Jigsaw Conversations July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in sentence-making, warm-up, writing.add a comment
Aims: comprehension / conversation, review, warm-up
Materials: a conversation prepared, jumbled script copies
Write five topics of conversation on the board accompanied by pictures. 1st Year could be about playing sports, 2nd Year about what you did at the weekend and 3rd Year describing something or someone. With your JTE, act out a conversation that corresponds to each in turn of the five pictures. It’s probably best done twice.
When you’ve finished all five, distribute scripts of the conversations to the students cut up line by line and jumbled up, all 5 mixed together. Have the students in groups and give each group a set.
Groups then put the dialogue back together from what they remember you saying, being prompted by the picture, and, importantly, asking you. First group to complete the dialogues wins.
Example: (for 2nd year):
What did you do on Sunday? / I played tennis. / Who did you play tennis with? / I went with Ken. / Did you enjoy it? / Yes, very much.
Who’s Who? July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in pronunciation, reviews, sentence-making, writing.add a comment
From Three Wise Monkeys
Aims: comparatives (-er, more)
Materials: worksheets / sentence cards / prizes
THOUGHTS: Worked fantastically. Can get really loud, so try doing it with rows of teams seated.
This is a GREAT activity for an end of the year review in junior high. The students basically form groups and work together to find sentences about different people, dictate them, write them down, and repeat them to the teacher. Afterwards, the corrected and in-order sentences are used to solve a puzzle worksheet that is handed out only when they finish the sentences. I made a big drawing of 5 different people and the students had to figure out who was who and how old each person was by matching the sentences which described the people. If I can scan the drawing, I’ll upload it.
A great, great idea. Thanks Three Wise Monkeys! Go to this activity »
Future Bubbles July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in sentence-making, verb-tense.add a comment
From Three Wise Monkeys
Aims: will / future tense verbs
Materials: worksheets, dictionaries
Students draw their futures and then use dictionaries and help to describe them in English! Go to this activity »
THOUGHTS: Doesn’t seem to have a whole lot of direction, but of course this can be adapted to many situations.
Fortune Telling July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in occupations, questions, sentence-making, verb-tense.add a comment
From Three Wise Monkeys
Aims: will / future tense verbs
Materials: worksheets, dice or spinner
Students use a dice and worksheets to find each other’s futures, then read them aloud. Hopefully their futures are filled with wild and crazy adventures! Go to this activity »
HINTS: Adapt to a lesson, and make sure to use silly / hopefully understandable words.
Go Fish July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in card-games, occupations, questions, questions-asking, sentence-making, vocabulary-any.add a comment
From Three Wise Monkeys
Aims: occupations / what do you want to be? / other
Materials: game cards with 10-12 pictures of different occupations, a set of 3 for each student.
Ex:
To play: students find a partner and ‘Jan-ken’; the winner is Student ‘A’, the other is student ‘B’.
‘A’: “I want to be a farmer.” (They must use one of their cards), “Do you want to be a farmer?”
‘B’: “Yes, I do. I want to be a farmer, too.” (‘B’ surrenders their card to ‘A’).
or
“No, I don’t. I don’t want to be a farmer.” (No card is lost or won)
Lies July 30, 2007
Posted by serenden in past-tense, questions, sentence-making.add a comment
From Three Wise Monkeys
Aims:Past Tense Verbs / -ed / did & didn’t
Materials: none or yes/no big flashcard (made)
In teams, the students practice coming up with sentences, both true and false, about themselves.
One student from the first team comes up to the front of the room and gives their true or false sentence.The class must then decide if the student is telling the truth by asking questions which relate to the grammar you’re teaching. A great way to get the kids talking!
