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Classroom Activities

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Carousel Brainstorm

This activity gives students the chance to share their ideas about a topic or theme before the teacher begins a unit of study…

Chat Stations

Chat stations are low-prep, small-group discussions on different topics that allow students to practice asking and answering…

Jigsaw: Base Groups/Expert Groups

The purpose of this activity is twofold: first, to comprehend and infer meaning from a text by becoming an expert on a portion…

Memory (Modified)

The purpose of this activity is to provide a level of “desirable difficulty” by adding a memory component to an interpretive…

Museum Activity

This activity is an “art tour.” The purpose of the activity is for students to view and discuss famous works of art from the…

Nested Conversations

This activity is intended for teachers to use after introducing a text, document, or presentation. The purpose of the activity…

Numbered Heads Together

This cooperative listening and speaking strategy provides opportunities for practice, rehearsal, and repetition or discussion…

Recall Brainstorm

This is a quick activity that allows students to both consolidate prior learning and connect current & prior content using…

Pagination

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Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (7)
  • Interpretive (5)
  • Presentational (3)

Performance Range

  • Novice (1)
  • Intermediate (3)

Grade Level

  • 3-5 (6)
  • (-) 6-8 (11)
  • (-) 9-12 (12)
  • K-2 (1)
  • Undergraduate (12)

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (9)
  • Online (9)

GRR Stage

  • I do (2)
  • We do (4)
  • You do alone (1)
  • You do together (6)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (14)
  • Pairs (18)
  • (-) Small group (12)
  • Whole class (23)

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STARTALK is a project funded by the National Security Agency and administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. STARTALK’s mission is to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical-need foreign languages, with programs for students (K-16) and teachers. MORE

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