Assignment C - Part 2.ii
Activities
Three follow-up activities for exploiting the authentic text with advanced students
Before you begin, read the instructions and notes on the assignment platform and the relevant
section of Advice on Approaching this Assignment.
First Activity
a) A dictionary activity, for vocabulary and dictionary skills development AFTER the class have
read or listened to your selected text.
This could be used later in the same lesson or in another lesson. You can use the vocabulary items
you have selected for pre-teaching or make a different selection. The vocabulary must be from the
text or clearly relevant to the text.
Name of Activity Dictionary race game, combined with a word information activity.
Time 10-12 minutes
To help students find words in a dictionary quickly.
The worksheet activity will help students learn to find their way around a
Aims
dictionary and improve their vocabulary, spelling and understanding of
the word.
Hand each student a dictionary and a worksheet.
Call out a vocabulary item on the worksheet to the class; give
them the instruction that the first person to find the word must
Teacher’s Instructions
raise their hand and read it out loud to the class.
Thereafter, give all the students time to look up the word; give
them the instruction to find a synonym for the word and write it
down on their worksheet.
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Activities
Three follow-up activities for exploiting the authentic text with advanced students
Before you begin, read the instructions and notes on the assignment platform and the relevant
section of Advice on Approaching this Assignment.
First Activity
a) A dictionary activity, for vocabulary and dictionary skills development AFTER the class have
read or listened to your selected text.
This could be used later in the same lesson or in another lesson. You can use the vocabulary items
you have selected for pre-teaching or make a different selection. The vocabulary must be from the
text or clearly relevant to the text.
Name of Activity Dictionary race game, combined with a word information activity.
Time 10-12 minutes
To help students find words in a dictionary quickly.
The worksheet activity will help students learn to find their way around a
Aims
dictionary and improve their vocabulary, spelling and understanding of
the word.
Hand each student a dictionary and a worksheet.
Call out a vocabulary item on the worksheet to the class; give
them the instruction that the first person to find the word must
Teacher’s Instructions
raise their hand and read it out loud to the class.
Thereafter, give all the students time to look up the word; give
them the instruction to find a synonym for the word and write it
down on their worksheet.
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