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  • Demonstrate how you would have modeled the information grid they previously filled out.

    What does it mean "to model" an exercise?
    Modeling an exercise means that, rather than explain how to do an exercise, you pretend that you are the student and you DO a small portion of the exercise. The learner will watch what you do and try to imitate it accordingly.

  • Show the overhead, Information Grids (How often do you...?).
  • Tell trainees that grids can be set up in different ways. If you want your learner to write sentences, you could set up the grid as shown. The learner could check the correct response and then make sentences using information from the grid.

    Note: this grid could be used to discuss adverb placement.

    Possible example sentences written for overhead, How often do you...? could include:
    • She often talks on the telephone.
    • Often, she talks on the telephone.
    • She talks on the telephone often.

  • Using overhead, Information Grids, (How often do you...?) have a trainee "model" the exercise (the use of the grid) just as a tutor would for the learner.
  • Discuss any cultural ideas in the grid. (For example, Canadians who live far apart from their parents may only see them once or twice a year. Dancing is a common activity for people of all ages. However, certain types of dancing are more popular with certain age groups.)
  • Review the basic ideas regarding information grids.