1 mh Grammar Word Order

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

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Welcome!

Mobiel 

in je tas

Oortjes 

in je tas

Jas 

over je stoel

Schoolspullen

op tafel

Laptop dicht

Tas 

op de grond

What's the plan for today?

• Grammar: Word Order

At the end of this lesson, you can:

• recognize and sentence parts
• remember a mnemonic as a learning strategy
• can explain the rules of word order to someone else


• write a message to a friend using the correct word order.

What do you already know about word order?

Discuss in pairs. 

Word order in English sentences

Text from Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Read along and pay attention, you might get a turn to read!

Quiz time! Check your understanding

Answer the questions about the text from the book:

 ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''

What was the main assignment the students received?

1. Build an actual robot
2. Write an essay about robots
3. Build a robot using ideas
4. Create a list of bad words

How did the students feel when they first heard about the assignment?

1. Excited
2. Confused
3. Frustrated
4. Freaked out

What did Mr. Darnell explain about building the robot?

1. They had to design a real robot
2. They only needed ideas for the robot
3. They could work in groups of four
4. They had to present their ideas on a poster

The boys came up with ideas for the robot like: helping with homework, repeat your name and do household chores

1. True
2. False

The boys really liked the girls' ideas.

1. True
2. False

Vocabulary: ''So Ricky ended up being one of the most valuable contributors on this project''. What does contributor mean?

1. Someone who follows instructions but doesn't add any new ideas.
2. Someone who adds ideas or helps with a project or task.
3. Someone who only listens and doesn't participate in the work.

What happened at the end of the story with the Independent Study assignment?

1. The students had to present their ideas
2. The assignment was canceled for the rest of the year for the boys
3. They finished the robot and showed it to Mr. Darnell
4. The girls won the project and got extra credit

Word order: What do you notice in the order of the words?

Sentence 1: Today we got our Independent Study assignment
Sentence 2: We have to build a robot
Sentence 3: We started brainstorming right away
Sentence 4: I wrote down a bunch of ideas on the blackboard
Sentence 5: A couple of the girls got up to the front of the room 

Sentence 6: The boys went to the other side of the room 

Sentence 7: Right before the bell rang, Mr. Darnell came back into the room.

Discuss in pairs and give the same sentence parts the same color in each sentence.

Duration: 7 minutes

Examples of sentence parts: do (verb), where (location), who (subject), what (object), when (time)

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Let's learn!

Open Stepping Stones on page 124!

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Word

Order

[p.124]

Word order: Remember the rule!

I wrote down a bunch of ideas on the blackboard during Indepent Study.

WHO

DOES

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

Word order: Remember the rule!

I wrote down a bunch of ideas on the blackboard.

WHO

DOES

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

Word order: Remember the rule!

I wrote down a bunch of ideas during Independent Study.

WHO

DOES

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

Word order: Remember the rule!

We started brainstorming right away.

WHO

DOES

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

Word order: Remember the rule!

Today we got our Independent Study assignment.

WHO

DOES

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

Word order: Remember the rule!

Right before the bell rang, Mr. Darnell came back into the room.

WHO

DOES

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

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Let's practise!

Open Stepping Stones online: 

I Writing & Grammar 

Word order: Practice

Choose your own learning path. Do exercise 55-58

Word order: Writing strategies

Do exercise 59: Write a message to a friend

Do you know how to use the correct word order when writing a text now?

Yes, I know how to write a text using the correct word order

Yes, but I understand it a little bit

I need to practice more, because I find it difficult

Homework

1. Take the Word order quiz on Stepping Stones online in Extra Opdrachten

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Have a great day!

Thank you!