Tag Archives: connected classroom

‘Type ‘Em Up’ Spelling Game

Level: Beginners Language Focus: Spelling letters of the alphabet Skills Practice: Pronunciation Game: Type ‘Em Up This works great as a warmer.  Use the space bar or enter key to move your ship up and down and type in the letters on the keyboard to shoot them down on the screen. Preparation Sit your learners [...]

Spookymatch

Level: Beginners Location: Connected classroom Skills Focus: Speaking Target Language: Ordinals Game: Spookymatch Preparation Present the language for “First”, “Second”, “Third” and “fourth” as well as “up” and “down”. This will help learners identify a row. Present the language for either “along” or “from the left/ right”.  This will help learners identify a column. Present [...]

Halloween spot the difference

Level: Beginners/ Primary Location: Connected Classroom Topic: Halloween Skills Focus: Speaking Game: The Halloween game Preparation Learners write the numbers 1 – 10 in their notebooks. Present the image above to the class.  It works better if you just present one but the activity still works if you go directly to the site and have both. Brainstorm [...]

Mcdonald’s Parody Game

Connected classroom room reading activity. Level: Intermediate. Location: Connected classroom Skills Focus: Reading Game: Mcdonald’s video game Calling itself a digital parody of Mcdonald’s, this game takes a very critical look at the process behind the fast food company.  If you’ve read or seen ‘supersize me’ or ‘fast food nation’ then you should play this. [...]

Global Warming Simulation

Lesser controlled speaking activity. Level: Advanced Location: Computer room Topic: Global Warming Language Focus: Modals of obligation Game: Global Warming Interactive “CO2FX is a web based multi-user educational game which explores the relationship of global warming to economic, political and science policy decisions. The game is driven by a systems dynamics model and is presented [...]

3rd World Farmer Note Taking Activity

Level: Upper-Intermediate Location: Connected classroom Skills focus: Note Taking Game: 3rd World Farmer SCREENSHOT Preparation Download a copy of the 3rd World Farmer Worksheet (which contains learner worksheet and teachers’ notes). Play Hand out a copy of the student worksheetUse the teacher’s notes to play the game.  The interesting thing about this game is that [...]

10 TEFL Activities for Samorost 2

Here’s a brief description of ten TEFL activities from the site 101 ways (and more) to use Samorost.  All these activities were chosen because they cover a range of levels, location (classroom, connected classroom, computer room and home), language and skills practice.  The links provided direct you to lesson plans, downloadable material and more. 1 [...]

101 TEFL Activities in 1 Online Game

“How many different activities can you do with a single free online game?” The answer to that could be hundreds and to prove it the site below has come up with over a hundred and one TEFL activities with the game Samorost 2.  Is there a guinness book of records entry for this?  Maybe not [...]

Discussion Topics #3 – A New Life

Level: Advanced Topic: Border Country Speaking Focus: Expressing opinions Time: 30 – 45 minutes Game: Against all odds Preparation You also need to go through a few steps after entering the site before you can get to play the game. The steps are: 1) Click on Open in full screen. 2) Click on Play against [...]