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Northeast Georgia Foreign Language Teachers’ Inaugural Conference. Workshop: Strategies Danny Waxter, Flowery Branch HS danny.waxter@hallco.org. Puzzle Game.
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Northeast Georgia Foreign Language Teachers’ Inaugural Conference Workshop: Strategies Danny Waxter, Flowery Branch HS danny.waxter@hallco.org
Puzzle Game • Objective: Students will comprehend and connect meanings of words in the target language through their meanings in their native language. • Materials: Puzzle template, scissors, envelopes • Directions: • Fill out the puzzle template to your class’s needs based on what vocabulary is being covered. • Cut the squares on the black lines and place them in the envelope. • Divide the class into groups of three or four. Working together, students will piece the puzzle together, matching the meanings in corresponding languages. • Other ideas: Students could match verb conjugations, numbers, cultural points or phrases. • Template:
Scrambled Sentences • Objective: Students will understand grammatical syntax through familiar vocabulary. • Materials: Computer paper, scissors, sentences • Directions: • Type 15 – 20 sentences implementing current vocabulary with common adjectives. This can help students understand adjective placement in a sentence. • Cut each sentence up by each word and place each sentence in a numbered envelope.. • Divide the class into groups of two or three. • Each group will have a sheet of paper numbered 1 – 20 (Depending how many envelopes are available) • Working together, students will unscramble each sentence and write their final product on their sheet of paper that corresponds to the number on the envelope. • Place all envelopes at a certain location so that students can get and leave the envelopes at the same location. (Or you could set the envelopes up at centers. • Other Ideas: Distinguish between past tenses, ser and estar, and other grammar points.
Slap Game • Objective: Students will comprehend and connect meanings of words in the target language through their meanings in their native language • Materials: Pencil, slap game template, washable markers • Directions: • Prepare a SLAP paper by writing as many vocabulary words in the target language. Try to write the words in different directions so that students have to really look for the word. • Divide students in groups of two or three. • Each group has a Slap paper with the vocabulary words. • Teacher says a word in English and the student looks for the word in the target language. • Students point to the word with their pencil. • Whoever gets to the word first gets to write a point on the desk with a WASHABLE (Vis-à-vis)marker. .
Verb Dice Game • Objective: Students will practice conjugating verbs by randomly selecting a subject through rolling the dice. • Materials: Dice, verb template • Directions: • Students are divided into groups of two or three. • Each student has a copy of the dice template. • Each group rolls the dice. Then, the student writes down the number that he or she rolls. • Then, the students conjugate the verb based on what number they have rolled and the subject that corresponds to the number. • Template: