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Classroom Activities

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Anticipation Guide

Anticipation Guides are used to activate curiosity and prior knowledge about a topic. Before reading a fiction or non-fiction…

Beginning, Middle, End

In this activity, students carefully examine an image or a piece of artwork that is culturally authentic and has an emotional…

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…

Charades - Modified

The purpose of this activity is to check for learning and build recall of key or target vocabulary for a lesson. In this…

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Choose a Side

In this on-demand presentational speaking activity, students are given a prompt and asked to take a side. Prompts might be two…

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Elevator

Elevator is a presentational speaking activity that engages students in short bursts of meaningful communication in partners…

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Find Your Match

The purpose of this activity is for students to practice asking questions based on key information in order to find and…

Four Corners - Checking for Understanding

This activity is designed to allow students to demonstrate their understanding of a message by moving around the classroom in…

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Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (28)
  • (-) Interpretive (30)
  • (-) Presentational (10)

Performance Range

  • Novice (13)
  • Intermediate (12)
  • Advanced (4)

Grade Level

  • (-) 3-5 (22)
  • 6-8 (40)
  • 9-12 (39)
  • K-2 (12)
  • (-) Undergraduate (34)

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (30)
  • Online (29)

GRR Stage

  • I do (14)
  • We do (12)
  • You do alone (11)
  • You do together (6)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (17)
  • Pairs (15)
  • Small group (7)
  • Whole class (13)

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