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| Blank Family Tree (Template) |
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| Family Tree with members put in place |
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| Where is he? He is at the sports-ground. |
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| Where is she? She is at school. |
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| Where are they? The are at the cafe. |
Stock Supply of Flash Cards
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Some themes will reappear
over and over again; make sure that you create a solid set of cards for them
and then you can use them in lessons, as review, as warm-up or emergency
activities.
Some topics include:
family, vegetables, fruits, zoo animals, farm animals, clothing, basic verbs,
flowers, school-related words, greetings, weather
There are many ways to use
such a supply of cards:
1.
Matching game (ask a student or group of
students to match the appropriate English word to its illustration or equivalent)
2.
Drills (show the cards to the students until
they are able to say the word in English immediately)
3.
Interesting visuals (create a chart on the
board and have students create the same chart in their exercise books; this
is especially useful for introducing these words for the first time.)
4.
Model sentences (Have students write sentences
about the topic, using the illustrations in the blank spaces to prompt their
memories).
5.
Use the cards as models for students to create
their own set of flash cards to use at home.
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Stock Supply of Board Games
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I have found that, at almost
any level, students benefit from refreshers of previously learned topics.
That is why it is helpful, even with more advanced students, to have a stock
supply of board games on hand for days when the unexpected occurs…for
example, several students are sick, and you have only 3 or 4 kids in class; a
board game is a fun way to review, refresh and spend quality time with
students when a lesson may be fruitless.
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Stock Supply of Dialogues
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Dialogues can be fun when
used in different ways. Try pairing a stock dialogue or set of model
sentences with the flash cards that you have above to create new stories that
the students can copy, revise, or complete on their own.
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Students in Ukraine receive scores out of 12. In this
rubric, I have allowed those 12 points to include their neatness, performance
and creativity. It is helpful to make a potentially subjective score become
more concrete and objective.
Method Name:
Rubrics
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| Rubric Example above courtesy of
its.guilford.k12.nc.us
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| Rubric Example above courtesy of http://www.google.com.ua/imgres?hl=en&sa=G&biw=1024&bih=652&tbm=isch |
Number of Participants:
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Any (although smaller numbers are
often more manageable)
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How-to:
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Student journaling is very simple and
effective, but you must be committed to it. Students must receive prompt,
in-depth feedback for the interest in journaling to last.
In my TEFL classroom (or ESL, as well)
I use student journaling to hold informal, written “conversations” that will
help students to learn a more functional, communicative English. Through
trying to communicate their ideas, students more easily identify where there
are holes in their language learning, and will begin rectify those holes.
Click here for more information or ideas!
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Benefits:
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Practice English in a ‘real-life’
context rather than simply academic English.
Students receive feedback in a written
form that they can refer to in the future.
Students identify words/concepts they
are unable to communicate and will ‘teach’ themselves in order to be able to
communicate. (In this way, the journal can act as a sort of dictionary, too!)
Students are motivated by a teacher
who cares about them and is interested in their lives.
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Different Uses:
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Practice formal compositions and their
construction
Increase vocabulary by assigning new
words to use
Give writing prompts that they must
respond to
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Materials Needed:
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Journals
Paper, glue, stickers and markers to
personalize and decorate
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| Examples of (personalized) Student Journals |
