Teacher Training for English Olympiad Exams
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As the English faculty, and part of the pedagogy team at Educo School, we (I) train MCGM teachers for Creative Methodologies for competitive exams - such as Olympiads. This ppt is of year 2019.
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- 1. OLYMPIAD TT 2019 ENGLISH 5-8 Lalita Karve English Faculty
- 2. What is tested in Competitive Exams? • Knowledge Application • Time Management • Approach • Motivation • Preparation& Confidence 10/17/2019Educo
- 4. Time Management 10/17/2019Educo Grade 5 : 50 questions in 60 min. • Solve word structure questions quickly (10-15min) • Reading Passage and related questions will need more time. (15 min) • Spoken and written expression: 15 min • Achiever’s section : 10 min • Final checking: 5 min
- 5. Paper Pattern 10/17/2019Educo 5 Pattern & Marking Scheme Sections 1 Word & Structure Knowledge 2 Reading 3 Spoken & Written Expressions 4 Achievers section Total No. of Questions 45 5 50 Marks per Question 1 1 1 (45) 3 (15) 60
- 7. 10/17/2019Educo Section – 1 : Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions, Punctuation and Jumbled Words, Tenses, Voices, Narration, etc. Spellings, Collocations, Phrasal verbs, Idioms, Words related to everyday problems, Relationships, Health and Medicine, Travel, etc. Section – 2 : Search for and retrieve information from various text types like News headlines, Brochures, Formal and Informal letters, Itinerary, etc., Acquire broad understanding of and look for specific information in Short narratives, Time-tables, News stories, Diary entry, Poster Making, Messages etc. Section – 3 : Ability to understand situation-based variations in functions like agreement and disagreement, Requests, Refusals, Apologies, etc. and also distinguish differences in the use of conjunctions. Section – 4 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Sections 1, 2 and 3. SYLLABUS
- 8. Common topics across all grades 1. Most questions require students to understand the meaning of the text and interpret the answers. 1) Meaning of underlined word or synonym 2) Antonyms or opposite words 3) Homophones 4) Correct spellings using phonics 5) Punctuation 6) Singular- Plural 7) Compound word- e.g footprint 8) Verbs- to be (am/ is / are/ was/ were) 9) Negative sentences and Questions – proper use of verbs 10] Subject and Predicate 11) Question tags 12) Prepositions 13) Conjunctions 14) Modal auxiliaries- have, can, could, must etc 15) Adjectives of quantity 16) Articles 17) Tenses 18) Prefix- Suffix 19) Idioms and Phrases 20) Rhyming words and scheme 10/17/2019Educo
- 9. Activity – Who am I? 10/17/2019 Educo I live in water, I have fins, I have scales and I’m also a food! I am a fruit, I am yellow when ripe and green otherwise, I am tangy and sweet. ? ?
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- 14. Now it’s your turn! Make 2 Analogy Questions! 10/17/2019Educo
- 15. Relate it 10/17/2019 15 How do you spell it?
- 17. Parts of Speech
- 18. Focus on the part of speech Use vocabulary games • Synonyms Divide the class into groups. Assign each group half of the vocabulary words. Have students use a dictionary, thesaurus, or the Internet to discover synonyms for each vocabulary word. Then, have the groups take turns reading the list of synonyms to the other group. See if the groups can figure out what the word is based on its synonyms. Strategies in class 10/17/2019Educo
- 19. Let’s Play! • Give them 8 words from textbook or any other book • Divide the class into 2 or 4 groups • Ask each group member to pick one or two words and do the following: For example- Anonymous Synonym- unknown, nameless, incognito POS: Adjective Sentence: The donors wish to remain anonymous Follow-up: One team asks synonym or antonym or meaning to other and asks to identify the word. e.g: Identify the word that has an antonym ‘renowned’. 10/17/2019Educo
- 20. “Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water… Jack fell down and broke his crown… and Jill came tumbling after..!” NOUNS: Jack, Jill, Hill, pail, water, crown. VERBS: to fetch ,came, fell, went ADVERBS: tumbling, down, PRONOUN: his Conjunction : and Article: The , A . Example
- 21. Noun- Verb –Adjective... Noun Verb Adjective P..peace pacify peaceful 10/17/2019Educo
- 22. Play with Tenses.. Present Past Future do ? will do have will have Your turn….
- 23. Play with Tenses.. Present Continuous Past Future ….. doing ? …. doing will have Your turn….
- 25. Ask for help...
- 26. Adjective
- 27. Adjective Describe what you feel • Shape • Size • Texture • Surface • Quantity • ??
