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Back to Basics Subject : EnglishNote to the TeachersThe activities given in worksheets are designed to improve the language competence of the children. Teachers are expected to administer them in their classes in addition to that use the following suggested areas in your regular classes to improve the basic language skills in the children:Reading Comprehension Word Attack Skills like Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms, Hetrophones, Homophones, Homographs, Contractions, Acronyms and general Abbreviations etc.Transfer of information like gap filling, elaborating, expanding etc.Multiple choice questions (MCQ): Needs to be reliable and credible with discreet point choice.Jumbled up sentences/words/paragraphs/story etcInterchange among Parts of Speech or Class Words like Nominalization, making verbs, adjectives, adverbs (Content words) etc.Usage of Function Words like Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections etc.One word substitutionMatching words, phrases, idioms etcExtrapolationCompositionNews paper clippingsCollocationElocutions/debating/extempore/Morning assembly addressLetter to the EditorTelephone conversationDialoguesMock Radio / TV showsListening Skills – Radio and TV shows / Railway announcements/Airport announcements/etcCommand of Scouts and Guides /Cubs and Bulbuls/ NCC etc.Developing paragraph / story etc. with the help of clues.Fun with Tongue Twisters Making more words with the help of a word given.Usage of the words in sentences – in same/different context.Construction of News items and designing News Paper: Source: News Paper Generator from Google Arranging Mock ParliamentArranging Village Fair/Market: Shopkeepers and Customers roleMock Interview Board including GDPIArranging Journalist’s InterviewArticle WritingPoster DesigningEffective Projects: Assigning the students to watch/listen to some specific programmes in TV/Radio. Assigning writing and speech task on those-may be individual or group assignment.Basic language transformations in language contexts: Voice, Direct & Indirect, Tense, Mood, Remove ‘too’, Modal Auxiliaries, Interchange among different parts of speech like using a particular words into different class content words like Noun, Verb, Adjective and Adverb, transformation among different sentence types.Activities related to Number, Gender, Person and CaseRapid fire type questions, quizzes and puzzles for Achievement Tests.Effective and motivating activities on other important and basic grammar areas like Punctuation, Tense forms and Time Concept, Modal Auxiliaries, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Clause Analysis, synthesis etc Role plays, PBL (Project Based Learning) and ABL (Activity Based Learning), Learning while doing activities with lot of fun and humour.Creative writing and public speaking.Crossword Puzzles, Cartoons, Drawing and Painting based activities etcRelating classroom to outer world and nature related activitiesEncouraging students to read and use the information given in the fables, Parables, Mythological stories, Science fictions, Legends, moral and inspirational, other general stories in their scholastic and co-scholastic areas and activities.Relating Games and Sports, Scout & Guide, Cub & Bulbul, NCC etc. related activities to writing and speech tasks.Bringing newspapers, magazines, periodicals, comics etc. for basic language skills (LSRW) and Grammar, phonetics and composition activities.Take classroom to outside world through your activities full of real life situations.Target Key Results (General and Specific Objectives of Back to Basics)Our Activity Sheets and LAT Sheets should enable the students to:Read aloud with proper stress, accent and intonation.Read silently with reasonable speed Increase their word power and vocabulary usageImprove handwriting with reasonable speedImprove Content, Fluency and Accuracy (CFA)Speak fluently and accurately with or without prompts and preparations.Speak extempore, debate and recite in public.Converse and interact in group in a given situation showing effective Interpersonal Communication pose short or long Paragraphs, Essays, Articles of Factual, Discursive and Literary type.Take interview of public dignitaries.Anchor Radio Programmes, TV Programmes and other stage shows.Make sports commentary and manage various cultural events.Make short notes, write notices, design posters and municate in different registers like announcements at different situations, general household communications, pleasantries etc.Excel in Scholastic and Co-Scholastic areas and Examinations including Competitive Examinations. Listen to different varieties of English like UK English, American English & Indian English (RP) properly and respond effectively.Groom up good personality and resourceful citizenship with National and International outlook.Inculcate Life-Skills and 21st Century Skills through good schooling. ................
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