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Offline rureybowmant

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #60 on: September 01, 2011, 04:17:28 PM »
Quote from: lkar on April 07, 2011, 10:57:25 AM
Quote from: AmberWhitley on February 21, 2011, 09:23:53 AM
Great warm-ups, thanks!! 

I like to play the 'hidden word' game, as I call it.  I have a running list of compound words that I use to break up.  I usually choose around 5-6 words and find 2 pictures - one for each word.  (ex. crossroad: picture of a cross and a road).  The students have to guess the word by putting together the pictures.  I always start by saying something along the lines of "Are you genius blah blah blah"...the students get a kick out of it.  They are all eager to tell me they genius. 

I have students raise their hand to give me the correct answer but at the end of the game they are all shouting out the answers...it's a lot of fun.

If you have individual whiteboards and enough markers, break the students into groups of 4-5 for this activity. Give each team their own board and marker, and show them the two clues for about 30 seconds (more, obviously, if it's a lower-level class). Tell them to write a response as a group, then prompt them to keep it hidden until you tell them to "reveal!" Give points to the teams who get it right (you can choose whether or not to be a hardass and refuse points for incorrect spelling.) The collaborative element gives them a chance to brainstorm in English and helped me keep a bit more order with this awesome warm-up.

That last suggestion was really helpful. I wonder how much white boards cost? You're right about the warm-up being able to keep "more" order at the beginning of class. I've been needed more warm-up activities such as this on! Thank you very much!
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Offline ellenicole

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #61 on: September 02, 2011, 01:02:44 PM »
Good idea!
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Offline margeaux.frampton

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #62 on: September 05, 2011, 05:59:41 AM »
these have been super helpful!  I am going to try one out today.  My kids are out of control for the first 5 minutes
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Offline ryanwatson07

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #63 on: September 05, 2011, 08:43:48 AM »
I have used tongue twisters for warming up. Some fun ones are "Unique New York, Unique New York, You know I need Unique New York" as well as "Whether the weather is cold, or whether the weather is hot, we'll be together whatever the weather, whether we like it or not" I hope these are fun to use!!
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #64 on: September 05, 2011, 08:57:32 AM »
I use tongue twisters too.  Four years of starting every class with them and I have determined that Koreans' favorite tongue twister is "She saw shy sheep."  For a number of reasons...   :laugh:

I have also memorized every English tongue twister in existence.
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Offline calliesaur

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #65 on: September 05, 2011, 10:15:10 AM »
You can also play the word chain game (Shiritori in Japanese) with pictures... First student draws an apple... then the next student draws something with "E" - Egg... then Giraffe... etc. It's quite funny to see the kids drawings at the end.

Another warm up I do is have everyone stand up. I ask a question... either as review of last class, or questions about their weekend... then if they answer they can choose their colomn or row to sit down. Continue until one or two people are standing. Then those people come to the front and have mini conversation with me. ;-)
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Offline jamiejl

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #66 on: September 07, 2011, 09:45:48 AM »
I use fun tongue twisters before I start class and give candy out to students you can say it correctly. They have fun trying to say it as fast as they can and its a fun, easy warm up to get them thinking and speaking in english  :)

Heres a PPT of a few tongue twisters + pictures Ive used that worked great.
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #67 on: September 07, 2011, 11:42:08 AM »
[quote/] That last suggestion was really helpful. I wonder how much white boards cost? You're right about the warm-up being able to keep "more" order at the beginning of class. I've been needed more warm-up activities such as this on! Thank you very much!
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If you don't want to buy white boards or can't convince your school to, laminate a bunch of B4 sized papers. Cheap, effective, easier to carry to classes and easily replaceable :)
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #68 on: September 13, 2011, 01:17:06 PM »
these are great ideas! i'm gonna use it for my classes!
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Offline eatnate

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #69 on: November 30, 2011, 06:51:03 AM »
These are all great ideas! Thanks everyone.  I'm not teaching yet, but this is very helpful to get me thinking like a teacher  ;D
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #70 on: November 30, 2011, 08:01:50 AM »
Can't wait to try them out
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Offline btnewberg

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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #71 on: March 03, 2012, 02:10:26 PM »
A good warm-up I've used is a modified version of Hangman.  Instead of choosing a single word as the secret message, choose a full sentence that you aim to teach that day.  It's far easier for students to guess a longer sentence, since they are many more letters in it.  Also, when you're done, then the students get to try to read it and guess what it means.  That's the perfect transition then to teaching your language objective for the day.

Example secret messages:
I like kimchi.
What did you do yesterday?
I have two brothers and three sisters.
etc.
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #72 on: March 04, 2012, 01:10:14 PM »
Any advise on how to talk my co-teacher into letting me do these in our classes?  She seems to think of me as the "game lady" so far.  Which I can do, it's just that I came here to teach and not just play educational games...
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #73 on: March 09, 2012, 09:24:08 AM »
i really like some of the ideas and will use it for sure in my first year teaching.. thanks
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Re: Warm ups
« Reply #74 on: April 12, 2012, 06:42:02 PM »
hangman works really well! the kids mostly already know it and it QUICKLY introduces the topic. Once the kids have the word you can have a quick discussion before getting down to business!
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