Recipes Tagged ‘vocabulary’
Classroom labeling
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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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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
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4 Feb 2011
This 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.
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Spelling game
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11 Sep 2010I 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
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!
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," the person holding…
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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
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21 Sep 2009
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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The weather is a standard topic and beyond reviewing the vocabulary (which you can do with this powerpoint I made ) , you can really do it communicatively by getting students to do / practice weather reports!
After going through the vocabulary and asking students "What's the weather like in.....? or ...today? - Give them a map of their own country. Ask…
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Mr. X – Story book writing
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19 Aug 2009
Writing storybooks is a great way to reinforce grammar and vocabulary. It also gives students confidence and pride in "producing" something visible and tangible to measure their English language learning experience.
There are several steps to making a storybook and I'll use my own Mr. X's incredible Day/Yesterday as an example. Get the ppt/video here for use with students.
1. Tell the story…
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