Here’s a recall and share activity I have used with my classes.
Here’s a recall and share activity I have used with my classes. It’s from one of Penny’s books (Vocabulary Activities, CUP)
1. Write up on the board in a ‘scatter’ about 10-12 words that you want to review. Check they are all understood.Don’t let Ss copy them down.
2. Tell the Ss they have half a minute to ‘photograph’ the words in their minds, that you are going to erase them and they will need to write down as many as they can remember. Tell them how many there are.
3. Delete or hide the words after half a minute and challenge Ss to write them down, each working individually.
4, Then tell them to join up in twos etc and see if they can manage to remember them all. They can help each other get the spelling right.
5. Finally, write up again or re-display the original words.
6. Congratulate all those who got them all. The ones who didn’t should now copy down the ones they missed. Check that everyone understands the meanings of all items. I also get them to write down the L1 translations too (that’s my bit ;) )
I’ve also done vocabulary activities where u write/display one one side of the board adjectives and ask Ss to write down the opposites on a piece of paper. We go over them in class and I write up the opposites they came up with on the other side of the board. Then I ask Ss to turn over their piece of paper, hide one side of the board and elicit the opposites and then I hide the other side of the board and do the same. Apart from opposites it can be done with verb-noun. I’m quite sure this is Penny’s idea but I’m not sure where I learnt it. The thing is that I don’t feel I use these types of activities enough in my lessons and that saddens me. Any ideas on how I can become more disciplined in doing so?
1. Write up on the board in a ‘scatter’ about 10-12 words that you want to review. Check they are all understood.Don’t let Ss copy them down.
2. Tell the Ss they have half a minute to ‘photograph’ the words in their minds, that you are going to erase them and they will need to write down as many as they can remember. Tell them how many there are.
3. Delete or hide the words after half a minute and challenge Ss to write them down, each working individually.
4, Then tell them to join up in twos etc and see if they can manage to remember them all. They can help each other get the spelling right.
5. Finally, write up again or re-display the original words.
6. Congratulate all those who got them all. The ones who didn’t should now copy down the ones they missed. Check that everyone understands the meanings of all items. I also get them to write down the L1 translations too (that’s my bit ;) )
I’ve also done vocabulary activities where u write/display one one side of the board adjectives and ask Ss to write down the opposites on a piece of paper. We go over them in class and I write up the opposites they came up with on the other side of the board. Then I ask Ss to turn over their piece of paper, hide one side of the board and elicit the opposites and then I hide the other side of the board and do the same. Apart from opposites it can be done with verb-noun. I’m quite sure this is Penny’s idea but I’m not sure where I learnt it. The thing is that I don’t feel I use these types of activities enough in my lessons and that saddens me. Any ideas on how I can become more disciplined in doing so?
Thank for sharing the activity. I have found out that keeping a sort of diary helps me to be more disciplined when trying new things. It also helps to reflect on the outcomes
ReplyDeleteThis is a great memory activity. I’m trying to get my students to remember literary techniques. I believe this can help.
ReplyDeleteCan't claim credit for the second idea, Elizabeth, looks like your own unaided creativity! A great idea. Could be done with translations, synonyms, associated words, all sorts of possibilities...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Elizabeth! I’ll give these a go with a vocabulary lesson on Monday if there’s time! I hope you all don’t mind me copying everything from this group into a word doc for future reference! So many great ideas and inspiring stories.
ReplyDeleteI have been really struggling to adapt the activities we learned in the session with my young learners, but your post just gave me an idea! Memory activities can be done with images as well as with words. So my littles can't read yet, but they can remember. Most of them even know the first letters of their own names, so they can be encouraged to remember the first letters of the words on the backs of their flash cards as well if they are ready for an extra challenge.
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