How can we vary the activities we do?

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• How can we vary the activities we do?

• Description of a learning activity

• This activity can be used to wake a class up, help them to enjoy themselves

• General knowledge and spelling.

• You’ll need a large, wide board and one pen or piece of chalk for eachteam for writing up single words.

• Definition of the features of an activity

• Name and basic type of activity

• Goals, reasons and beliefs

• Content or topic

• Context

• Materials and medium

• Steps

• Timing

• Preparation time

• Setting up time

• Activity time

• Organisation of people and furniture

• Clear up time

• Follow up time

• Language

• Teacher set up language

• Focus language of the activity

• Teacher role

• Student role

• Student interaction language

• Changing the features of an activity

• Content or topic

• Materials and medium

• Timing

• You can change the topics which are written down the left hand side ofthe board.

• you could allow longer forthem to write their words down.

• Steps

• Goals, reasons, beliefs

• Activities are plastic and malleable

• The activity bank

• Reading a text and then answering questions on it

• Dictation

• Repeating after the teacher

• Copying from the blackboard

• Reading a dialogue and then role playing it

• Checking homework around the class

• Filling in gaps in a cloze text

• Student presentations

• Memorising