Sharing Ideas

Hello again!  The month of April flew by with the completion of two conversation clubs, training the new TEFL Peace Corps group, seeing the US President, and sharing our house with the trainees.  Now we are in the middle of May!  When did that happen?

I wanted to have my first post after my break be about the ideas I learned from the teachers I worked with in the conversation club.  I love learning new things from these wonderful people.  

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!


Warm Up idea: 

 Mirrors 

• Procedure: Students are put in pairs facing each other.  One is the person and the other is the mirror.  The person starts moving and the mirror must do the same action while facing the person (like a mirror reflects).  Students can vote on who is funniest and what not.  created by: Ileana and Everardo (topic: locating people and places)

Practice Idea: 

Commands

• Procedure: Student or teacher gives other students commands (stand between Maria and Jose or sit in front of Brandon) created by: Ileana and Everardo  (topic: locating people and places)

Who Am I?

• Procedure: Students write a short (2-3 sentences) description of an occupation without saying what it is.  Then they read their description and classmates guess what occupation. created by Mariela and Yirlen (topic: occupation)

Missing Song Lyrics

• Procedure: Students listen to a song one time without doing anything else.  The second time they listen to the song, they have to fill out a worksheet that is missing some of the words of the song BUT they have to fill in the word that means the opposite.  The third time they listen, they sing with the words they wrote in.  created by Daubin and Sheila (topic: antonyms and synonyms)

Tips:

• When making a slideshow to teach new vocabulary include pictures, vocabulary word, questions/answered that will be needed about that topic, and an example sentence for each vocabulary word.  from Mariela and Yirlen
• To encourage more student participation, use Random Name Selector (and other options)!  This website picks a name from your class list (can make one for each class) so the pressure is off you choosing students.  from Sheila and Daubin
• Use a top or small spinner with an arrow drawn on it to help choose students to answer questions or do a specific job in a small group.  from Warner

And to thank the wonderful participants that shared with me in the first conversation clubs of the year...a collage of pictures.  

What teaching ideas do you have that you want to share?