Yiyao Sun LING 583: Presentation #2 Handout

4.19.2012

Favorite Fun Activities for Various Teaching Purposes

1. Scavenger Hunt Example: Read a list of objects and ask students to write them down. Then divide class into several groups of 3-5 people. Ask them to find the objects in their bags/purses/ pockets. The team that finds most of the objects within 5 minutes wins. 1.a picture of family 4. a bus pass 7. a mirror 10. something edible 2. a pack/box of mint 5. 35 cents 8. a receipt for food/drink 11. something that starts with t 3. a tube of lipstick 6. a drivers license 9. something broken 12. something exotic Task-based activity Team-building &. Corporation Bring up the energy of class Focus on: vocabulary Level: lower-intermediate Age: all Time: 5 minutes

2. Who knows the most words? Previous knowledge review Get students off the chairs Teamwork spirit Focus on: vocabulary Level: all levels Age: all Time: 5 minutes

Example: Ask students to form two teams and line up in front of the board. Write two words on the board, (e.g sugar salt). Then students must write a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word one by one. The team that has the most words within the time limit wins. Optional rules: the words must be verbs/ nouns/ about the architecture/ about weather 3. Fire to the plane! (A new version of an old game)

Shopping Reading Climbing in a comic Mount Beverly book Everest Hills I am You are David is Sophie is Yiyao and Jessica All students are Everybody is TESOLers are Professors are

Doing laundry at home

Cooking dinner for 20 people

Watching Eating a the wasabi Titanic cupcake movie

Writing the final paper

Listening to K-pop music

Form-focused Multiple repetition enhance memory Integrated skills needed: writing (grammar), speaking, listening Level: intermediate Age: kids, young adults

Example: Ask students to play with a partner, considering them as red army and blue army. First they need to draw2 planes in the table, following a same pattern. Then students have to use the contents in the horizontal line and vertical line to figure out how the planes are placed by the enemy. When the tail or part of the wings is found, they could say hit!. This step can be repeated for several times, until the nose of the plane is found. The person who successfully finds both of the planes noses will be the winner. In the end of the game, the teacher can also ask students to write down all the sentences they make for parts of the planes.