15-30 minutes Pairs or small groups Remember words and phrases and dictate them to your partner
Use pictures for children who can’t spell and have them draw the picture instead of writing the words
Use multiple sentences for more advanced…
30-45 minutes Any Review sentence structures and verb tenses
Use easy sentences for less advanced students
Use more complex sentences for more advanced students
Preparation:
Make a series of sentences, three more than the number of teams in your class…
10-15 minutes 2 groups of at least 2 students Make word lists by using the last letter of the previous word
Have several 4 to 5-minute game “rounds”
In the first round, all team
members participate
In the second round,…
5-20 minutes Small groups of 2 or more Review vocabulary words and practice spelling
Use letter blocks instead of having students write their letters on paper
Use sentences with some similar words for more advanced students
Divide the class into…
10-15 minutes Groups of 3-5 Practice grammar structures and vocabulary words with flashcards
Use pictures for less advanced students
Have special flashcards such as ‘place your marker on any available card’ or ‘remove 1 marker from a card’
Only allow…
No more than one minute per word A maximum equal to the number of letters in the target words (less students is fine though) To correctly identify vocabulary from images and spell the word As preparing a lot of words…
45 minutes Any Communicate words without saying them
Use simple words like animals or days of the week for weaker students
Use the word ‘pass’ as one of the words on the board to challenge strong students
Break class into…
10-20 minutes Any Form questions and identify a person or thing
This game can be played as ‘Guess What’, in which case students are playing to identify an object, animal, etc
It is often good to start with an object…
20-40 minutes Any Answer questions and try to knock down bottles with a ball
Keep score as in real bowling
Use more bottles
Use other activities such as tossing coins in a hat, etc.
Divide class into teams
Set up…
20-40 minutes Groups of 2-5 Use colored blocks to develop sentence creation skills and review N, V, & Adj
Have students make the sentences as a team
Have students make the sentences as individuals
Have the sentences tell a short…