This document provides 50 ways to use a blank piece of paper in an English language classroom. Some examples include making greeting cards, whiteboards, origami, drawings, maps, surveys, posters, games like bingo and pictionary, storytelling, journaling, timelines, and designing schedules. The blank paper allows students to be creative, communicate with each other, and practice a variety of English language skills.
The document provides guidance for teachers on the Secondary Form 1 English Language curriculum. It includes:
1. An explanation of the organization of the 112-lesson scheme of work, which combines textbook-based and non-textbook based lessons.
2. Details on the structure of the textbook-based and non-textbook based lesson cycles.
3. Descriptions of the various sections contained in the scheme of work document to support teachers' planning, including sample lessons, appendices with extension activities, and a glossary of terms.
This document provides a scheme of work for Secondary Form 2 lessons based on a textbook. It includes 75 textbook-based lessons covering a unit on people and culture, with a focus on topics like sport, competitions, and superstitions. It also includes 5 non-textbook based lessons focusing on themes of health and environment. Each lesson outlines the main skills, standards, learning objectives, materials, and differentiation strategies.
Crucigrama de las Herramientas de FuenteDaniel Zavala
El documento es un crucigrama con 10 espacios numerados para llenar con herramientas de fuente. Se pide completar los nombres de las herramientas y llenar el crucigrama siguiendo el orden numérico.
This document introduces the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), a self-assessment tool for students learning a second language. The SILL asks students to rate how true certain statements are of their own language learning strategies and behaviors, from "never true" to "always true." It is divided into five parts that cover cognitive, memory, compensatory, metacognitive, and affective strategies. Students are instructed to answer based on their own experiences and not how they think they should learn, as there are no right or wrong answers.
El documento presenta un programa de idiomas multinivel para empresas. El programa se basa en 12 niveles de 20 horas cada uno y tiene como objetivo preparar a los alumnos dirigiendo su aprendizaje. La empresa AMLANG, S.L. ofrece este curso de aprendizaje de idiomas para mejorar la competencia lingüística de los empleados.
Rangkuman dokumen ini memberikan ringkasan tentang rancangan pengajaran harian untuk mata pelajaran Bahasa Malaysia di kelas 4 yang berfokus pada topik 'Habitat Sihat dan Selamat'. Rancangan ini meliputi objektif pembelajaran, sistem bahasa, kaedah pengajaran, dan langkah-langkah pembelajaran yang terdiri dari penerangan, lakonan cerita, dan tugas mengenal pasti kata hubung pancangan dalam petikan teks.
This lesson plan is for 6th grade English classes on Mondays and Thursdays. The teachers will focus on speaking, reading, and writing skills while revising vocabulary related to sports and hobbies. Students will practice talking about their abilities using structures like "I can" and "I can't." A variety of interactive activities are planned to help students practice the target language, including a warm up where they state what they can and can't do in English.
1. The histogram shows the distribution of heights of seedlings in a sample. It has frequencies on the y-axis and height ranges from -30 to 60 cm on the x-axis.
2. Most of the seedlings have heights between 10-30 cm as this has the highest frequencies.
3. There are no seedlings with heights below 0 cm or above 50 cm as those parts of the x-axis have a frequency of 0.
The document provides guidance for teachers on the Secondary Form 1 English Language curriculum. It includes:
1. An explanation of the organization of the 112-lesson scheme of work, which combines textbook-based and non-textbook based lessons.
2. Details on the structure of the textbook-based and non-textbook based lesson cycles.
3. Descriptions of the various sections contained in the scheme of work document to support teachers' planning, including sample lessons, appendices with extension activities, and a glossary of terms.
This document provides a scheme of work for Secondary Form 2 lessons based on a textbook. It includes 75 textbook-based lessons covering a unit on people and culture, with a focus on topics like sport, competitions, and superstitions. It also includes 5 non-textbook based lessons focusing on themes of health and environment. Each lesson outlines the main skills, standards, learning objectives, materials, and differentiation strategies.
