I'd also like to share a few ideas on doing gap-fills.
I'd also like to share a few ideas on doing gap-fills. I came across these on the web, but many of my colleagues and I have already tried them. They work really well and the SS LOVE them !
1.Round the room Gapfill
Divide the text into paragraphs / sentences and post round the room. Learners write the gap numbers (e.g. 1 – 10) on a piece of paper and walk around the room, doing the task as an open cloze, writing down the words they think should go in the gap. Partial feedback – dictate the answers out of order and learners write them down next to their original answers. Learners go back to the round the room text and check their ideas. Full feedback.
2. Shouting Banana Dictation
Divide the target text into two halves, ideally on a sentence by sentence basis to ensure that learners take turns during the rest of the activity. Divide the class into two groups. Group A gets one half and group B gets the other. Ask each group stand / sit on opposite sides of the room, so that each member of group A is facing a partner in group B. Learners take turns to read one sentence from their half of the text, saying Banana where there is a gap, and their partner has to guess what the word should be. Feedback.
3.Running Banana Dictation Gapfill
The teacher posts the gapped text outside the classroom (next to the DoS office is always a favourite). Learners pair up and run, read, relate and write, but – instead of relaying the “banana”, they have to say what they think should go in the gap. Feedback – Learners swap their written texts with each other and compare them with an original ungapped version, assigning marks for transcription accuracy and correct gapped words.
4.Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
www.tes.co.uk has a version, as do http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ppt-games/ and http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/index.htm, which has a blank template and various pre-made versions relating to the UK primary curriculum.
Effectively mimicking the style and format of the highly popular quiz show, learners are given different multiple choice options for each question, correct answers bringing them closer to the one million pound prize!
5.Banana Dictation Word Grab.
Put the target words if from an open cloze, or all of the possible words if adapting a multiple choice version, round the room / school / hidden in the DoS office. The teacher then reads out the gapped text as per a banana dictation. When learners think they know the correct word for the gap, they grab the word as quickly as they can. This can be done in teams or on an individual basis. The teacher continues repeating the dictation until all the words have been grabbed.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ppt-games/
1.Round the room Gapfill
Divide the text into paragraphs / sentences and post round the room. Learners write the gap numbers (e.g. 1 – 10) on a piece of paper and walk around the room, doing the task as an open cloze, writing down the words they think should go in the gap. Partial feedback – dictate the answers out of order and learners write them down next to their original answers. Learners go back to the round the room text and check their ideas. Full feedback.
2. Shouting Banana Dictation
Divide the target text into two halves, ideally on a sentence by sentence basis to ensure that learners take turns during the rest of the activity. Divide the class into two groups. Group A gets one half and group B gets the other. Ask each group stand / sit on opposite sides of the room, so that each member of group A is facing a partner in group B. Learners take turns to read one sentence from their half of the text, saying Banana where there is a gap, and their partner has to guess what the word should be. Feedback.
3.Running Banana Dictation Gapfill
The teacher posts the gapped text outside the classroom (next to the DoS office is always a favourite). Learners pair up and run, read, relate and write, but – instead of relaying the “banana”, they have to say what they think should go in the gap. Feedback – Learners swap their written texts with each other and compare them with an original ungapped version, assigning marks for transcription accuracy and correct gapped words.
4.Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
www.tes.co.uk has a version, as do http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ppt-games/ and http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/index.htm, which has a blank template and various pre-made versions relating to the UK primary curriculum.
Effectively mimicking the style and format of the highly popular quiz show, learners are given different multiple choice options for each question, correct answers bringing them closer to the one million pound prize!
5.Banana Dictation Word Grab.
Put the target words if from an open cloze, or all of the possible words if adapting a multiple choice version, round the room / school / hidden in the DoS office. The teacher then reads out the gapped text as per a banana dictation. When learners think they know the correct word for the gap, they grab the word as quickly as they can. This can be done in teams or on an individual basis. The teacher continues repeating the dictation until all the words have been grabbed.
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ppt-games/
Thanks for these, Rusian! I see they appear also in the Tips to share discussion, excellent!
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