Understanding a sentence and absorbing its structure and rhythm comes naturally from reading good English. Skipping over or skimming a book reduces its impact.
A simple exercise is to remove some of the words in a passage and ask students to fill in the missing words. This results in a greater focus on the meaning of the words and helps with comprehension.
Clarkscript have produced a series of worksheets with this method drawn from the American classic by Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". As the author said:
"... Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked ..."
The English worksheets are free to use and because of the pdf format print to a good standard.
The printable sheets can be located here: http://www.clarkscript.com/english-worksheets/tom-sawyer-worksheets.html
A simple exercise is to remove some of the words in a passage and ask students to fill in the missing words. This results in a greater focus on the meaning of the words and helps with comprehension.
Clarkscript have produced a series of worksheets with this method drawn from the American classic by Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". As the author said:
"... Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked ..."
The English worksheets are free to use and because of the pdf format print to a good standard.
The printable sheets can be located here: http://www.clarkscript.com/english-worksheets/tom-sawyer-worksheets.html
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