Lesson Activities
Activity Points:
ABCs | aural | creativity | directions | grammar | listening | memory | numbers | oral | pronunciation | puzzle | recognition | spelling | written | vocabulary
Activity Level:
baby | kindergarten | elementary | junior high | high school | adult - lower beginner | adult - upper beginner | intermediate | advanced | native
ABCs | aural | creativity | directions | grammar | listening | memory | numbers | oral | pronunciation | puzzle | recognition | spelling | written | vocabulary
Activity Level:
baby | kindergarten | elementary | junior high | high school | adult - lower beginner | adult - upper beginner | intermediate | advanced | native
| Title | Author | Description | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many were there? | Darren | Students must memorize a group of pictures in groups. They should count how many of each item they see. Then the teacher shows a card and the first team has a chance to answer to score a point. | 2006-10-11 16:09 |
| Job interview roleplay | Curt | Students interview each other for jobs. Students are encouraged to lie or use their imagination in an attempt to get hired. | 2006-09-11 17:03 |
| Have you ever....? | Curt | The students must explain what they have and have not done. | 2006-09-11 16:31 |
| Spelling game | Curt | The teacher will say a word and the groups must scramble to see who can spell it correctly. | 2006-08-24 14:41 |
| Question Answer | Darren | Answer questions with a question only. | 2006-08-08 16:51 |
| A crazy story | Curt | The students will use the word they have written down to make a sentence in a chain story. | 2006-07-26 11:29 |
| Draw | Curt | Two students will come to the front of the class and will race each other to say an english word. | 2006-07-26 11:21 |
| The hot seat | Curt | The student in the hot seat cannot see the vocabulary word. His/Her teammates must get him/her to say the word by giving him hints. They are allowed to use synonyms, antonyms or descrptions. | 2006-07-20 13:02 |
| What is it? | Curt | The students will 'feel' 8 different things and try to guess what they are. The students must also describe each item using descriptive adjectives. | 2006-07-20 12:54 |
| Describing using adjectives | Curt | Several pictures get posted on the board. One student must describe one of the pictures while the rest of the class guesses which picture is being described. | 2006-07-20 12:36 |
| Practice with vocabulary | Curt | The teacher must prepare a list of vocabulary. The student will randomly choose a word and ask a question using that word in a business context. (If you are teaching business language). | 2006-07-10 16:07 |
| Keep the conversation going | Curt | The students must talk to each other about a topic initially but can steer the conversation in any direction. If one student pauses too long then they are the loser. | 2006-07-17 12:35 |
| Wake up, go to sleep | Curt | The students will try to make a correct sentence using all of the words they see. | 2006-07-17 12:22 |
| Topic Questionaire | Curt | The students (in pairs) must ask or answer questions about a topic. | 2006-07-16 22:22 |
| Shiritori | Darren | speak out a new word beginning with the last letter of the previous word. students sit down if they are slow. | 2006-06-29 20:41 |
| Verbs sentence race | Curt | The students must race to make sentences on the whiteboard or chalkboard. | 2006-06-29 14:50 |
| Draw the teacher | Curt | The students will race to draw the teachers portrait on the board. | 2006-06-29 14:44 |
| Speed Shiritori | Darren | Connect a chain of words by the last letter of one word to the first letter of the next. | 2006-06-26 21:57 |
| Captain Word | Darren | Players try to find new words within a long word using any of the letters. | 2006-06-26 21:34 |
| No Yes | Darren | Students cannot anwer questions with "Yes" or "No". | 2006-06-25 15:00 |