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I made a set of cards using the 3 prepositions in the lesson. They can be used for any kind of card game you want to use them for. (memory game, go fish, walk/talk and change, etc)

This game that somebody made (credit to the unknown creator) worked awesomely in the near-identical chapter in last year's book.  Also, the In-On-Under song that you've probably already seen.  I'm going to use both during the first period of this lesson. 

Listen and Draw activity.

I discovered a cool app called tellagami and I wanted to use it somehow in the class so I used it here and made a listen and draw activity. The tellegami is definately amateur, but I spent a lot of time making it and figuring out how to put it into a PPT and in the end my co-teacher doesn't have time to use it. So, I decided to upload it anyway... someone might get use out of it. To play the tellegami video you need to click the bottom left of the picture in the PPT, not hit enter.

   

1)   Practice PPT for period 1 covering key vocab and expressions.

2)   Baseball game that I designed for this lesson. This activity is designed for the first period (listening).

The premise is pretty simple: depending on how many groups there are, click the circles with the colours that correspond to the group numbers. Have them start at home base--so click all the circles for the groups.

Give each group one set of cards (see cards JPEG attached). Give the groups about 30 seconds to choose 4 cards out of the 8 available cards (they all play simultaneously). After they have chosen them, have the students hold up their cards. Then, choose 4 cards out of a bag. Make sentences according to the cards you've chosen (using complete sentences). Groups should listen to your speaking and can then determine how many of their cards match.

Here's how the system works: if one group gets one card matching, they can move up one base. Two matching, two bases. Three matching, three bases. Four matching, four bases. So for example, if group 2 gets 3 matching cards when they're on third base, give them a point and move them up to second base. (This keeps the pace fast and fair--there would be riots if they got 4 matching cards when they were on third base, only to be allowed to hit home and get just 1 point!)

To move the groups around the board, simply click their baseball to have it disappear, then click the corresponding colour on the base they belong to re-appear. Very simple once you play with it for a minute or two.  Assign points accordingly, of course (just click their points to raise).

****I made this game for 6th grade, lesson 8 earlier this year and because I didn’t explain the instructions perfectly there was a lot of confusion. So let me stress:

THE GAME IS PLAYED WITH ALL THE GROUPS AT THE SAME TIME, NOT GROUP BY GROUP.

After you’ve chosen the cards and the groups have determined how many bases they can move, move them, GROUP BY GROUP, i.e. move group 1 first, then group 2, etc. Once you’ve moved them/given them points, play the next round and have them choose 4 cards again. Repeat this until the game is over and the groups with the most points/are furthest on the field are the winners. ****
The whole point of the game is to sharpen their listening skills while having fun, so it’s really only very effective as a listening game.

You'll need about 15 mins to play this game thoroughly (15-20 including explanation).

If any of what I've just typed seems confusing, just load up the PPT and it should become pretty clear. Have fun!

SpotDescribe the Difference Worksheet

The usual paired Spot the Difference activity. Students take turns describing what's in their picture using full sentences with the goal of finding all the differences. There are 16 differences in this one, and it's been customised to review Unit 7, Unit 11 and some other vocabulary found in the textbook in addition to the material from Unit 12.

If any students finish early, one of the Spot the Differences at ActivityVillage.co.uk is also rather suitable, if a little bit trickier.

Inge: I really like the way you've structured your worksheet!

non-moving 4 corners game. students chose a number and write an answer. bomb = 0 points. other points appear on mouse click after bomb has gone off. you can adjust how you play (use it as just reading and have ss run to a corner). My class is rowdy so I decided to make them just stay in their seats and write it :)

Pokemon bomb game :)

Using other peoples pictures/template.

Simple Level-Split Read and Draw Activity

In place of a game, we had the students work individually to complete a series of simple read and draw exercises. There are three levels of worksheet attached. All students began with the easiest and levelled their way up. To "level up", the students had to come up to me and present their work, reading the text and pointing at what they drew. Afterwards I'd give them a stamp and they could go grab the next sheet. All students finished the first one and most managed the second. A few got on to the third level (write your own worksheet, then swap with a friend) and one pair completed it (I assigned them the ol' speak and draw with your notebook on your head activity). The beauty of this was that it allowed for some one-on-one speaking time with each student in much the same format that they'd do a speaking test, only without the pressure.

I made and adapted some games for this lesson.
Part 1: Intro and Listening: Expressions PPT and Listen and Draw Game
Part 2: RPS Pyramid style game.  I like to play this 2x, first in pairs, then as a mingle activity.
Part 3: We played a telepathy "Match my sentence game," where my coteacher wrote "There is a ____  ____  the ______."  Students had to write their own sentence to try and match what my coteacher had written on her paper.  If they guessed 1/3 words, the got 1 pt, 2/3 words, 2 pts, 3/3 words, 3 pts.  We got some really fun answers by including body parts as the third word and changing "the" to "my," like, "There's a ladybug in my nose."  It was fun!
Part 4: Code Breaker Game....a new favorite of mine because it's so easy to tailor to each lesson's target language.