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Vocabulary Learning Activity
Level: Depending on the vocabulary used this activity could be adapted to almost all levels of English. The example presented is aimed to teach an elementary level.
Age: Mainly designed for kids.
Warm up:
The teacher gives his students a list of jobs and occupations in English and a copy similar to this one:
Then he asks the students to debate out loud how would they match the pictures and their names. Once the matching exercise is complete, the teacher would divide the class into teams (couples would work too for a short number of students) and ask each of them to pick up five identical pieces of paper or cardboard. Then, each of them must write on those pieces of paper five names from the list and give them back to the teacher, who will check the deck to avoid repetitions and then shuffle it.
Then he asks the students to debate out loud how would they match the pictures and their names. Once the matching exercise is complete, the teacher would divide the class into teams (couples would work too for a short number of students) and ask each of them to pick up five identical pieces of paper or cardboard. Then, each of them must write on those pieces of paper five names from the list and give them back to the teacher, who will check the deck to avoid repetitions and then shuffle it.Main activity:
The game is divided in three different rounds but all of them are played using a set of randomly chosen name cards from the deck they created. Each team gets 30 seconds to guess as many names as possible, with one player (sitting across from the rest of the group) giving clues to his teammates. Players can always use sound effects and pantomime, but speech becomes more restricted as the game progresses:
When a group guesses correctly the content on one of the cards, that paper is taken out of the deck for that round only and each round ends when all names in the deck have been guessed. The group with the highest score after the third round wins.
Round 1 = Cluegivers can say anything. Passing is not allowed in this round.
Round 2 = Cluegivers can say only one word. Only 1 guess allowed.
Round 3 = Cluegivers can't say anything. Only 1 guess allowed.
Round 2 = Cluegivers can say only one word. Only 1 guess allowed.
Round 3 = Cluegivers can't say anything. Only 1 guess allowed.
When a group guesses correctly the content on one of the cards, that paper is taken out of the deck for that round only and each round ends when all names in the deck have been guessed. The group with the highest score after the third round wins.
Follow up:
The teacher then would ask them about their families, inquiring which are their parents' occupation. As homework he could also ask them to write about what they want to become when they grow up.
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