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Classroom Activities

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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…

Hold Ups

The purpose of this activity is to build recall of key or target vocabulary at sentence level, to build confidence in learners…

Picture Sequencing

The purpose of this activity is to present language in meaningful context with supporting visuals. This activity requires that…

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Slap Jack

The purpose of the activity is to have each individual student demonstrate understanding while interpreting words or sentences…

Sorting into Categories

In this activity, students categorize the words/language chunks to be sorted according to a feature that is common to all the…

The Big Wind Blows

The purpose of this activity is to have students listen to sentence-length descriptions and react by physically moving from…

This or That

The purpose of the activity is to have students demonstrate understanding by making a choice and moving to different areas in…

What’s In The Bag?

The purpose of this activity is to keep students highly engaged as the teacher slowly removes realia and props from a bag and…

Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (4)
  • (-) Interpretive (8)

Performance Range

  • Novice (3)
  • Intermediate (2)

Grade Level

  • 3-5 (17)
  • 6-8 (26)
  • 9-12 (25)
  • (-) K-2 (8)
  • Undergraduate (22)

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (6)
  • Online (6)

GRR Stage

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

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (1)
  • Pairs (3)
  • Small group (1)
  • Whole class (6)

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