SAMPLE LESSON PLANS II
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“Half a Gift”:
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Adverb Exercise Sheet
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Vocabulary Assignments
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Questions on the Story
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Writing Assignment
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(This is a very short story which has approximately 25-30 words which present some difficulty. However, about half of these are adverbs, a part of speech rarely used by our students in their speech or writing. We would probably present these words separately as a vocabulary list at some time before introducing the rest of the vocabulary and the story itself).
After presenting, discussing, and assigning a match-up sheet on the words below, this exercise would be useful.
Adverb Exercise Sheet
Instructions: Use the words listed below to complete the thought in the sentences which follow.
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vigorously
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blindly
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mysteriously
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reluctantly
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sternly
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thoughtfully
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repentantly
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silently
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carefully
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mournfully
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importantly
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wearily
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cunningly
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1. My friend hates to make mistakes. He does everything_________.
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2. Tom has more energy than anyone I know. He works and plays____.
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3. When I didn’t get the job I felt so sad. I trudged out of the office building _____________.
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4. She knew her family was proud of her at graduation and she felt great about making a speech as she stood up and walked__________ to the microphone.
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5. My friends could not understand what was about to happen and I was not about to tell them. I looked at them ___________, then walked ____________to the black box in the middle of the circle.
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6. She didn’t want to go in, but when they called her name she got up and moved slowly and ___________ towards the doctor’s small office.
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7. My mother was sick, tired, and depressed, but when the alarm clock rang she got out of bed and dragged herself ____________in the kitchen to make breakfast.
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8. We were truly sorry for what we had done, and when the angry teacher spoke to us __________we looked at her____________.
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9. I was so hurt that I didn’t know what I was doing. My eyes filled with tears and I rushed ___________from the room.
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10. She always listened to my questions carefully and answered ______________.
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11. The bank robber never got caught for he __________arranged for the police to think that someone else had pulled the job.
Now make a sentence of your own or write a short story using at least 10 of the words above.
Vocabulary Assignments
“Half A Gift”
1. Find each word below in the story. Use the page number to help you.
2. Copy the sentence where you find the word.
3. Make a sentence of your own using the word.
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Page 1: purchase
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Page 2: separate
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Page 3: exasperated
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occasion
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anticipation
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determined
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excitement
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counsel
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deliberation
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importance
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approval
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mystified
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luxury
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secrecy
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fortunate
Page 4: trudge
bauble
Questions on the Story
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1. Who is telling this story?
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2. Why was it so exciting for Nick and his brother to give their mother a present?
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3. How did this mother serve her family?
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4. The boys stopped talking about what present each of them would buy because they were getting into “a competition of taste.” What do you think this means?
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5. What was the story-teller’s gift to be? What was Nick’s gift?
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6. Why did the story-teller decide not to give his gift?
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7. Which gift would you rather have given if you were the boys?
Writing Assignment
Instructions: Write a story about a time you gave a gift to someone. You might include:
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- Why the gift was given
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- A description of the person receiving the gift
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- How the gift was chosen
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- How the person reacted to the gift