Crucigrama de las Herramientas de FuenteDaniel Zavala
El documento es un crucigrama con 10 espacios numerados para llenar con herramientas de fuente. Se pide completar los nombres de las herramientas y llenar el crucigrama siguiendo el orden numérico.
This document introduces the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL), a self-assessment tool for students learning a second language. The SILL asks students to rate how true certain statements are of their own language learning strategies and behaviors, from "never true" to "always true." It is divided into five parts that cover cognitive, memory, compensatory, metacognitive, and affective strategies. Students are instructed to answer based on their own experiences and not how they think they should learn, as there are no right or wrong answers.
El documento presenta un programa de idiomas multinivel para empresas. El programa se basa en 12 niveles de 20 horas cada uno y tiene como objetivo preparar a los alumnos dirigiendo su aprendizaje. La empresa AMLANG, S.L. ofrece este curso de aprendizaje de idiomas para mejorar la competencia lingüística de los empleados.
Rangkuman dokumen ini memberikan ringkasan tentang rancangan pengajaran harian untuk mata pelajaran Bahasa Malaysia di kelas 4 yang berfokus pada topik 'Habitat Sihat dan Selamat'. Rancangan ini meliputi objektif pembelajaran, sistem bahasa, kaedah pengajaran, dan langkah-langkah pembelajaran yang terdiri dari penerangan, lakonan cerita, dan tugas mengenal pasti kata hubung pancangan dalam petikan teks.
This lesson plan is for 6th grade English classes on Mondays and Thursdays. The teachers will focus on speaking, reading, and writing skills while revising vocabulary related to sports and hobbies. Students will practice talking about their abilities using structures like "I can" and "I can't." A variety of interactive activities are planned to help students practice the target language, including a warm up where they state what they can and can't do in English.
1. The histogram shows the distribution of heights of seedlings in a sample. It has frequencies on the y-axis and height ranges from -30 to 60 cm on the x-axis.
2. Most of the seedlings have heights between 10-30 cm as this has the highest frequencies.
3. There are no seedlings with heights below 0 cm or above 50 cm as those parts of the x-axis have a frequency of 0.
This document provides 51 tasks and activities for an English language classroom. Some of the tasks involve students labeling classroom objects, creating alphabet cards, presenting posters about countries, role playing business transactions or phone calls, telling jokes, and playing games to review vocabulary or practice speaking. The tasks aim to get students actively using English through interactive exercises, group work, presentations, creative projects, and games.
23 sets with full instructions. Also use the online prompt generators provided. Purchase on EFL Classroom to help support our costs! Thank U. https://community.eflclassroom.com/page/conversation-cards
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The document discusses how flashcards can be used to teach language skills in an engaging way. It describes how flashcards take learning from a passive to an active experience. A variety of game formats are provided that use flashcards to practice vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and other skills. Examples include memory games, question-asking games, acting games, and open-ended discussion prompts. Tips for preparing, storing, and managing flashcards in the classroom are also shared. The document encourages teachers to try different games to motivate students and reinforce language learning.
This document provides a list of potential non-subject games and activities that can be used during break times, lunchtimes, or inserted into lessons. It includes suggestions such as using magic tricks, having student show-and-tell sessions, keeping an "assorted activities box" with interesting items, and using various drilling techniques like catchball drilling. Additionally, it outlines many review games that can be played on the whiteboard like blackboard races and relays to reinforce vocabulary and concepts from lessons.
Class room activities general reg classKerry Allen
The document provides a list of non-academic games and activities that can be used in the classroom during break times or integrated into lessons. These include using magic tricks, having student talent shows, keeping an "assorted activities box" of interesting objects, various drilling techniques like catchball drilling, and games like musical chairs that reinforce vocabulary or concepts. Additional suggestions are flashcard games, roleplaying games, mind mapping, substitution tables, and blackboard races to review material in a fun, competitive way.
The document provides descriptions of 18 differentiated instruction strategies teachers can use in the classroom, including choral response, clothesline, fist of five, and four corners. It also lists exit cards, entrance cards, index card summaries, one minute essays, jigsaws, three minute pauses, idea spinners, and think-pair-share among other strategies. The strategies are designed to engage students, assess understanding, and check for learning in a variety of formats.
