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Offline bird212

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challenging material for HS conversation club
« on: October 28, 2013, 11:28:07 AM »
So I have English club every few Fridays for three periods.  The next few weeks I have it every Friday.
Initially I was under the impression that they write articles for English school newspaper the whole time but last week my co-teacher asked that I make one of the periods a speaking club/lesson/activity and use the other two periods for the writing.  She also asked that I make it a little more challenging than their class.  It was a little unexpected but I put together a game of taboo that I thought would be challenging.  It was fun but seemed not incredibly difficult for them.
What are some activities or suggestions for what I can do with them in the future?  A lot of the time they surprise me with  how little English they seem to know vs. how much they ACTUALLY know when I do activities, probably due to their lack of "putting themselves out there" and shyness. 

Btw, it's an all-girls high school and these are academic students.
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Re: challenging material for HS conversation club
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2013, 11:48:40 AM »
I've played the game balderdash with my High School English Conversation Club before.  It was definitely difficult for them. The idea of the correct definition of the word not being important really pushed them out of their comfort zone.

Also one way to adapt taboo for higher level students is to allow them to pick the taboo words. 


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Re: challenging material for HS conversation club
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2013, 01:59:25 PM »
Nice...that's a good idea! Like, let the other team choose the taboo words? sounds really fun
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