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ACTIVITY 4:
Legends and Inflections
This activity may combine the four language skills in one so it is 
very important for the teacher to capture the main skill he/she wants to 
emphasize and focus on it.

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First of all, the teacher will perform a little review about the simple 
past or any other structure that implies inflections. Then, the teacher 
will perform an oral exercise asking the students about local legends.
Next, the teacher will divide the classroom into three or four 
groups (depending on the number of students). Each group will receive 
an image showing an item. For example:
After that, students will be asked to create a legend and write it 
down in a piece of paper. Finally, one student will read the legend out 
loud and the other members of his/her group will perform a skit about 
it.
This activity may be helpful to work in the use of inflections. Since 
it revolves around legends, it should be obvious that the students may 
use the past form of verbs to describe their ideas. As a teacher, you may 
use this activity to remark this English feature. 

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