Drawing the Teacher’s Home July 31, 2007
Posted by serenden in direction, directions, listening, places, vocabulary.add a comment
Materials: paper and pencils, a floor plan for each student, a large diagram of the teacher’s home to place on the board afterwards, photos of the house?
The students listen to a description of the teacher’s home and draw in the items on their floor plan.
Afterwards, the teacher pins up the large copy of the actual floorplan with items so the students can compare theirs with the actual one. Note any differences in assumptions based on the different cultures?
Madlibs! July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in listening, vocabulary-any, writing.add a comment
One way to practice vocabulary, as well as listening (at the end) is to use Mad Libs as a warm-up or wrap-up activity!
Here are some ideas on how to use Mad Libs in the classroom:
Dave’s ESL Cafe: Mad Libs – Extremely Funny Stories!!!
Dave’s ESL Cafe: Mad Libs for Advanced Learners (includes an example)
Suite 101: Vocabulary Word Game (ideas on different ways to use Mad Libs)
Here are some links I found:
Jerem Taylor: Writer – Teacher – Juggler
Six downloadable Mad Lib Stories by level
John’s ESL Community: Weblibs
Web-based stories
Education Place – Wacky Web Tales
Aimed at kids grade 3 and above, and based on web use, but good ideas.
Lychee Boba – ESL Worksheets (contains a link to PDF Mad Libs worksheets on the site)
