D-03.06 Get & Make All Kinds of Simple Present Statements & Yes/No Questions

Unit 7 (The Simple Present: “Do You Do Housework?”) of the Original Scenario: English Grammar in Context, pages 69-81 13 pages Who It’s For: (Teachers & Helpers of) Beginning to Intermediate Language Learners       Why It’s Useful: Learners get it all in a vintage black-and-white progression of (amusing) Presentation to Comprehension to Boxed Explanations to Exercises (including Spelling) to Summarizing Grammar to multi-graded Talking It Over & Writing It Down Activities.   What You’ll Do:  [1] With others, have the conversation on page 69. (Let listeners/readers “get/explain the joke.”) (Have learners) Identify sentence subjects + simple-present verbs with and without –(e)s endings. Together or individually, complete and check Comprehension Exercises 1a to 1c on page 70.   [2] In ways that correspond to learners’ abilities and goals, go over Explanations & Exercises 2(a-c), 3(a-e), and 4(a-b) on the pages that follow. Make real-life use of targeted grammar/vocabula