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Welcoming assistants

Welcoming assistants. Some examples of activities to help in the class, How to get the students to speak and use their imagination,. Activity: Famous person. A student writes a famous name on a piece of paper and pins it on someone’s else back .

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Welcoming assistants

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  1. Welcoming assistants • Someexamples of activities to help in the class, • How to getthe students to speak and use theirimagination,

  2. Activity: Famousperson • A studentwrites a famousname on a piece of paper and pins it on someone’selse back. The student tries to guesswhatnameispinned on her /his back by askingothersaround the room yes or no questions. Variation: Use famous places instead of famous people.

  3. Food for thought • To get to know students and to help themget to know one another, have eachstudent state his or hername and a favorite foodthatbeginswith the same first letter as the name. For example: « MynameisLatrece and I likeliver» • As eachstudentintroduceshimself or herself, he or she must repeat the names and favorite foods of the studentswho came before. TRICKY FOR THE LAST ONE

  4. Poems • Have each child use the letters in his or her name to create an acrostic poem. For example, Bill could take his name and write • Big • Intelligent • Laughing • Loving. • Tell students they must include words that tell something about themselves -- for example, something they like to do or a personality or physical trait. Invite students to share their poems with the class. Allow older students to use a dictionary or thesaurus. You might also vary the number of words for each letter, according to the students' grade levels.

  5. Otheractivities • Make a CD of your favorite songs to sendit to yourforeigncorrespondent, • A video about life in yourschool • Write down a play • An audio guide for the visit of the city by your correspondent. • Film students in theirpresentations

  6. Examples of documents youcan use • TEXTS: magazines, poems • IMAGES: advertspaintings, cartoons, comicstrips • VIDEOS: trailers, music videos • GAMES for roleplays • RECORDINGS: songs, news, weatherbroadcasts

  7. Getting the students to speak • Preparetwo sets of cards: one with questions the otherwith the beginning of the answers. • Divide the class intosmall groups, giveeachstudenttwo question cards and twoanswercards: a studentstarts by asking a question, the studentwho has the correspondingcardanswers and must ask the next question. • Next possible step: give the studentscardswithkeywords

  8. Getting the students to speak • Play boardgames, taboo, • Make questions for a game: • Aftershowing the studentsyourtown, city, state, country theywrite questions on the landmarks, monuments festivals, • Organise debates: « BUY NOTHING DAY » SUNDAY TRADING »

  9. Taskssuited to pupils in « collège »  and vocationalhighschoolstudents • Create a tourist brochure for theirtown or region, • Get the students to presenttheirschool • Help write a CV or a coverletter, • Set up mock job interviews • Write an article about the tasks and working conditions in a job (summer job, work placement)

  10. Otheractivities • Advertise for a flatmate • Advertise for a job • Write a postcard • Draw a poster • Write an article for the school magazine • Complete an application form • Choose a holiday

  11. More examples • Organise a charityday « RedNose Day. • Organise a specialweek to presentyour country and itstraditions, • Make a video or a recording of pupilspresentingtheirfavouritesingers, sports stars, • Make an English newspaper or magazine for the school

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