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High School - Low level/technical students tips and lessons
starsail:
I'm at a small school with mostly low level and especially really tired students. I have an advantage in that my classroom is set up as round tables instead of rows, so working in groups often seems the natural way to go. I've found that having good PPT/Internet visuals for an introduction and then having them work on something tangible keeps each student busy and brings out English ability that even surprises me. They recently spent more than half the class coming up with great, really funny stories from random printed pictures. Then for Earth Day, I had them make mini-books with drawings and descriptions of environmental problems and solutions. It was basic stuff like "Take out the trash" "Recycle" "Plant trees" and I had to correct a lot of mistakes, but they enjoyed it. Once they understand the assignment, it seems that they really get into the opportunity to use their creativity.
jeknibbe:
Sugarbabes: I was just wondering how you used the 'describe the criminal' activity at the end of the "Describing people" lesson?
Thanks for this lesson.
keeferteacher:
I have a similar class but I am new and I don't want to give candy away right away and look weak. I also don't know If I want to use the stand up until you answer excercise. Are there any other suitable options for the type of students that avoid participation at all costs?
lieachae:
So far, I only taught elementary school students and middle school students.
From tomorrow, I get to teach high school students. I heard the class I am going to teach is the low level.
But I have no idea how low their level is. I mean those students are in the high school. They probably know much grammar and vocabulary by now.
How should I prepare my class for them?
MissC:
--- Quote from: jeknibbe on May 04, 2012, 04:07:20 PM ---Here is a lesson that I have taken off this website and modified somewhat. It's for teaching comparatives and superlatives.
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I based my lesson entirely on jeknibbe's fantastic material except simplified to only use the comparative. I found that the ppt + power point were enough to last the full 50 minutes (!).
The worksheet has
1) If you had lots of money what car would you buy?
2) translations of fast, expensive, beautiful, and heavy
3) Fill-in-the-blanks with the car table (So I can do "How much is the Audi R8 ... wait for it ... 450,000,000 won!" cue gasps.
4) a bunch of "What car is faster/slower/cheaper than the Audi R8?" questions.
5) kool car pix.
The ppt is the same as jeknibbe except shorter and adapted to match the worksheet.
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