MAGICAL Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 120
Are you at the game?
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Give example sentences for each pronoun and form of to be: Am I at the game?, Are you at the
game? Is she at the game?, etc.
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Explain to pupils that the answers (positive or negative) to the questions are often shortened
versions: Yes, I am (at the game). Yes, you are (at the game). No, she is not (at the game).
Grammar Activity
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Do the activity to practice the form: to be (questions).
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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, prepositions (choose any words pupils know, for example: on, at, in), noun
phrases (choose any words pupils know, for example: the field, the park, the classroom, etc.), and
a question mark.
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: (He) (is) (on the field). Then change the
sentence into a question and have pupils change their order accordingly: (Is) (he) (on the field)(?)
Say new sentences and questions by changing either the pronoun, verb form, or prepositional
phrase at a time. Play a few times to have pupils practice building sentences, especially focusing
on creating the correct word order for question forms using the verb to be.
Vocab Activity
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Do the activity to practice the form: to be (questions).
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Ten Questions (VA #24)
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Think of a word. Tell pupils a category (food, animals, people, etc.), but don't tell the pupil the
word you chose.
Have pupils guess what you are thinking of by asking questions using the correct form of to be: Is
it small? Is it brown? Is it tall? Answer
