Grass Skirts Passive Active Language Through a Text.pdf

Students run to find their team's grass skirt, pull off a tab and bring it back. Together they decide if it belongs to a text about the mobile phone, or a text about its inventor, Dr. Martin Cooper. By using their instinct, they discover something about discourse and linking devices. For younger students who don't respond well to metalanguage or grammar presentation.

1. The mobile phone was invented in 1973 by Dr. Martin Cooper
They are made of plastic, metal and glass.
Dr Martin Cooper (born 1928) is an American engineer.
He made the first phone call on a mobile phone in 1973.
They are used by millions of people every day.
He was working for Motorola when he invented the mobile phone.
Around 1.3 billion smart phones are sold every year around the world.
He grew up in Chicago and he studied engineering there.
It took him 10 years to turn his idea into a real product.
Around 15 million messages are sent from mobile phones every minute.