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In: All Ages & Levels| Beginner

22 Apr 2013

This is an easy "video" lesson.    

Ask students to brainstorm all the things / buildings that could be called "home". Then show the video and see how many they got correct. Show again, pausing and review all the names for these things people all over the world call "home". 



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A Video Lesson

In: All Ages & Levels| High School| Intermediate| Middle School| Recipe

31 May 2012

One great recipe is to play a video with vocabulary content. Not flashcards but something real and beautiful.  Then, students either write or speak or brainstorm all the vocabulary from the video in the specific category you mention. 

An example is the video Forgotten. Play and get students to list all the places in the house. Then play again, pausing and eliciting the parts of the house. 


Find


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Classroom labeling

In: Beginner| Elementary| False Beginner| High School| Intermediate| Kindergarten| Middle School| Recipe

23 Jul 2011

This is a great idea for the start of the year. 

Give each group of students some card board strips of paper. Also some tape. 

Students brainstorm the names of all things in the classroom (in English!). 

Then, ask them to go tape the names up around the classroom. First come, first server.

After, take up the names. Student will learn the words over time, as they see them in class and use them. 

Next…

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Message in the air

In: Beginner| Elementary| False Beginner| Intermediate| Recipe

25 Mar 2011

Great activity to revise VOCABULARY from previous classes.

Ask students to think of a word they've learned previously. They have to make sure they know how to write it.

Students come to the front of the class and write the word in the air using his index finger. Then, students write down they word and say it out loud. The student who wrote the word in the air gets 1 point for…

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Words – Collocations

In: Advanced| High School| Intermediate| Middle School| Recipe| University

4 Feb 2011
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wordsThis recipe is for intermediate or higher levels. But the video can be used for all levels really. This video is superb! It has verbs linked to nouns in categories (Play / Blow etc... see the worksheet). Watch the video first and see if students can find the verbs that are shown in context. Next, watch again and have them complete the worksheet. Finally -…

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Spelling game

In: Beginner| Elementary| False Beginner| High School| Intermediate| Recipe

11 Sep 2010

I use this game with my students to check spelling of vocabulary introduced in the previous lesson.

Divide class in two teams, A and B. Divide the board in the middle. Mark each side of the board for each team.  

On each side of the board draw:

 

  • a river with stepping stones for students to get across the river. The winner is the team that crosses the river first. For every correct


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Six Steps to Learning a Word

In: Beginner| Elementary| Intermediate| Recipe

16 Apr 2010

Here is how I help my students learn their vocabulary! It has improved my students' ability to recognize vocabulary and teaches them a way to learn vocabulary independently! It's called Six Steps! We do them as an introductory lesson for new vocabulary.

The Six Steps:

1. Look at the word

2. Hear the word

3. Say the word

4. Spell the word

5. Write the word

6. Find the word

Here is how I use Six Steps:

1. Write…

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Pass the Chicken

In: Beginner| Elementary| Intermediate| Kindergarten| Recipe

30 Dec 2009
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RubberChicken PASS THE CHICKEN! The prop is the most important element to this game : ) To begin, all students sit in a circle. Select one person to be IT. That person holds the rubber chicken. The teacher or a "caller" says to the person holding the chicken, "Name five animals. Pass the chicken!" As soon as the caller says, "Pass the chicken,"…

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Map it – Vocab. Technique

In: All Ages & Levels| Recipe

8 Dec 2009
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   I learned this just recently in a staff workshop (shows the power of peer learning/sharing!). thanks Rona!

 

Whatever vocabulary list / word bank you have - you can map it! Yes, just ask the students to draw a local map or a floor plan of a house or even a zoo layout.

Next, ask the students to put each vocab item in a particular…

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Alphabet Organizing

In: All Ages & Levels| Elementary| High School| Middle School| Recipe

21 Sep 2009
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  This is a very simple way to brainstorm and practice    vocabulary. Alphabet organizing!

 

Simply use this handy organizer and get the students to list all the vocab for a certain topic (at the beach, at the restaurant, animals, jobs etc...).

Afterwards, you can use this for assessment or simply play a game of scattegories. Students read out their answers, one at a…

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