I know more!

I know more!

by | Dec 13, 2012 | Games, Speaking, Vocabulary Building

Here’s a fun review game that I got from Sheila Lee, Laurin Baker and Lori McCool’s session at ACTFL. I played it yesterday and the students had a blast! It is at a novice low level, but I like that they were expanding their vocabulary. It also takes very...
Random Picture Stories

Random Picture Stories

by | Dec 2, 2012 | Speaking, Writing

While helping an ESL student in class, I fell in love with this activity to encourage speaking in a creative and fun way. 1. Students are in small groups. 2. They have a bucket of some random pictures cut out from a magazine. 3. They create a short story using the...

Buy your grade

by | Nov 2, 2012 | Speaking

Since our district frowns on students buying me chocolate and coffee to “buy” their grade, I implement a legal way for them to improve it. I used Google images of euros and print several sets on card stock. I try to make them as close to their real size as...
Interpersonal Interaction

Interpersonal Interaction

by | Oct 18, 2012 | Speaking

I’m going to measure my level 1 students’ skills with an interpersonal assessment at the end of this unit. I find students tend to be able to say the information they want to say, but they sometimes struggle understanding what the question was asking. One...