[ola] Re: Ideas from my "teachers for the day"
- From: Lori Leedy <lori.leedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:09:01 -0700
Ashley, thanks so much. Could you please send us the assignment you gave
them? I want to know details (# in groups, how much prep time, how long did
they teach for, what limits/points did they have, was it completely open
topic)?
Thanks- Lori
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Ashley Uyaguari <
auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all!
> I have started the "teacher for the day" project. And wanted to share with
> you all that it's going really well! I highly recommend it. The students
> are enjoying the project and so far the results are great. I wanted to
> share some ideas that they've come up with. I'll probably e-mail again
> later in the week.
> *
>
> 1. Fiesta Theme-*
> Two girls chose a fiesta theme. They decorated the classroom and handed
> out party hats and other fun things. Changing up the atmosphere of the
> classroom was a lot of fun and grabbed everyone's attention.
>
> *2. "CSI: ACTFL"*
> Another group transformed the classroom into a courtroom. They created a
> whole background story for a case and then gave each person in the class
> pieces of the story as well as a role to play (they had to share their
> piece of the story in order for the class to get the full picture). There
> were 4 suspects (each with a lawyer), 8 people on a jury. 3 witnesses, and
> the teachers played the judges. The students were really interested in
> vocab like guilty, innocent, jail etc. They had the jury vote on who they
> believed was guilty and then at the end the revealed the true culprit. The
> class actually guessed correctly. They did the court proceedings while
> randomly practicing their vocabulary and gestures throughout the class
> block.
>
> *3. Games/Activities:*
>
> *Charades game (no prep)*
> Another teacher pair led a quick game of charades. They split the class
> into two and each team got 30 seconds at a time to go get as many
> vocabulary words guessed as possible. Whoever wanted to would jump out
> into the middle doing an action and his/her teammates would guess the
> vocabulary word. If it was correct they got a point and then someone else
> quickly jumped out. The kept going until their 30 seconds were over. It
> seems pretty straight forward, but there was something about it that got
> even my quietest, most English speaking kids jumping out into the middle
> doing the best actions. Often when we play charades they pick a word from a
> hat or I give them a word, so maybe this freedom of choice got them
> participating?
>
> After 30 seconds, the other team goes and you switch back and forth as
> long as you want. No repetition of vocab.
>
> *Description dice game*
> One person starts and is given a word to describe for his/her team. Then
> he/she roles a die. The number on the die dictates how many words the
> student can use in his/her description. 1 word rolls are tricky, but it
> gets students to really think. This was a fun twist on taboo/circumlocution
> games. I have a big fuzzy die that they love to roll.
>
> *Volleyball*
> One team played volleyball with a beach ball. They set up chairs across
> the room as a "net". When the ball dropped someone had to use a new vocab
> word in a sentence. And lead the class in repeating that word and doing its
> action. They did a few rounds. In the second round, you couldn't use your
> right hand, and in the third you couldn't use either hand.
> --
> Happy OLAing
> -Ashley
>
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*Lori Leedy
*English Language Development/Spanish
Crater Renaissance Academy
541-494-6329*
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