Recently I have had the chance to work as a guest teacher at the language school of Ms Psarra in Thessaloniki!
It plays a significant role in my teaching life, not to be occupied with specific age or target groups. I like to be versatile and find new challenging ways to cope with all levels, ages and targets.
So this time I had to work with mixed-ability children aged 9-12 (in different classes).
Some of the activities we tried:
It plays a significant role in my teaching life, not to be occupied with specific age or target groups. I like to be versatile and find new challenging ways to cope with all levels, ages and targets.
So this time I had to work with mixed-ability children aged 9-12 (in different classes).
Some of the activities we tried:
- Introduction game with a ball: The person who has the ball states their name, age, hobbies (and whatever else they want to) - the next person talks about themselves and also mentions what the previous player said and so on!! Much fun with big classes!
- Dictionary, Drawing dictation, drawing and describing things: Depending on the level, students draw objects and their classmates guess what they are, teacher reads something (for example, describing a park) and the students draw what they hear or the students draw something (i.g. their room) and then describe it to their classmates.
- Pantomime: Students try to show an object with their body and their classmates guess what it is!
- Grammar Auction: Teacher "sells" sentences (correct and wrong ones). Students bid and buy the sentences. Winner is the person who has more correct sentences.
- Video stories with Learn English Kids: Students watch the video, comment, they can use the activity worksheet or just describe what they saw or write about it depending on the level.
- Lyrics training: Students try to guess words of a song. There are easier and more difficult options and the choice to choose from words or type them on your own. Great activity on the Interaction whiteboard.
I would like to thank Ms Georgia Psarra for giving me the opportunity to work with her students.
More to come!
Useful links:
- Working with pantomime: https://theodorapap.blogspot.gr/2009/09/pantomime-and-role-play-in-classroom.html
- Balls and games: https://theodorapap.blogspot.gr/2017/04/balls-games-for-all-skills.html
- Sketchnotes: https://theodorapap.blogspot.gr/2015/09/30goals-sketchnote-it-with-alittle-humor.html
- Picture dictation: https://theodorapap.blogspot.gr/2010/12/picture-dictation-body-parts.html
- Movement and learning: https://theodorapap.blogspot.gr/2015/08/30goals-get-them-moving.html
- Learn English kids: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en
- Lyrics training: https://lyricstraining.com
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