1. Playing with words and
learning vocabulary
Irina Pomazanovschi
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2.
3. ABC about me
A: Anna – my daughter
B: Barcelona – my dream destination
C: Chisinau – my home city
D: dog person – I have 2 cocker spaniels
E: elephant – seen in the zoo, but my dad
rode one
F: family – my priority
…
4. Agenda
10 engaging vocabulary teaching
activities that work
Online resources you can use to adapt to
the new online teaching environment
Hands-on activities to try out!
6. “We acquire language when we understand it. It has
to be interesting and it has to be a lot of it.”
Stephen Krashen
7. PLAY AGAIN
rifle tough thunder
To melt To starve To wade
draught dump hailstorm
tekhnologic
8. A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Extended
family
Don’t
speak to
each other
On
speaking
terms
See
eye to
eye
Be
closest
to
Get on
well with
Take
after
Family get-
togethers
A black
sheep
Run in
your
family
Nuclear
family
Extended
family
Married a
relative
Similar
personality
Step son
Family
portrait
Half-
brothers
Single
parent
Without a
father
figure
Relatives Siblings
Spread out
around the
country
Own flesh
and blood
Wear
the
trousers
Have
skeletons
in the
cupboard
Ancestors Descendants
Great-
grandparents
Advanced,
English File
Unit 1B,
vocabulary:
family
10. Buzz dictation
Prepare a piece of paper and a pen
Or use the chatbox
Dictation time!
Whenever I sneeze/cought/make a
sound, use your own word/words
to fill in
Share in groups or pairs
15. Sentence chain game
one person says a few words
Words are what make sentences
sentences finish with a full stop
STOP! you've broken it!
it is time to go to bed
bed, lamp, wardrobe are things in my bedroom
and so on around the class or in pairs.
16. Dice Luck
Name … thing(s) that is/are …:
Red
Cold
Things that can fly
That you can buy at the groceries
That you can see at the seaside
17. Crazy sentence
New phrases from the
lesson
1. A black sheep
2. Take after
3. Get on well with
4. See eye to eye
5. Run in your family
6. ..
People you know/ places
you’ve been to
1. President Trump
2. My neighbor Igor
3. San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
4. Stefan cel Mare Park
5. ,,
6. ,,
21. “We acquire language when we understand it. It
has be interesting and it has to be a lot of it.”
Stephen Krashen
22. Round UP
today we…
Activities
1. Tic-tac-toe
2. Battleships
3. Hangman
4. Buzz dictation
5. Where is logic?
6. Coded words in pictures
7. Sentence chain game
8. Dice luck
9. Crazy sentence
10. Story dice
Resources
http://www.hangman.no/
https://tekhnologic.wordpress.co
m/collections/ - power point ready
made templates (tic-tac-toe,
battleship, story dice, etc)
www.padlet.com - you can create
an online post-it board that you
can share with any student or
teacher
Click once to reveal a circle
Click again to reveal a cross
Click once more to show the text again
Click play again to reset the board
http://tefldust.blogspot.com/
Education Applications:
Story Dice 3D is primarily useful in higher order activities under the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, particularly Creating, where you create, invent, compose, predict, plan, construct, design, imagine, propose, devise, and/or formulate. You can devise less and more challenging activities, as in the following example.
Sample Journal Activity “My Perfect Day” using the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Student/Short Version: Student will create a character using Story Dice 3D, then describe/write/dramatize their own “perfect day” from their character’s perspective.
Teacher Version: Student will create a unique character using the Story Dice 3D for seed ideas. After writing a short character sketch, student will compose a Journal Entry called “My Perfect Day” writing from their new character’s perspective. The evaluation step is the highest order activity and is a self-grading option.. Finally, a fun bonus option in a classroom or small workgroup setting is to have students perform their journal entries as monologues, in character, possibly interacting with each other, adding a drama element.
1. Remembering: Roll five or more Story Dice 3D. Identify and describe the pictures on dice.2. Understanding: Paraphrase the task (Journal Activity “My Perfect Day”) in which you will use the dice.3. Applying: Prepare a chart with five categories: name, age, job, pets, hobbies. Place each dice image within a category. Imagine that you are this character and write a short paragraph describing yourself in detail.4. Analyzing: Examine each feature of your character and determine what makes them special.5. Evaluating: Decide what worked and what didn’t in your journal entry. Were you successful at combining the dice pictures in a believable way?6. Creating: Compose a journal entry called “My Perfect Day” from the character’s perspective.BONUS Activities: Perform journal entry as a monologue and interact with other students. Stay in character!
https://thinkamingo.com/our-apps/story-dice-3d/
Education Applications:
Story Dice 3D is primarily useful in higher order activities under the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy, particularly Creating, where you create, invent, compose, predict, plan, construct, design, imagine, propose, devise, and/or formulate. You can devise less and more challenging activities, as in the following example.
Sample Journal Activity “My Perfect Day” using the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Student/Short Version: Student will create a character using Story Dice 3D, then describe/write/dramatize their own “perfect day” from their character’s perspective.
Teacher Version: Student will create a unique character using the Story Dice 3D for seed ideas. After writing a short character sketch, student will compose a Journal Entry called “My Perfect Day” writing from their new character’s perspective. The evaluation step is the highest order activity and is a self-grading option.. Finally, a fun bonus option in a classroom or small workgroup setting is to have students perform their journal entries as monologues, in character, possibly interacting with each other, adding a drama element.
1. Remembering: Roll five or more Story Dice 3D. Identify and describe the pictures on dice.2. Understanding: Paraphrase the task (Journal Activity “My Perfect Day”) in which you will use the dice.3. Applying: Prepare a chart with five categories: name, age, job, pets, hobbies. Place each dice image within a category. Imagine that you are this character and write a short paragraph describing yourself in detail.4. Analyzing: Examine each feature of your character and determine what makes them special.5. Evaluating: Decide what worked and what didn’t in your journal entry. Were you successful at combining the dice pictures in a believable way?6. Creating: Compose a journal entry called “My Perfect Day” from the character’s perspective.BONUS Activities: Perform journal entry as a monologue and interact with other students. Stay in character!
https://thinkamingo.com/our-apps/story-dice-3d/