THE SIMPSONS

ACTIVITY: The Simpson’s.
LEVEL: 1st-2nd ESO.
FOCUS: To practise the saxon genitive.
MATERIALS:
Teacher: PowerPoint presentation using computer and video projector.
Students: notebook to write 15 sentences using the genitive.
TIME: 20 minutes.
PREPARATION:
On their notebooks students write numbers 1-15 in column. They write each sentence
as they are shown the slides.
PROCEDURE:
Students are shown the numbered slides, one by one. Individually they write 15
sentences using the genitive with the words given.
Homer and Marge are married.
They have a son, Bart, and two daughters, Lisa and Maggie.




                                                   HOMER
                      MARGE




                                  MAGGIE


                           LISA                   BART
Bart / son                                   1




             Bart is Homer and Marge’s son
Bart / brother                            2




                 Bart is Lisa’s brother
Homer / husband                          3




              Homer is Marge’s husband
Maggie / sister                             4




                  Maggie is Bart’s sister
Homer and Marge / parents                     5


         Homer and Marge are Lisa’s parents
Milhouse / classmate                        6


             Milhouse is Bart’s classmate




                              MILHOUSE
Santa / dog                          7


              Santa is Bart’s dog




                             SANTA
Mr Burns / boss                    8

                        MR BURNS


   Mr Burns is Homer’s boss
Flanders / neighbour                        9


            Flanders is Homer’s neighbour


    NED FLANDERS
Grandpa / father                          10


              Grandpa is Homer’s father

 ABRAHAM SIMPSON
Snowball / cat                            11


                 Snowball is Lisa’s cat




                               SNOWBALL
Moe / friend                           12


               Moe is Homer’s friend



                            MOE
Selma and Patty / sisters                      13

           SELMA & PATTY BOUVIER
           Selma & Patty are Marge’s sisters
Principal Skinner / teacher                      14


            Principal Skinner is Bart’s teacher




PRINCIPAL SKINNER
Grandpa / grandfather                       15


            Grandpa is Bart’s grandfather




   GRANDPA
Simpsons genitive

Simpsons genitive

  • 1.
    THE SIMPSONS ACTIVITY: TheSimpson’s. LEVEL: 1st-2nd ESO. FOCUS: To practise the saxon genitive. MATERIALS: Teacher: PowerPoint presentation using computer and video projector. Students: notebook to write 15 sentences using the genitive. TIME: 20 minutes. PREPARATION: On their notebooks students write numbers 1-15 in column. They write each sentence as they are shown the slides. PROCEDURE: Students are shown the numbered slides, one by one. Individually they write 15 sentences using the genitive with the words given.
  • 3.
    Homer and Margeare married. They have a son, Bart, and two daughters, Lisa and Maggie. HOMER MARGE MAGGIE LISA BART
  • 4.
    Bart / son 1 Bart is Homer and Marge’s son
  • 5.
    Bart / brother 2 Bart is Lisa’s brother
  • 6.
    Homer / husband 3 Homer is Marge’s husband
  • 7.
    Maggie / sister 4 Maggie is Bart’s sister
  • 8.
    Homer and Marge/ parents 5 Homer and Marge are Lisa’s parents
  • 9.
    Milhouse / classmate 6 Milhouse is Bart’s classmate MILHOUSE
  • 10.
    Santa / dog 7 Santa is Bart’s dog SANTA
  • 11.
    Mr Burns /boss 8 MR BURNS Mr Burns is Homer’s boss
  • 12.
    Flanders / neighbour 9 Flanders is Homer’s neighbour NED FLANDERS
  • 13.
    Grandpa / father 10 Grandpa is Homer’s father ABRAHAM SIMPSON
  • 14.
    Snowball / cat 11 Snowball is Lisa’s cat SNOWBALL
  • 15.
    Moe / friend 12 Moe is Homer’s friend MOE
  • 16.
    Selma and Patty/ sisters 13 SELMA & PATTY BOUVIER Selma & Patty are Marge’s sisters
  • 17.
    Principal Skinner /teacher 14 Principal Skinner is Bart’s teacher PRINCIPAL SKINNER
  • 18.
    Grandpa / grandfather 15 Grandpa is Bart’s grandfather GRANDPA