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Teaching with Google Drive Instructions In this activity, the topic is the language of trends and the doc can be used to quickly revise sentence building with this kind of language. Again, it can be done in class with a shared document projected onto a screen at the front of the class. The learners are in groups, and can all see the document being worked on in realtime. As before, add your answer in the area for the group you’ve been assigned to. Just do one sentence. If all the possible sentences have already been done, then just leave a comment on the activity in the space provided below the activity. To add your entry, scroll down to the activity and just click on the doc to start typing. Activity Work in groups. Use the language in the table below to write sentences describing the trends shown in the graphs below. Each group should add their sentences in the space in the table below. verbs nouns adverbs adjectives level off reach rise remain fluctuate increase peak decline sharply stable gradual sharp

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Teaching with Google Drive 

  

Instructions  

In this activity, the topic is the language of trends and the doc can be used to quickly revise sentence building with this kind of language.   

Again, it can be done in class with a shared document projected onto a screen at the front of the class.  

The learners are in groups, and can all see the document being worked on in real­time.  

As before, add your answer in the area for the group you’ve been assigned to. Just do one sentence. If all the possible sentences have already been done, then just leave a comment on the activity in the space provided below the activity.  

To add your entry, scroll down to the activity and just click on the doc to start typing.  

  Activity  Work in groups. Use the language in the table below to write sentences describing the trends shown in the graphs below.   Each group should add their sentences in the space in the table below.  

verbs  nouns  adverbs  adjectives 

level off reach rise remain fluctuate 

increase peak decline 

sharply  stable gradual sharp 

 

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                     Red group                Green group           Blue group  

  

Group  Your sentences 

Red  (sales, costs & supply)  1.  2.  3.  

Green  (wages, overhead & unemployment)  4.  5.  

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6.  

Blue  (inventory & production)  7.  8.  

  

  

 

Comments  

Clearly, an activity like this could be done offline using paper. Does doing it online in this way bring any advantages?  Add any comments you may have here below. Don’t forget to add your name.