Recipes Tagged ‘vocabulary’

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Guess the Wordle – a vocab. game

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

11 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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Wordle is a wonderful tool for teaching English! You can put in groups of words and then display them in a "cool" fashion. Your teenagers especially will love this personalization. I designed a quick game of random wordles - What The Wordle?!. Students make guesses and if correct get points. If they add more words to the wordle, they even…

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Describing your apartment

In: All Ages & Levels| Recipe

8 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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This is an excellent way to get students speaking and to practice "home" related vocabulary and prepositions. 1.  Warm up by quizzing students about prepositions. Take a pen and place it around your body. Ask, "Where's the pen?".  Place it in some funny places! 2. In pairs with a pen, students practice and do the same as modeled by the teacher. 3. Draw a floor plan…

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Indian Poker!

In: All Ages & Levels| Recipe

6 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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  This is a variation of the 20 questions  game but can also be a way to learn/produce/practice all lesson vocabulary.

Give all students post it notes. ( I like using the small ones, the really tiny ones).  Students choose a famous person to write on the note OR a vocabulary item that you've studied/learned (maybe from a list on the board).

They put the…

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Top 5 – The perfect vocab. game!

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4 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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Top 5 was the first game I developed and the positive feedback I got from it, really keep me  motivated to make more games. Teachers loved its simplicity and students loved the competitive aspect. It also has a neat creative thinking skill aspect.

1.  Hand out the worksheet for each student. Put them in groups of 3/4.Name one scorekeeper for each group.

2.  Show…

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Activities for Short Videos

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30 Jul 2009 Download PDF
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Short videos like those on Youtube or EFL Classroiom, are perfect "engaging" starters for great language learning. Here are some suggestions on how to use videos which have vocabulary in them, like this favorite, the Elephant Song.

Play the video and give students a task. This is so important! The task must be VERY simple but keep them focused. Like, "write down 3 things you see" or as in the case…

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What’s the first word you think of when I say…….?

In: High School| Middle School| Recipe| University

19 Jul 2009 Download PDF
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I use this activity as a warm up with students. They love it and it really gets them producing and reviewing their own stored language and also becoming quicker at responding in English (and not translating). 1. Ask students at random, what's the first word you think of when I say...? As students answer, just respond with a response to that response and keep the chain going…

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Word Bean Bag Toss

In: Elementary| Middle School| Recipe

19 Jul 2009 Download PDF
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Tossing bean bags is a great way to get students speaking and turn taking ( a valuable and essential language skill). You can use them to tell stories, ask and answer questions, respond with "first word you think of..." etc..... Here's one example of a Bean Bag activity. 1. Take a large cardboard box and tape one end shut. 2. Turn the box on its side (or wherever the most surface area is)…

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SLAP

In: Elementary| Kindergarten| Recipe

19 Jul 2009 Download PDF
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This is a very simple exercise that you can use everyday when using flashcards to make it much easier & more fun! Go through your flashcards with the children first...and when finished, lay them down face up around the children. Have then call out the name of the card...and have the children race to slap the card. It becomes a game. I like to play my harmonica, and when the…

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