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Activity ‘name’ (helps to
make memorable for pupils .. don’t need to explain every time!)
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Notes
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Full text
Could be
models dialogue, conversation, presentation, substitution table.
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Choral repetition
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Imitative – all involved but narrow
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Choral performance
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Read with different characteristics of performance:
‘Conduct’ / click - get rhythm going
(but insist only T clicks!)
To the beat of a
metronome / drums / clicking
Vary way it is said (volume, emotion,, speed)
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Read aloud text
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Variations:
Teacher / pupils alternate
Switch when you have had enough!
Rewards for good performance
Memorise
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Reading auditions
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As above in pairs
With expression . body language. Facial expression
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Puppet show
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Read aloud as a puppet
(create a theatre?!)
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CTBG - Open pairs performance
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Pair read in front of others. Class gives feedback on appropriate
criteria. ‘CTBG’ - catch them being good!
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Memorisation
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Memorise text gradually.
Gradually hide words / letters
Substitution tables gradually withdrawn
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Against the clock
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Time how long it takes to say the text x times
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Recording studio
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‘Final product’ encourages rehearsal
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Act up!
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Add own words to drama
Emotional roles
Resolving a dispute
Planning a party
Adding extra to the dialogue drawing on known – ideas,.
Justifications
With props – restaurant
Add extra dimensions – emotions, problems
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Hot Potato reading
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Pupil reads and passes to another by saying their name
when not expecting it
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Closed pairs practice
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Pairs practise to rehearse for performance.
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Marathon
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Read aloud until mistake spotted!
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Pass the parcel
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When music stop, pupil holding parcel reads the next bit
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Musical pass the mobile phone
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Pupil has back to class. Class pass the old phone while
music playing. Music stops. Pupil with phone says next phrase (can disguise
voice) . Pupil has to guess the person.
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Human punctuation
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Switch at punctuation mark
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On the ball (for real!)
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Teacher throw squeeze to pupils at random with text, they
throw back with next section
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On the ball
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Teacher read – stop – challenge: next word?
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Q/A work – pointed questions
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Pattern practice: Closed / alternatives / open
Teacher / Pupil / Teaching Assistant / Native speakers
NB Guidance needed
(can be daunting / demotivating if not done well – lamentable!)
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True or false chanting
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Repeat if true, silent if false
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Reverse read aloud
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Say word
Pupil say sentence containing the word
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Random reading
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Read sentence at random. Stop. Pupils supply next
sentence.
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Hangman
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Give letters
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Audio Hangman
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Talk about letters
it begins with /
finishes with
It’s a phrase to say when you leave ..
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Beat the pen
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Start to write the text
/ hide – guess or ask to continue
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Sound then rhythm
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Sound first syllable and clap the rest. Pupils supply full
sentence.
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Closed mouth speaking (Mouth full speaking?)
Humming
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Say with mouth closed and work out phrase form rhythm and
intonation
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Heads and tails
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Display just the top / bottom
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Topsy turvey
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Display text upside down
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Chinese whispers
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Start each row with a phrase to be ‘passed along’ through
whispering. Winner raises hand and
says aloud phrase correctly.
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Translation challenge
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Gradually reveal En/TL from fixed dialogue
Live challenge with substitution tables
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Mime words / sentences within the text
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Sign language
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Work out the phrase from the sign language
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Lip reading
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Mouth the word /
phrase – pupil says the word/phrase
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Trace in the sky
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Trace in the air the word
/ phrase – pupil says the word/phrase
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Trace on your back
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Trace on back the word
/ phrase – pupil says the word/phrase
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Special envoy
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One pupil sent out of class. Class decide on phrase to be mimed. Pupil
returns and has to guess.
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Class knock-down
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Teams take it in turn to send out fellow team member.
Decide on who mimes what. Team member returns. Each mimes. When they com in they are timed
in guessing the mimes. Shortest time wins.
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Make the teacher mime
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Pupil says word / sentence. If correct, T mimes.
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Charades
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T/P mimes.
Class interprets.
Class says phrase / word
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Team charades
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Two teams A and B compete to guess sentences mimed by
volunteer from their team quicker than the other team. After each mime,
volunteer selects person to guess. Scores point if correct. Then
moves to next card.
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Fill the gaps
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In pairs – each has the info the other one needs.