This document provides descriptions of several warm-up activities and games that can be used in an English language classroom. Some of the activities described include having students write facts about a topic in groups, finding adjectives that correspond to the letters in their name, listing unconventional uses for a potato, guessing examples that are the "odd one out", naming items that meet certain criteria, and playing review games like SOS and vocabulary bingo using student teams. The activities are meant to be engaging ways to start class, review material, and get students interacting with each other in English.
This document contains teaching materials for younger students learning English. It includes 8 units covering topics like greetings, family, school, pets and parts of the body. Each unit provides instructions and materials for interactive classroom activities and games to help students learn vocabulary in a fun and engaging way. Various crafts, worksheets and exercises are presented to reinforce key words and concepts for each topic. The goal is to make English lessons interesting and effective through a child-centered approach combining activities and competency-based learning.
1. The document provides instructions for effective vocabulary teaching methods, including choosing age-appropriate words related to students' curriculum, using games and rewards to motivate students, modeling proper word use, creating a word wall, and periodically reviewing words.
2. It then describes several vocabulary games and activities, such as having students stand up when their assigned word is called, pointing to pictured words, arranging flashcards in order, bringing flashcards to the teacher, and following a path on a grid. The goal is to make vocabulary learning fun and engaging for students.
3. Examples include number or letter lists, snakes and ladders, Othello/Reversi, and card games where students cannot take the last card or must
This document provides descriptions and instructions for 8 writing games that can be used to practice different language functions in English class. Game 1 involves writing thank you letters for unusual birthday gifts. Game 2 has students write job applications and advertisements. Game 3 is about creating rules for random activities. Game 4 is solving riddles to identify objects. Game 5 is creating an election manifesto. Game 6 is an activity where students write pen pal letters to aliens. Game 7 is combining headlines to form news stories. Game 8 involves writing a collaborative story using randomly generated words. The games aim to make writing practice more engaging for students.
This document describes a teacher's experience developing grammar skills through writing activities. It provides examples of games and exercises used with students from 5th to 9th grade to practice various grammar structures like verb tenses and modals. Interactive games help make grammar engaging and allow students to practice in context. Later activities involve more complex tasks like writing personal messages and reports that require applying different grammar points. The goal is to help students master grammar not just through drills but meaningful communication activities.
40 sets of cards to help students acquire vocabulary, discuss and learn English. Full instructions. Download the book on EFL Classroom 2.0. https://community.eflclassroom.com/forum2/topics/conversation-cards
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2) Memory, guessing, and sequencing games to engage students mentally.
3) Relay races and games involving movement to energize students physically.
The games can be played individually or in small groups to make class more interactive and fun. A variety of materials like boards, papers, and balls are required to play the games.
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This document describes 15 ice breaker activities that can be used in professional development or classroom settings to help participants and students get to know each other. The ice breakers include having students speak based on the color of M&Ms they draw, guessing personal details and facts about the teacher, playing musical chairs and discussing topics with new partners each round, acting out adjectives for others to guess, inventing a fictional language to converse in, and bringing in personal items to introduce themselves while practicing target language vocabulary. The ice breakers aim to get people interacting, learning facts about one another, practicing language skills, and building comfort in the new setting.
Hand gestures can communicate in different ways without words. Some gestures include counting on fingers to indicate numbers, a little hand motion when asking for a small amount of milk in coffee, snapping fingers to urge someone to hurry up, pushing fingers together to appear confident, chest thumping to show being strong and loyal, covering the mouth to express surprise, and blowing a kiss to say "I love you."
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50 ways to use a blank piece of paper in the english language classroom
1. 50 Ways To Use A Blank Piece Of Paper
In The English Language Classroom
Even now, this late in the day, a blank sheet of paper holds the greatest excitement there is for me — more
promising than a silver cloud, and prettier than a red wagon.
