This presentation is about some activities that I tried in my classrooms and that provd to be a success. They met the main aims of the lesson which were involving learners, motivating them to take in the information presented, and leading them to use what they learned.

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2. Grammar

3. Production skills

4. The communication box

5. Students were very enthusiastic and
happy to be given the opportunity to
be decision makers.
At the end of the session, they were
able to communicate freely. They felt
that they were members of a
comprehensive and tolerant family.

6. Reading and Speaking Integrated
 Instructions:
1. Choose amongst you a group leader who will be the spokesperson.
2. Read the texts about tobacco, sugar, and cotton discuss in you group
the bad effects and the positive ones of the plant of your group.
3. Make use of the text and your own background knowledge.
4. A small discussion will be held between group 1a and group 1b
where the leader of group 1a will report their findings to group 1b.
5. Members of group 1b will discuss together for few seconds, then
their leader will report the findings of group 1a to the class and will
report also the point of view of his/her group ( if they agree or not
with the other group).
6. Group 1a can take notes while the leader of group 1b is presenting.
7. The leader of group 1a will comment on and clear up any
misunderstanding (to see if the leader of the other group has really
got his/her point).

7. Writing

8. Types of writing
1. Narrative Essays: Telling a Story
2. Descriptive Essays: Painting a Picture
3. Expository Essays: Just the Facts
4. Persuasive Essays: Convince Me

9. Reading and Writing Integrated

10. Story web and Plot diagram
Theme
prblem
setting
solution
Characters

11. The writing phase
 Brainstorm about your own stories: Types of the stories i.e.
adventure story, moral story, horror story, love story, etc.
 Complete your story web
 Each student in the group should be assigned one part to write.
(Homework)
 Next session, each group will present their story in an
unordered way. Their classmates should be able to order the
story and guess its theme, its problem, and its solution.
 Then, the groups will exchange their drafts, edit them in terms
of punctuation, grammar (sequencing of tenses), and sentence
fragments.
 Finally, the students will vote for the best story. All the stories
will be published (i.e. redrafted and written in a storybook
format) and put in the class library. The best story will be
distinguished by a star.

12. ICT Integration

13. Online dictionaries
 http://www.merriam-webster.com
 http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

14. Videos

15. Takeaway Messages
● A teacher’s job does not start when his/her teaching hours begin.
Teaching is a 24/7 job.
● What I have learnt so far is to put myself in the shoes of my
learners while I am planning my lessons to design enjoyable tasks
and to let my students feel that they are members of the same
family; we learn from each other and through helping each other.

16. Thank you for your attention
Any comments?