Tag Archives: speaking

Cabal, Cataclysm and Engaging Students

When I walked into my upper-intermediate class of teenagers yesterday, there were two students already there. One of them (A) spoke up about something that was on his mind and that he wanted to tell me (G) and then the other (D) soon joined in. The exchange more or less went like this: A: I [...]

Happy Christmas Escape

Level: Beginners Language: Prepositions of place Skills Focus: Listening/ speaking Location: Classroom room Game: Happy Christmas Escape Father Christmas wants to deliver his presents but he is locked in a house and he can’t get out.  Help him to find the keys that will help him escape. Preparation Familiarise yourself with the walkthrough to this [...]

‘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 [...]

Relative Clauses with Grow Cube

You can use this activity to practice both relative clauses and other grammatical areas.  The relative clauses task comes in later in this activity and targets non-defining relative clauses. Level: Upper-Intermediate Location: Connected classroom with IWB Language focus: Defining and non-defining relative clauses Game: Eyemaze GROW games Top left to right – Grow ver .3, [...]

Stop disasters – Start taking note!

A computer room note taking activity leading to a writing for homework. Level: Upper-Intermediate+ Location: Computer room Skills focus: Note Taking Game: Stop Disasters A disaster simulation game in which you choose a disaster scenario (tsunami, hurricane, wildfire, earthquake and flood) and “try to build upon an established community; providing defences and upgraded housing to [...]

Inside the Haiti Earthquake

This is an incredible web based game which uses original footage, photographs and real life stories from Haiti as you experience the aftermath of the Earthquake from the viewpoint of either a survivor, journalist or aid worker. Level: Advanced Location: Computer room Skills focus: Reading Game: Inside the Haiti Earthquake This is a very serious and [...]

Windosill – Connected Classroom Speaking Activity

Windosill (http://windosill.com/) is a beautifully made, attractive and original puzzle game that works well in the connected classroom as a way of stimulating speaking. LESSON PLAN The following lesson plan shows how the game can be played in a connected classroom (i.e. a classroom with a computer connected to the Internet), which is perhaps, where [...]

Halloween dress up game

Level: Primary Location: Computer room Language Focus: Has got/ is wearing/ colours/ clothes/ parts of the body Game: Halloween dressing up game Preparation 1.  Go to the site yourself and create a character.  Take a screenshot of your character and print off a copy. 2.  Write the character description out .  e.g. He is a [...]

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 [...]