- E.B. White
1. Greeting Cards. Fold in two and write a _____________ card with greetings to
someone in the class. The teacher is the postman and delivers the next day.
……………………………………….
2. Cheap whiteboards. Laminate one piece of paper for each student or group. Give
out erasable markers and tissue. Now the whole class can answer questions and respond
on their whiteboard.
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3. Play Snowball. Students write 3 facts about themselves (print large). Crumple and
then have a snowball fight in the class for 1 minute. After, each student picks up one
snowball, uncrumples and walks around the class trying to find the person who wrote it.
Read more …
……………………………………….
4. Postcards. Fold in half. On one half, design a postcard with address/message on the
opposite side. After the teacher checks, use the other half for your final draft of the card.
Send to someone in the class. Read more ….
……………………………………….
5. Origami. Students love this activity. First, the teacher tells and shows the students.
After, students can teach each other new designs. Read more….
……………………………………….
6. Pop Up Cars. Technically not a blank piece of paper but it is a piece of paper
Color and talk about the cars, share, be proud. Read more …..
……………………………………….
7. Graphic Organizer. Give students a topic. Weather / Animals / The House etc…..
Students write all the vocabulary associated with the topic and organize it into columns or
groups. Compare after, you’ll have interesting results! Read more….
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8. Sentence unscramble. Fold “hamburger” style (top to bottom) 3 times. You’ll have
9 rows. Students write in sentences that are scrambled. Give to a partner who’ll write
the correct versions on the back. Give back to the creator who checks the work.
……………………………………….
9. Pass The Paper. In groups, students pass around a crumpled piece of paper to lively
music. When the music stops, they must do some set action (answer a question, name 3
____s, do what the group says etc…) Try one game right now. Read more …...
……………………………………….
2. 10. Write On! I use this as a writing warm-up. One student is the secretary and starts
with a word. For example: baseball . The other group members must tell the person a
word or expression that continues the word. Ex. Balloon. Students get points based on
the number of letters used from the previous word. In this example, 4 points. The paper
would show baseballoon . The secretary writes the words as a chain and underlines each.
Students point out spelling errors. Continue filling the page.
……………………………………….
11. A Simple Webquest. Students write a topic at the top of their paper. Fold 3 times
(hamburger) to make 9 rows. Students write down 9 questions about the topic that they’d
like to know. Give to a partner who uses the internet to write in the answers. The creator
reviews the answers.
……………………………………….
12. Make a Doodle Video. Choose a popular song. Print the lyrics and cut out the lines
into strips. Students are given one line each. They draw a picture for the line and write
the line clearly at the bottom. Take photos of each and put together with music to make a
student doodle video. Read more ….
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13. Hand Organizer. Student trace their hand on a blank piece of paper. Use this to
organize vocabulary on a topic. Ex. The 5 Senses. Things you taste, touch, see, hear,
smell.
14. KWL Organizer. Fold “hambuger style” so you have 3 columns. Write K W L at
the top of each. (KNOW | WANT to know | LEARNED). Students fill in this about
the topic of study for the lesson, unit, video. Read more….
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15. A Name Card. Fold “hotdog” style (long way) 3 times like you would a letter for
an envelope. Students write their name on two sides. Set the triangle on the desk so
everyone can see. Read more…..
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16. Vocabulary Conversation. Give students 2 minutes to write down vocabulary all
over the page. (or give them a specific task – 5 animals / 5 verbs / 5 colors etc…).
Students in groups use one sheet and make sentences about the vocabulary, connecting
the words. Take turns until all the vocabulary is connected in logical sentences.
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17. Vocabulary guessing. Give students 2 minutes to write down or brainstorm a set of
vocabulary (jobs, family member names, animals, celebrities, sports etc…). In groups,
using one student’s paper, a student describes a word. The first to guess wins a point and
crosses out the item. Continue until all items are crossed out. With family members –
students can ask questions to find out the relationship of the names to the student.
