5 Activities for the
Classroom
Facilitator: Sonja Follett
Khovd University
Sept. 27, 2011
Activity: Minimal Pairs
 Language Skills: Listening, Pronunciation, Spelling
 lip – rip
mine-fine
tap-tip
ship-sheep
 Procedure: Put the word pairs on the board. Have
students point at the sound they hear
 You can also have students write pairs in their notebooks
and put a check next to the word they hear
 Rationale: This helps students to learn how to recognize
specific sounds and differentiate between two sounds
Activity: Communicative
Dictation
 Language Skills: Listening, Writing, Grammar, Speaking
 Procedure: Tell the students which grammar point you will be
working on. For example: Using the past tense.
 Next, give a sentence in a different tense such as the present.
 Students must respond by writing the sentence in the past
tense.
 Rationale: This helps students to learn how to change tenses
and think critically about the appropriate grammar structures
Activity: Bingo
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Language Skills: Listening, Pronunciation, Spelling, Writing, Reading
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Procedure: Pass out Bingo Sheets or have students draw the bingo card
in their notebooks.
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Have Ss write their vocabulary words in the squares.
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The teacher will read the word prompts (definition, synonym, fill-in the
blank, or word family) and students will make a mark next to the word
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When students have 5 boxes in a row, they should yell “Bingo”
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Rationale: This helps students to practice reading, writing, listening
and speaking new vocabulary. It also helps students to learn the
definitions or use of vocabulary words.
Activities: Parts of Speech
Sentences
 Language Skills: Reading, Writing, Grammar
 Procedure: Give Ss different parts of speech and ask them to
construct a sentence that has each one indicated.
 For example: 1 article, 2 adjectives, 1 noun and the “to be” verb.
 The pretty girl is happy.
 After they practice, have Ss create instructions for their partners to
create new sentences
 Rationale: This helps students to learn how to recognize different
parts of speech. This is critical if they are going to understand
English Word Order S+V+O.
Jeopardy Review
 Language Skills: All Skills
 Procedure: Construct a chart on the board with the different
categories you wish to review. (Make sure you have 4 or 5
questions for each category.
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Divide students into 2 teams and ask the 1st student to choose
a category and value. Ask the question. If the student is
correct, that team gets the points.
 Rationale: This is a quick way to review learned information
for upcoming quizzes or tests. Students enjoy the competition
and it provides self-assessment.