a comma splice. 

Here is an example:
The movie is excellent, it shows us how the aboriginals lived, first of all the movie is based on a true story. It is told by aboriginals who escaped the camp and still live today, everything that happened there must be true, we get an impression of how the settlers were treated through the eyes of the aboriginals.  

Pupils who need to work with comma splice can check out this document here and work with exercises here. 
Here is the source for the picture used above.. 

Working with Concord/ Samsvar mellom Verb og Substantiv

Formative Assessment does not just stop at pointing out what the pupils need to work with, but also guiding them to find the resources they can use to improve their writing. Pupils who need to work with concord (samsvar mellom verb og substantiv) can start in the following way:

1. Check out this animation here from NDLA to learn the rules. 
2. Check out this Power Point: Concord also and you can work with extra exercises here: 
3. Concord Excercises: Passage Cappelen
4. Concord:Excercises Tracks1

Good luck!

Jaspreet

Punctuation Rules for Direct Speech

Here is a prezi with punctuation rules for direct speech including a video.
Link

Skrivestrategier/Writing Strategies - Part 3 of 3 - Using transitions

Her er en power point som viser hvordan få bedre flyt i teksten ved å bruke "Transition Words." Power point er laget av Ruth Luman.

Here is a power point that shows how we can write texts that flow better/smoother by using "Transition Words." The power point is created by Ruth Luman.

Skrivestrategier / Writing strategies - Part 2 of 3 - How to vary your sentences

En av de kompetansemålene dreier seg om skrivestrategier og en om å skrive tekster med god struktur. Her er en power point som viser hvordan vi kan skrive gode tekster ved å variere setninger. Power point finnes her og er laget av Ruth Luman.

According to one of the competence aims, pupils need to be able to use writing strategies. Another one is about writing  well structured texts. Here is a power point that shows how we can write good texts by varying the sentence structure. It is written by Ruth Luman.

Skrivestrategier / Writing strategies- Part 1 of 3 - Tekstbinding/Cohesion - The Given - New Principle.

I år har jeg tenkt at jeg skal begynne det nye skoleåret med å vise elevene hvordan man får bedre flyt i et avsnitt ved å bruke "The Given-New Principle" som sier at hvis vi presenterer informasjonen vi vet om/som er kjent fra før av, før vi presenterer noe nytt i en setning, skapes det bedre flyt mellom setningene.  Her er en power point som jeg fant på nettet som forklarer dette prinsippet på en utmerket måte. The Given-New Principle by Ruth Luman. 

 I am planning to start the new school year by working with the students on how to create better cohesion between sentences in a paragraph by using "The Given-New Principle" i.e. presnting the familiar information before introducing new information as this can lead to better cohesion and make a text easier to comprehend for the readers. Here is a power point which I intend to use; I found this on the internet:  The Given-New Principle by Ruth Luman