Writing Short Observations

This week we will practice writing an OBSERVATION. This exercise should help you with your study in Child and Aged Care courses.



*Where is the activity taking place?

*Describe the children

*What activity are the children involved in?

*What materials have been provided?

*How would you describe their behaviour?

*How do they behave towards one another?

VOCABULARY:

to be involved in -ing something

to be provided

to take place

to appear / to seem / to look

contented, uninterested, bored, cooperative, independent (other adjectives)



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SPELLING

Use your Spelling Appendix (Unit 4 - Idle Chatter)

1. Use your dictionary to look up words you do not know and colloquial expressions you do not understand

2. What sound are we studying this week? Can you find it in your IPA Chart?

3. Listen to the Dictation : Talking About Football - The Grand Final

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DICTATIONSONLINE.COM

Use this website to do some short dictations at home. I suggest you start at Pre-Intermediate Level and work your way up.

Make sure you read the instructions carefully:

Let's try a dictation together : My Cat Trotsky (Click here)




Activity : Make yourself a Cloze Exercise

Look at the script of My Cat Trotsky. You be the teacher. Copy and paste the text into a new word processor file. Delete some of the words you have problems spelling. Add dashes. Print it out and try listening again until you get the text right!

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GRAMMAR



Do you need to brush up on your Grammar? Use Adele's ESL Corner to review your grammar and also do some listening exercises.

Also look at the MEDIUM LEVEL Grammar exercises for more difficult structures

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