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18. Vocabulary ABC sheet. Fold twice “hotdog” style. Fold three times “hamburger”
style. Unfold and you’ll have 32 boxes. Student write in small print, the letters of the
alphabet in each box. They must brainstorm in a group and fill in as many boxes as
possible with vocabulary for the topic beginning with each letter. Most completed boxes
wins. Read more…
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19. Describe and Draw. Prepare 2 simple descriptions which students can draw.
Ex. A man is standing infront of his house. The house has two windows and a chimney.
Birds are in the sky. It is cloudy. There is a garden on the left. Two children are running
beside the house. A dog is chasing them.
Students draw the pictures based on the descriptions. Take away the descriptions and
students in pairs, must describe their drawing to their partner who draws it. After,
compare drawings. Read more …
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20. Drawing and labeling. Student draw an item Ex. A car / human body / the school.
Then they must brainstorm in a group and label the picture.
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21. Student made wordsearches. Students design their own wordsearch on a topic.
They make the boxes and fill in with words / extra letters. Write the words below with a
small picture beside each word. Exchange with a partner and race to see who completes
them first! Read more …
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22. Map drawing. Home or treasure map. On a piece of paper, students draw a map
from the school / class to a. their home or b. some treasure . The student gives their
map to another student who must go to another group and tell the others how to get to
______’s home or where ______’s treasure is located.
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23. Dictation. The students fold “hamburger style” the piece of paper 3 times. The
teacher dictates 9 sentences, reading each one twice. Student exchange papers with a
partner and check the answers (the teacher prepares beforehand and shows on the board /
screen after). Also see dictogloss and running dictation variations.
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24. Tag Stories. Students fold “hamburger style” the piece of paper 3 times (9 lines).
On the first line, all students write the same prompt: ex. A man walked into a bank / I
heard that (student’s name) went to a party last night, etc… . After, they pass the paper
to the left/right/front and the next student continues the story on the next line, folding
over the first line so it can’t be seen. Continue passing and folding. (make sure you the
teacher also participate and write!). Read them silently and aloud afterward. They’ll be
funny!
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25. Survey Cards. Fold the piece of paper in half. Students write a question they want
to survey the class about. Ex. What is your favorite ……? / How often do you …… ?
4. Write Yes / No below the question. The students mingle and ask the class their
question, checking if it is Yes or No. They report back their findings to the class.
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26. Posters. Use A3 / A4 size paper, one for each group. Student plan out a travel or
movie poster on one side. Once the teacher has checked, they make a good copy on the
other side and present to the class. Display on the class walls. Make sure to show some
examples to the students, so you are sure they understand this genre. Read more …
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27. Scattergoiries / Categories. Give students one minute to write on a piece of paper,
all the vocabulary/words/expressions associated with one topic (one secretary / writer /
group). Then, go around each group getting one answer from each. Each correct answer
is one point. If they repeat an answer, they lose 2 points (so they have to listen well!).
Continue until all correct vocabulary is recorded. Play another round.
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28. Cootie Catchers or Fold ‘ems. These are great language prompting products.
Students make the cootie catcher or foldem and then play with fellow students to study
the language described on the product. Lots of description about foldables here.
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29. Bookmaking. You can make all sorts of books with a few pieces of paper. I find
students love the smaller books and collect them, make a class library. They love
producing these English books! Find out how ….
30. Storyboards. Do it just like they do in the movies. Students fold “hotdog” style
once and then “hamburger” twice. They then draw in the boxes with captions to sketch a
story. Present to the class afterward or better have students act it out with dialogue.
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31. Reading Response. Read students a story (this is a nice one). Get students to write
the story again but with differences and changes. Share afterward.
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32. Journal Writing. DRAW (Dream / Remember And Write). Each lesson at the
beginning of the class, students record in their journal and entry. Give them a specific
prompt on the board or they can write their own. Collect the papers in their own portfolio
folder, dated.
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33, List making. Shopping / Christmas / Future, etc… . Fold the paper “hotdog”
style once. In the first column, write all the names of the people in the class. In the next,
write down a list item for that classmate. Christmas present / food item / birthday present
/ future job / adjective etc…. Compare lists afterward.
