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Reinforces and assesses correct English usage
Strategy
Develop a list of sentence pairs, one grammatically correct and the other incorrect.
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For example, if the students need to work on subject-verb agreement with to be verbs is and are, develop sentences such as:
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The students are in math class.
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The students is in math class.
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Teach/review rules for using is and are in relation to singular and plural nouns.
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Students identify the relevant noun as singular or plural.
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Ask them if are is the correct verb and why.
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After the students have practiced with several similar pairs of sentences, have them work independently or with partners to complete a different set of sentence pairs.
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Students compare their work and discuss any responses that don’t agree.
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Follow similar steps for other syntactic structures that are difficult for the students.