Lee: A Case Study
EDUC 5435
Summer 2007
Lee
• Age 8
• Second Grade
• FEP 6/28/04 upon entrance to
Kindergarten
• English only K-5
• Grade level reading and writing
• Parents are professionals from Taiwan
ELD Structures Identified
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Verb tense disagreement
Misidentified Pronouns
Noun/plural disagreement
Chose to use proper nouns instead of
pronouns in retell
Examples of ELD
Structures
• The dog have babies
• The kid is by hisself
• The babies go out by itself, is sleeping
Strategy: Matching games
with past tense verbs
• Student will learn the correct usage for
common irregular verbs.
• Practice usage through a matching
game
• Familiarity with reading and speaking
irregular verbs.
Strategy: Matching games
with past tense verbs
• Our observation with past and present
Asian students has shown difficulty
using verbs correctly
• This game can be helpful to students
with different language backgrounds
especially our Asian students
Demonstration
• This activity was adapted from the ESL
teacher’s Activity Kit by Elizabeth Clare
(pgs.114-119)
• Adapatations from Write Away, A
Handbook for Young Writers and
Learners (pgs. 280-281)
Demonstration Continued
• Partner groups will be provided the memory
game cards with irregular past and present
verbs.
• The students will take turns matching the
card pairs.
• When they have mastered the beginning
irregular verb card pairs, they will be given
the advanced irregular verb card pairs.
Proceedure
• Concentration. Place the cards in rows in
front of the players. Separate the cards in the
two categories, past and present. Each card
will be labeled past or present.
• Student 1 picks up one card and turns it over
in place, and says the name of the verb. He
then tries to find a matching card from the
other group. He turns over the card and
reads the verb. And if it is a matching pair,
keeps the two cards.
Procedure Continued
• If it is a matching pair the player gets
an extra turn.
• If the cards do not match, the cards are
turned over in the same place and
player 2 takes his turn.
• The game ends when all the pairs have
been matched.
Name:________________________________
Date:_____________________________
Irregular Verb Assessment
Check whether each underlined verb is in the present tense or the past tense.
Present Tense
Past Tense
1. Bobby had a party last weekend
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2. Can you take this to the office?
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3. I go to school everyday.
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4. Sam came over yesterday.
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5. I was in a play last year .
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In Your Group
• Sit with 4 classmates
• Play the consentration game
• When you have played once, use the
second set of irregular verb cards
Where to Go From Here
• Have the student reread wordless
picture book
• Appendix A and B complete sentences
by choosing present or past tense verb