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Secret choice
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Teacher guesses pupil’s secret choice all class knows
choice) for one round (10?). Pupil
gets points for each incorrect guesses.
Pupils take it in turns to guess Teacher’s secret choice.
Same scoring.
Winner = most points (i.e. most incorrect guesses from
opponent).
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Pelmanism
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Uncover matching pairs
/groups of cards.
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Ask/hide/find the card
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Pupils request card and keep.
When all distributed, pupils have to recall who had which
card and request it.
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Slow reveal
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gradually reveal a card – first to say phrase.
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Quick flash
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Show card very quickly – can they say it?
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Noughts and crosses
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Translate / Give
the phrase represented in the square to gain the square (or it goes to
other team)
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Happy Families
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Pupils guess who has which card and requests it in TL.
Supply phrases to play game
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Pictionary
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Teams draw word / phrase to illustrate.
Teams members guess within a time limit.
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Taboo
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Team member draws word / phrase to define in TL without
using specific words.
Team members guess word,
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Generation game conveyor belt
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Words shown as on a conveyor belt.
Memorise words.
Recall – point per item recalled.
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Kim’s game
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Show words.
Then hide all
Memorise words
Recall – point per item recalled.
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Through the keyhole
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Guess 8 images
Call out words seen
(Can be done with paper an dcut out keyhole!)
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Beat the blur?
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Call out word before unblurred
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Singalong song
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Memorable. Could
focus on one part (chorus?)
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‘Pick up a
song’ ‘On connaît la chanson’
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Fade out – are they still in time when you come in again?
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Raps
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Could create their own
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Chanting
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Rhythmic chanting of elements
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Chain game
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‘I went to market and I bought A’
‘I went to market and I bought B and A’
‘I went to market and I bought C and B and A
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Bingo
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Pupils create 3x3 grid filled with 9 of the 20 words /
[phrases available.
(Or teacher creates in adavcen).
Teacher ‘calls; for whole class.
Then Pupil ‘calls’ for whole class.
Then group games where one is caller.
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Noughts and crosses
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Translate / Give
the phrase represented in the square to gain the square (or it goes to
other team)
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Battleships
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Plot location of ships (say, 10 within a grid of 8x8)
Pupil uses phrases to target grid reference.
If square has a ship, they win a point (or the number of
points in the grid).
Can be with or without support of text.
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Trapdoor
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Each pair makes random choice of 3 to complete each of say
5 phrases.
Take it in turns to guess the other’s choice.
If incorrect, play passes to opponent.
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Mastermind
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As trapdoor, but no phrases in between.
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Give us a clue
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Listening charades
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20 questions game
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Discover word / phrase by asking questions (animal,
vegetable, mineral ?
Yes/No only answers allowed.
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Blockbusters
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Select hexagon. Answer challenge aloud to claim the
hexagon. Winner crosses the board before the other team.
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Millionaire
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Quizmaster: teacher or pupil.
Pupil representing team answers. Can call on rest of team
(ask th e audience) phone a friend (in team) or 50:50.
Can be built into a big TV show!
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Flippity randomiser translations
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Make a sentence from the randomiser (roulette? Fruit
machine?)
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Scruples
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Anticipate what someone would do …
(High prep, but worth it!)
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Monopoly
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Play and interact in TL.
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Scrabble
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Play and interact in TL
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Pictionary
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Play and interact in TL
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Logic games
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Discuss reasoning for choices
- e.g. match apartment to family
- e.g. planning a party for fussy guests
- e.g. placing animals in a zoo
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Partner A / Partner B given info the other needs.
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Fill the gaps
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In pairs – each has the info the other one needs.
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Surveys
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Carry out surveys for a graph / feedback.
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Find someone who /..
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Info hunt to fill in grid
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Group Talk!
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Prompt: several images to discuss / give opinions and
justifications
Train in key phrases to question / react / give opinion
See slides and Greg Horton talk
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Diamond ranking
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Groups discuss relative importance etc of cards /
statements and rank in order of
importance.
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Celebrity interviews
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Wear masks and ask / answer questions.
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Picture mystery (guess who owns house etc.)
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Ask questions to match owner with house.
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Quest in a 3D world!
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Explore a 3D world with partner school.
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Escape Room games
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Play with a group and discuss in TL!
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Practical Projects
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Make chatterbox game – then play!
Design ideal house
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