Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students draw a line from what people say to the way we write it. Pages 2 and 5: students circle the sentence written for school, not the way we talk. Page 3: students rewrite something someone said the way we write it. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.
Record a student telling about their weekend, then write it down together. What do we leave out when we write? What do we add?
Point out gonna and wanna in songs and shows, and ask how you would write them in a letter.
The difference between the way we talk and the way we write for school: no um or like, no gonna or wanna. Students match spoken words to written ones, choose the written sentence, and rewrite what someone said.
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