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Created on August 23, 2023

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1) Read the poem.2) Reorder the pictures according to the poem.3) Underline the verbs in the text.4) Which structure is repeated through the poem? Highlight it.5) Add a new line to the poem (at the end).

I didn't hand my homework in becauseI forgot it.I didn't hand my homework in becauseit blew up on the way to school.I didn't hand my homework in becausemy dog chewed it up.I didn't hand my homework in becausemy mother couldn't do it.I didn't hand my homework in because ...

2) Reorder the pictures according to the poem.

"I didn't hand my homework in."

1) "I forgot" is affirmative. What would the negative form be? ................................................................2) Only one verb in English doesn't need DIDN'T in the past for its negative form.a) which one is it? ................................................b) what is (are) its negative forms? ............................c) write sentences using these forms:...................................................................................... ......................................................................................

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I handed my homework in because ...

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- Do NOT conjugate your verbs after DIDN'T.- CONJUGATE your verbs in the affirmative form.

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Which excuse is the best?Complete the note.

Listen to a poem.WRITE DOWN STRESSED WORDS.

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LISTEN TO THE POEM AGAIN.

Complete with the correct form of verbs.

"I started on my homework but my pen ran out of ink."

1) What do you notice?2) What happens to a regular verb in the simple past?........................................................................3) Find some examples in the poem:........................................................................4) What happens to an irregular verb in the simple past?........................................................................5) Find some examples in the poem:........................................................................

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Pick up a blue paper and a red paper.Using the words invent an excuse (make a sentence).

• A correct sentence in the past with both the red and blue words is 2 points.
• A sentence with both the blue and red words but without the correct verb in the past is 1 point.
• A sentence with a missing word even if the verb is correct is 0 point.

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All My Great Excuses

From the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies

I started on my homework but my pen ran out of ink. My hamster ate my homework. My computer’s on the blink.

I accidentally dropped it in the soup my mom was cooking. My brother flushed it down the toilet when I wasn’t looking.

My mother ran my homework through the washer and the dryer. An airplane crashed into our house. My homework caught on fire.

Tornadoes blew my notes away. Volcanoes struck our town. My notes were taken hostage by an evil killer clown.

Some aliens abducted me. I had a shark attack. A pirate swiped my homework and refused to give it back.

I worked on these excuses so darned long my teacher said, “I think you’ll find it’s easier to do the work instead.”

 — Kenn Nesbitt

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Reading Level: Grade 3 Topics: Imaginary Poems , School Poems Poetic Techniques: Hyperbole , Irony , List Poems , Narrative Poems Word Count: 131

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Excuses, Excuses

I couldn't do my homework. I had asthma and choking. I had nosebleeds, illness, heat rash, with some very painful sneezing, and itchy skin with cracks- oh so blotchy red and crusty- high fever and toothaches, and a patch of poison ivy, eight spider bites and enough to lose my hair, and a broken leg with scabies, Bumbs that made my body like Rocky Mountian, and a full-blown case of rabies. I suffered-it was awful- but I'm feeling better now. Could I have done my homework? No, I really don't see how.

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I didn’t do my homework (N. Plédran)

• 3 janvier 2023

Nathalie a bien fait ses devoirs cette année et elle n’aura donc pas d’excuses à fournir, il en est autrement pour ses élèves…

Voici une séquence flash qui permet de travailler la forme négative au prétérit de manière fun ! Je dois vous laisser, mon chien est en train de manger les copies de mes élèves…

Projets finals possibles :  Écrire un tweet d’excuse, créer un minibook illustré d’excuses, donner des illustrations à légender…

Objectifs grammaticaux :  le prétérit forme affirmative et négative

Objectifs lexicaux :  Les excuses (réelles ou imaginaires)

Objectifs culturels : I didn’t do my homework (Davide Cali) Poetry through humor and horror (Chris Webster) My dog ate my homework (Kenn Nesbitt) All my great excuses (Kenn Nesbitt)

Objectifs phonologiques : Les sons de la voyelle /ei/, /ə/, /ʌ/ and /ɜː/

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Project 1: I didn’t do my homework because … Les élèves de 4e ont travaillé sur l’ouvrage « I didn’t do my homework because… » , qui énumère des excuses farfelues pour justifier le fait de ne pouvoir présenter son travail en classe. Voici celles qu’ils ont... More

Project 1: I didn’t do my homework because … Les élèves de 4e ont travaillé sur l’ouvrage « I didn’t do my homework because… » , qui énumère des excuses farfelues pour justifier le fait de ne pouvoir présenter son travail en classe. Voici celles qu’ils ont inventées… Less

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Why I didn't do my homework

I didn't do my homework, Because it got battered and fried I don't want my oxygen makers to die Why would you think this is a lie? I used it as a tissue Maybe I left it in my mom's shoe I got hungry so I made it into a stew The wind began to blow and my homework flew Why is this an issue? It got ate I was running late Perhaps it is in another state I'm sure you can relate Ill have it tomorrow, can't you just wait? My hand doesn't have any bones Or maybe it's made of stone Nobody told me the answers over the phone It disappeared into the unknown It's only homework, can't you just leave it alone?

had a teacher whose rule was No homework! You better have an excuse I never heard. You would of had no trouble in his class .        Enjoy the read .

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