When English teachers start a new school year,
we always think about reviewing vocabulary. This year I thought to do this
activity through art. Why not?
First,
for remember numbers and the alphabet and for explaining students how important
is ATTITUDE in my class, I spelled the word ATTITUDE; they have to write it
using big letters.
Then instruct students to write on the line the number that corresponds to
each letter's position in the alphabet (for example A = 1, B= 2, C = 3 ...).
Finally have students add up the numbers on the lines. What is the answer? The
answer is 100, proving that attitude is 100 percent -- attitude is everything!
Use this activity to lead into a discussion about the importance of attitude.
Why is having a good attitude important? How do you recognize a "good
attitude" in a person?
The second activity is reviewing vocabulary:
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Divide
the class into groups
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Explain
them that we are going to say a topic and they have to write as many words as
they can remember since I say stop
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Say
to the students as many topics as groups you have in the class
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When
teacher finishes with the topics, he/she writes on the blackboard a letter for
each group and asks them how many words they have for each topic.
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Each
time teacher has the results for the topic asks to the winner group for say the
words they have written and ask the other students if they are correct, if the
answer is yes that group is in charge of that topic.
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Give
each student a piece of A4 white cardboard, where they have to draw the shape
that represents a word in their topic. (they can draw two or three in each
cardboard)
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Students
have to cut out the inside part of that shape creating a stencil
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When
the group has finished all the stencils, give them a big cardboard where they
write in big letters the name of their topic.
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Give
students watercolors and a toothbrush. Students put the stencil on the
cardboard; they dip the toothbrush in the watercolor, they dab off any excess
and they use their finger to make the paint spray over the stencil shape
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When
the stencil is cover, carefully they lift it off so they see the shape on the
paper. They use another stencil shape somewhere else on the cardboard until
they finish.
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They
let the paint dry
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They
can use a marker to draw the outline of the picture if it’s not very clear and
they write under each picture the word in English
With this activity you can cover a lot of aims
in the curriculum and they have fun.
You can watch this video about the activity:
