Monday, July 11, 2011

Activity 31- Bad Cold Dictation

                                          picture credits: babble.com

Level: any
Skills: listening and writing
Material needed: a short passage/paragraph/text to be dictated

Instructions:

Choose an interesting passage for dictation.Explain the students that you have a bad cold today (cough or sneeze!) and that if they can’t hear a word when you sneeze or cough, they should write any word that fits the space. Read the text again sneezing or coughing in the same places. Ask students to pair up and read their passages. Volunteers read their texts to the whole class.

Source: onestopenglish.com

Monday, July 4, 2011

Activity 30- Colored Balloons

                                          picture credits: mypandapaws.com

This is a very simple yet fun activity to practice colors with very young learners who are learning their first words in English.

Level: Basic
Material needed: balloons of different colors.

Instructions:
Blow up balloons of different colors (about 5) and remind students that the balloons cannot touch the ground.Students say/shout the colors of balloon every time they hit one. 

Source: Vinicius Lemos