Review game

This game is great for review and, as most of my posts, works perfectly for kids as well as adults!

Draw the game on the board and bring the biggest die you can find around the house (the bigger, the better!). Tell your students to draw an animal, character or symbol to represent them in the game and then give them masking tape to stick it right on the take off spot.

 You can either ask them to help you find good questions for each slot (related to what they are learning in class) or make them yourself (depending on how much time you have and how much your students participate in class because the game itself already takes enough time). Make sure there are some that make it more exciting, like:

- Go back 3 spaces
- Go back to the beginning (my kids decided it would be fun to put this in the slot before the finish line)
- Miss a turn

They throw the die to see how many spots they will move and answer the question of the slot where they land.

In my case, I give them 2 opportunities to get it right (In cases Where you have that one student who falls behind a bit. After all, the point is to learn and have fun in the process! :) )

If their answer is incorrect, you can decide what you do. One option is that they have to move back 3 spaces or so. You can get creative with this :)

First day of class? ... Kiss it!

I have been teaching English for a bit more than 6 years. Now, I can say I'ver that I feel I got the hang of it.  But, no matter how long you have been trying to master the art, there's always ONE piece of advice that never gets old. Everyone can use a bit of this- and it's to KISS it!

This doesn't only apply just to first days. It applies to all activities you might come up with for your class- or at least most of them!!

Disclaimer: Of course, as you might imagine, this does NOT AT ALL mean you have to go around kissing your students. Pheeeew, right? 

Here it is:

Keep

It 

Simple (and)

Stupid

Sometimes we want our activities to be successful- so much that we tend to OVERexplain, OVERtalk, OVERdo. Keep this simple advice at hand and let things fall into place. When you don't give students everything, they are the ones who have to make things happen. I promise you will be surprised by the results! 

Please leave comments if you have any questions, comments or concerns. I'll be happy to read them! :-)

- Beff