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.
Dictionary Race
Name of Activity
10 minutes
Time
- To improve the students’ vocabulary.
Aims - To improve the students’ spelling & memory.
- To teach children to use the dictionary
- Divide the class into pairs.
- Make sure each pair has a dictionary.
- Hand out board markers to each group.
- Explain to the students how the game will work: The teacher will
read out a word (these words will be from the text; the words will
be of the highlighted ones and non-highlighted ones). The pairs
Teacher’s Instructions
will look for the word in the dictionary. After the pair has found
the word one of the group runs to the board and writes on the
board. The first group to write the word on the board with the
correct spelling gets a point.
- Make sure the students make turns to write on the board and
search in the dictionary.
- Dictionaries
Materials - Board pens
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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.
Dictionary Race
Name of Activity
10 minutes
Time
- To improve the students’ vocabulary.
Aims - To improve the students’ spelling & memory.
- To teach children to use the dictionary
- Divide the class into pairs.
- Make sure each pair has a dictionary.
- Hand out board markers to each group.
- Explain to the students how the game will work: The teacher will
read out a word (these words will be from the text; the words will
be of the highlighted ones and non-highlighted ones). The pairs
Teacher’s Instructions
will look for the word in the dictionary. After the pair has found
the word one of the group runs to the board and writes on the
board. The first group to write the word on the board with the
correct spelling gets a point.
- Make sure the students make turns to write on the board and
search in the dictionary.
- Dictionaries
Materials - Board pens
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