TEENS FEB 11TH: reading the world

 Adverbs of degree 

Organize the adverbs on page 23, exercise 13, and try to put them in the level of degree they belong to, based on your opinion.

 

Find extra practice HERE

Practice

In the following activity, spin the first wheel to get an adverb, then, depending on the adverb you get, choose the wheel for gradable or ungradable adjectives and make a sentence about a book, movie, or documentary using the adverb and the adjective.  Ask your classmates what their think about what you said.

Eg:

I think Avengers Endgame is a really sad movie. 

What do you think?

 

 

Adverbs:

Gradable adjectives:

Ungradable adjectives:

Do exercise 14 from the book. 

Can a book show you the world? How?

 

 

Main Activity

Teens Advanced Book Club 

The class is putting up a book club.

Each of you will think about a book you like. Prepare a mini presentation (2-3 minutes), where you talk about:

- The general plot of the book 

- The characters you like 

- Who the author is

- Why you like it 

In your description, include: adverbs of degree, adjectives, and phrasal verbs. 

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