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5. 34. Paper Jeopardy. You don’t need a computer to play Jeopardy! Just fold the piece
of paper to get the right number of columns and rows. Name each category and assign to
one group. They write in their questions, easiest to hardest. Play the game by having
groups taking turns asking all their questions. Other groups ring in. Have one student
keep score for all groups. Make sure the students know the answers to their questions!
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35. Bingo. Fold twice “hotdog” and “hamburger” style. In each box students write
numbers between __ and __ Call the numbers and play for bingos and superbingos
(the whole sheet). Award prizes. Play the same but with a set vocabulary list where the
students write in their own vocabulary (or better draw it in). Read more….
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36. Timelines. Students draw a line down the left of the paper. They record important
time events there and write sentences about what happened to the right. Can be for their
own life, a historical person, the school year etc…. Review together as a class.
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37. Grammar Poems. Use the piece of paper to have students write poems where
each line is a specific grammar point (verbs, gerunds, nouns, demonstratives,
comparatives etc….). Write on one topic and then present / read out to the class.
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38. Chatting (paper airplane style). Students love chatting or texting but they can’t
use their phone in the school. Why not have them chat then make it into a paper airplane
and then send to a student? Can get a little noisy but they’ll write a lot of English!
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39. Test Making & Taking. Fold the blank piece of paper into 2 (hamburger style). On
one half, write some test questions for the class or some exercise, fill in the blanks. Turn
over and write the correct answers. Exchange with a partner and take their test. Check the
results by folding open the test paper.
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40. Pictionary. A classic game that’s easy to play with a blank
piece of paper. Give students a set of words/prompts and they
play using the piece of paper in a group. They’ll produce much
more language than if you use the board! Read more …
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41. Debate it! Differences / Similarities. Students write a topic for debate at the top
of the paper. Fold the paper into two. Brainstorm on one side all the advantages of the
topic and on the other side, all the disadvantages. After, debate using full sentences.
Possible topics - Living in the city / having a pet / being married / going to university /
being a male / taking the subway etc…. Read more ….
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42. Design a sign or a welcome mat. Students use the blank piece of paper to create a
welcome mat or a sign with a message. Show the class afterward. Read more …
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43. Listen – Remember – Review The teacher tells the students a simple story (funny
stories work best). As the teacher tells the story, the students take notes on their blank
6. piece of paper. When the story is finished, the students try to write out the story based on
their notes. Compare versions after. Read more…
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44. Introduce the teacher. This lesson in a can for EFL Classroom 2.0 supporters has a
great description of this and downloadables to support this activity.
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45. Translating / decoding. Divide the students into 2 groups. Show each group of
students a different version of text/story either in their own language or in textmessaging
(make it into text using Transl8it.com). Students decode/translate on a blank piece of
paper. The students fold it over and exchange with a classmate from the other group.
They translate / decode back into the original then unfold and compare with the starting
version.
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46. Making Connections. Give students 3 minutes in groups to write down on the
blank piece of paper as many vocabulary items / things as they can think of. Next,
students must connect each thing with another, using “A …… is similar to a ……..
because both ……….” Continue until all things are paired or connected.
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47. Design a zoo. Brainstorm as a class all the possible animals in a zoo. Using a blank
piece of paper, student design a zoo and where all the zoo animals will live. Discuss
possible conflicts and reasons to have each animal where ….. Do the same for a barn and
farm animals. Read more ….
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48. Family Tree Student make a family tree of all their family member names. Then
they desribe their family to the group, using the family tree. They must answer 2
questions from other group members about each person in the family.
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49. Indian Poker. Students fold “hamburger style” the piece of paper and write in large
letters the name of a celebrity. They hang the paper from the back of a classmates shirt.
Students mingle and ask yes / no questions to guess who they are. If they tell the teacher
the correct person, they can sit down. Continue until the majority guesses correctly.
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50. Scheduling. Students use the blank piece of paper to make a schedule. Fold to
make a calendar with boxes and students plan their perfect month if they were
millionaires. Or fold and make a perfect school timetable. Present to the class / group
after.
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