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These PowerPoint® presentations include all the grammar charts in the Student Book and offer an alternative teaching tool for introducing the Grammar Presentation in the classroom. In addition to the grammar charts, animated theme-based grammar presentations for select units provide interactive follow-up practice activities for the contextualized instruction of grammar.

Using the grammar chart and animated grammar presentations can help add variety to your classroom teaching, reduce the cognitive load of students, lower the affective filter, and accommodate a variety of learning styles.

Tips for Using PowerPoint® Presentations

There are numerous ways to make effective use of these presentations. Experiment with them to find the best practices for your classroom. Here are some tips to help you get started.

1. Preview each presentation before class to familiarize yourself with the material.

2. Familiarize yourself with your classroom equipment. Check proper functioning of computers and projectors before class starts.

3. Seat students with vision problems in the front of the class. Dim the lights during the presentation so that the slides are visible and students can still take notes.

4. Don’t go through a presentation too quickly. Give your students time to absorb the material. Encourage them to ask questions about the grammar, respond to animations, or predict events and situations.

5. Use the grammar chart presentations to introduce or review the grammar charts in the student books.

6. Use the animated grammar presentations as an alternative way to introduce new grammar points and in some cases to expand on unit vocabulary. Comment on context, examples, explanations of form, images, or any other information on each slide.

7. Use entire presentations or selected slides to review a complex grammar point.

8. For lower-level students in levels 2 through 5, consider showing presentations from a previous level to quickly review grammar.

9. For longer or more challenging material, break an animated presentation into chunks and present it through one or more classes.

10. Depending on class level and needs, you can show a presentation prior to starting a new unit, after previewing the grammar notes, or before a review or test.

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Grammar Chart Presentations

The PowerPoint® Presentations include all of the Student Book Grammar Charts, unit by unit. Below is an example slide from Level 1.

Grammar Chart Slides mirror the charts in the student book.

Suggested Procedure:l As students follow along in their student

books, present the corresponding grammar charts on a screen.

l Use the slides to review grammar prior to a review or test.

Animated Grammar Presentations

For select units in the Student Book, animated theme-based grammar presentations support the grammar charts and notes by providing a visual, multi-modal, non-linear, and engaging means to introduce or review grammar. Each presentation is organized around a specific theme and includes a variety of examples as well as practice slides.

Each PowerPoint® presentation typically contains a title slide, at least one context slide, form slides, and practice slides. Some presentations may also contain a “Be Careful!” slide or slides. Below are example slides from Level 1, along with suggestions on how to present them.

Title Slides include information about the grammar structure and lesson theme.

Suggested Procedure: l Read the title aloud. This identifies the

grammatical structure.l Read the subtitle aloud. Explain that it gives

the general theme for the presentation. Preview any difficult vocabulary.

l Ask students to describe the picture. Ask them to make connections between the title and the image or the content of the presentation.

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Context Slides introduce the grammar point.

Suggested Procedure:l Ask the class to identify the text (e.g., article,

conversation, survey, questionnaire).l For articles, surveys, and questionnaires,

have students read the text silently. For conversations, have them practice in pairs or small groups.

l Answer any questions about vocabulary.l Identify the grammar.

Form Slides address different aspects of the grammar point.

Suggested Procedure:l Identify the form (e.g., rule, explanation,

chart, timeline).l Read the information aloud. l Answer any questions about grammar or

vocabulary.

“Be Careful!” Slides address common errors or areas of concern.

Suggested Procedure:l Read the description aloud. l Click for the first example.l If an error is shown, have students correct

the error. Then click for animation of the corrected form and explain the correction.

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Practice Slides include activity directions with an example. They include discrete-point items (e.g., cloze, transformation, editing, or sentence-combining activities) or open-ended items.

Suggested Procedure (Discrete-Point Items):

l Read the directions. Then click for the example exercise and go over it with the class.

l Click for the next item or set of items. (Note: Depending on the presentation, the items may appear one at a time or all at once.)

l Have students complete the exercise individually, in pairs, or in small groups.

Suggested Procedure (Open-Ended Items):l Have students discuss the questions in pairs

or small groups. Encourage them to use the target grammar.

l Elicit answers from the class.