- 29. Prepositions of time The lotus bloomed in the month of August, on Thursday at about 7’O clock 10/17/2019Educo
- 30. Reading Comprehension • Go through the passage quickly • Next, read the questions and try to find specific answers • Identify type of questions • Mark keyword • Answer specific questions first TIME-TESTED STRATEGIES 10/17/2019Educo
- 31. Reading Comprehension Type Of Questions Main idea Describe Application Tone or Opinion ‘wh’ type Feels, think, says, tells, believes, proposes, 10/17/2019Educo
- 32. • Always begin a sentence with capital letters. • God, He, O Lord!, Almighty, etc use caps always • For quotes “ “ , always put them after punctuation marks (, . ?!) • Ex: “Were you expecting me for the party?” • For proper nouns and the pronoun I always begin with caps. • Ex: In August 2002, I went to visit Taj Mahal in Agra, New Delhi. Mechanics
- 33. • I am have • You are • We are • They are • He/She/It is has • Name is has • It plural are have (Doors, windows, films) • PRESENT TENSE Tense Sense - To Be, To have
- 34. Past Tense • I was had • You were • We were • They were • He/She/It was • Name was had • It plural were had (Doors, windows, films)
- 35. • This is my car. • This car is mine. • This is your garden. • This garden is yours. • Seema is our daughter. • That house is ours. • Henry is their son. • This envelope is theirs Pronouns- Possessive & Reflexive
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- 39. Potluck! Theme: All the team members have to cook a recipe. Materials required: Chits on which names of raw ingredients are given. How to play? 1. Ask every member of the team to pick up a chit 2. Nominate a team leader or captain 3. Now everyone opens their chits and reads the food items given to them. 4. All have to brainstorm and come up with a recipe that can be made from these ingredients. 5. Team captains will come forward and explain the recipe, telling about each members ingredient and idea of using that in the recipe.
- 40. Potluck!
- 41. Story Telling Create a story 1. The teams sit in a circle. 2. One member begins by saying a short sentence 3. The next member tries to add something to the first sentence like a chain story 4. The last member ends the story 5. This can be continued for many rounds as per time available
- 42. Story Telling
- 43. samplE Quiz
- 44. The plural of ‘box’ is boxes, but the plural of ‘ox’ is ? a) Oxes b) Oxen c) Oxford d) Oxies 10/17/2019Educo
- 45. If he pushes, I pull; but if I push, he ? a) Pulls b) Pull c) Pull on d) I don’t know! 10/17/2019Educo
- 46. Adjective of …. is solar whereas the noun for stellar is….. a) Sun / moon b) Sun / planet c) Sun / star d) None of these 10/17/2019Educo
- 47. ‘Shining like a star in the sky’ Identify the figure of speech a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Repetition d) Alliteration 10/17/2019Educo
- 48. ? ock ack Which blend sound fits here? a) ‘cl’ b) ‘tr’ c) ‘fl’ d) ‘bl’ 10/17/2019Educo
- 49. ?MON CHAIN Choose the word that fits best in place of the question mark a) Day b) Key c) Star d) All of the above 10/17/2019Educo
- 50. ? TANK TRACK Choose the suffix that fits both the words shown above: a) ‘able’ b) ‘tor’ c) ‘er’ d) All of the above 10/17/2019Educo
- 51. Pick out the wrong word from the sentence below: ‘Its raining since last night.’ a) Its b) Raining c) Since d) Last 10/17/2019Educo
- 53. Which one is NOT a type of sentence? a) Declarative sentence b) Exclamatory sentence c) Interrogative sentence d) Derogatory sentence 10/17/2019Educo
- 54. Any ideas or suggestions? Feedback 10/17/2019Educo
- 55. What are your next steps? 2 1 3 4 10/17/2019Educo
Editor's Notes
- Notes to presenter: What is your purpose for sharing this reflection? Is it at the end of a unit or project? Are you sharing this reflection, at the attainment of a learning goal you set for yourself? Is it at the end of a course? State your purpose for the reflection or even the purpose of the learning experience or learning goal. Be clear and be specific in stating your purpose.
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Make chits, distribute and ask to find the partner
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.
- Notes to presenter: What steps will you be taking as a result of this learning experience? Did you learn from any failed experiences? How will you do things differently? What advice will you give to others so they can learn from your experiences? How can you share what you learned with a real-world audience? Some examples of next steps might be: After delivering my first persuasive presentation, I am thinking about joining the debate team. After making my first film, I’m considering entering it in our school film festival or local film festival. After connecting with this career expert, I’d like to do some research on that career field because it sounds interesting to me. This SmartArt allows you add images and text to help outline your process. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then pictures and words should help you communicate this reflection on learning perfectly! You can always click on Insert>SmartArt to change this graphic or select the graphic and click on the Design contextual menu to change the colors. Feel free to use more than one slide to share your next steps. It also helps to add some video content to explain your message.