MAGICAL Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 113
Grammar
Focus on Form
Course Book page 68
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Before teaching the grammar form, ask pupils to look at the sentences in the Course Book.
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Introduce the verb to be (negative).
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Review the verb to be, its meaning in English and its present tense positive forms (am, is, are).
Explain that in order to make a negative sentence, the word not is said after the verb to be (am,
is, are). Use L1 if needed.
Say and do a mime to illustrate the sentences: I am tired. I am not tired.
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Ask pupils to identify which words in the sentences describes "who." (Elicit the pronouns) Remind
pupils that these words are the subjects of the sentences.
Ask pupils to identify the forms of the to be verb. Review the forms (am, is, are).
Ask pupils to identify which word in the sentences means "no" (Elicit: not)
Tell pupils that they will learn how to say a negative sentence using the to be verb (Use L1 if
needed).
Give example sentences for each pronoun and form of to be: I am not tired. You are not tired.
He is not tired., etc.
Extension: Expose more advanced pupils to the short forms of the verb to be. Remind pupils that they
have seen the positive forms. Explain that for the negative form, the short form combines the verb to
be with the negation word not. Only the first person does not follow this rule (I'm not).
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Write he is not on the board, cross out the letter o, and replace it with an apostrophe to write he
isn't. Repeat for each of the short forms using the same example sentence as above: He isn't
tired, You aren't tired, etc.
Grammar Activity
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Do the activity to practice the form: to be (negative).
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Sentence Builder (VA #22)
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Before the lesson, prepare the Sentence Builder cards. You will need the following cards:
pronouns, to be verbs, negation (not), and adjectives (choose any words pupils know, for
example: tired, old, happy, tall, etc.)
Pass out the cards, one per pupil.
Have pupils stand in a line to create sentences. Say a sentence and have the pupils who hold the
correct cards stand at the front of the class. For example: (They) (are) (not) (tall).
Say a new sentence by changing either the pronoun, verb form, negation, or adjective at a time.
Play a few times to have pupils practice building sentences, especially focusing on combining the
correct pronoun and form of the verb to be.
Course Book pages 68-69
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Remind pupils to use the Focus on Form section on the page to help them with the following tasks.
Course Book page 68, task 7
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UNIT 2 / PART 2
