3. How much do you use the board during a lesson?
How much do your students use the board?
4. So the board is pretty important
but……..
What’s the problem? How can it be improved?
5. Aside from poor layout, what other problems
do teachers encounter when using the board?
Teacher blocks students’ vTeacher blocks students’ view
Teacher loses eye contact with students
The room is too light for the projector
unclear handwriting
6. Evaluate this teacher’s boardwork
Teacher demonstration video 1
Teacher demonstration video 2
7. Over to You
How would you present the following on the board?
a) a book, a table, an egg, an orange.
b) He plays football. Does he play football?
c) shelf, shelves; wife, wives.
d) I haven’t seen her for a week.
I haven’t seen her since Saturday.
e) Elizabeth cleaned this room.
This room was cleaned (by Elizabeth).
8. Over to You
Structure / Substitution Tables
I’m
You’re
He’s
She’s
We’re
They’re
eating
preparing
breakfast
lunch
dinner
10. to do it doing it
repair my car
To repair my car
Use unleaded fuel
Using unleaded fuel
I have a headache.
Try take aspirin.
Taking an aspirin
I try move table but it was too heavy
To move the table
but too heavy
12. Over to You
Design 2 more Structure / Substitution Tables
? ? ?
a) Explaining ‘how much’ & ‘how many’
b) Explaining the present perfect with ‘for’ & ‘since’
17. John went to America in 1990.
now
America
1990
✗
18. My brother lived in Canada for 3 years.
now
Lived in Canada
?
✗ ✗
19. My brother has lived in Canada for 3 years
Now
(2013)
has lived in Canada
2010
✗
20. Tom used to work in Korea
now
He left Korea
?
Korea
21. Sarah had left Bell before I arrived
now
✗
?
I arrived
✗
?
Sarah left
22. David will have finished his
presentation by 4pm.
now 4pm
?
The presentation is finished. When ?
✗
23. Over to You
a) Choose a lesson which you will teach soon
• new words
b) Plan what you would write or draw on the board
• examples of structures
• prompts (words or pictures)
• student involvement
Why is this a bad board? How would you improve it?
Why is this a bad board? How would you improve it?
What is this teaching?How could you write such a table on the board but still keep the attention of the class?How could you use the table for practice?
