Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Snapshot |
Class Survey |
To personalize a topic; to give students more speaking time |
Snapshot |
Prediction Activities |
To engage students' interest in Snapshots that contain statistics |
Snapshot |
Present the Snapshot |
To involve the students actively; to provide speaking practice |
Snapshot |
Vocabulary Activity |
To help students with Snapshot exercises that contain a lot of new vocabulary |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Word Power |
Definition Bingo |
To review vocabulary and definitions; to improve students' listening comprehension |
Word Power |
Homework Activity |
To have students look up the meanings of words or phrases before you teach Word Power |
Word Power |
Stairs |
To review Word Power vocabulary by personalizing it |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Conversation |
Add Emotion |
To bring the dialog alive and to prevent students from reading the dialog in a flat voice |
Conversation |
Exploit the Picture |
To practice speaking; to practice language taught previously |
Conversation |
Scrambled Lines |
To develop listening skills, including referencing and listening for detail |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Grammar Focus |
Disappearing Dialog |
To familiarize students with a new grammar point; to have fun with grammar |
Grammar Focus |
Discover the Rule |
To encourage students to work out grammar rules by themselves |
Grammar Focus |
Make Your Own Dialog |
To put the new grammar structure into practice; to personalize the grammar |
Grammar Focus |
Spot the Difference |
To involve students actively in the teaching of grammar |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Pronunciation |
Balloon Chase |
To build confidence with a pronunciation feature; to practice speaking quickly |
Pronunciation |
Integrate Pronunciation |
To provide further practice for a Pronunciation exercise by linking it to other activities |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Listening |
Listening Recognition Game |
To help students identify specific items in a Listening exercise; to increase students' confidence |
Listening |
Reconstruct the Conversation |
To improve conversational skills |
Listening |
Team Listening |
To build students' confidence during a Listening exercise |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Writing |
Chain Writing |
To reduce inhibitions about writing; to develop spontaneous writing |
Writing |
Mind Mapping |
To help students develop the main body of their composition |
Writing |
Pass the Paper |
To help students generate ideas for their composition in the drafting phase |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Reading |
Cloud Story |
To develop prediction skills; to focus students' attention on key information |
Reading |
Information Gap |
To teach students to look for key information quickly; to practice speaking |
Reading |
Interviews |
To engage students in a Reading exercise; to improve speaking |
Reading |
Mumbo Jumbo |
To help students feel at ease with unfamiliar vocabulary and guess meaning from context |
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Activity Type |
Fresh Idea |
Objectives |
Unit Summary |
Be a Dramatist |
To review vocabulary learned throughout the unit |
Unit Summary |
Find a Word That . . . |
To review vocabulary learned throughout the unit |
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