Classroom activity

Aims: -to revise students’ vocabulary

-check the students’ spelling

-to assess writing using different items

1.Match the numbers:

1 five

4 ten

5 one

3 four

10 three

2.Translate into English:

Tata=

Mama =

Frate=

Sora=

3.Complete the sentences with the right colours:

The sky is……………….

The sun is…………………

The grass is …………………….

The tomatoes are……………………

The bear is……………………………..

Activity 1-using poetry to assess writing

Aims: -to focus on some basic grammatical rules, particularly those relating to the use of Present
Simple Tense

-to provide revision in some basic vocabulary

Type of item used for evaluation - sentence completion

problem solving exercises

EXAMPLES:

I.Complete the following sentences:

Children always……………….

Children never…………………

Old people always……………..

Old people never………………

Aim: to revise Simple Present Tense using adverbs of frequency

Level: beginners

Procedure: the teacher writes on the board the halves of the sentences above, or gives printed
sheets with the halves of the sentences above to each pair. The students complete the sentences
and then read aloud in the class

Skills: writing speaking reading

II. Complete the poem using the words in the box below:

Heads, ones, morning, is, only

Old, ears, sleep, are, eyes

CHILDREN

Children………….at night.

Children never wake up

When……… comes.

……….. the old ones wake up.

Old Trouble …………always awake.

Children can’t see over their ……………….. .

Children can’t hear beyond their ……………. .

Children can’t know outside of their ……………. .

The old ones see.

The ……. ones hear

The old ……… know.

The old ones……… old.

Aim: -to revise grammar and vocabulary

Level: beginners

Procedure: The students are shared papers with a gaped poem. They work in pairs to fill it with
some given words.

III. Look at these pairs of words:

WAKE-SLEEP EYES-SEE

Can you see how the words in the pairs are connected? Now here is a list of some other words.
Arrange them in pairs in the two columns below. The first ones have been done
for you.

heavy short carry nose arrive thin write arms

fat day light tall sad night mouth legs
smell hands eat leave happy think brain walk

Wake-sleep eyes-see

Heavy-light nose-smell

………….. ………….

………….. …………….

…………. …………….
Aim: to organize words according to lexical relationships

Level: intermediate

Procedure: The students have to arrange the words in pairs according to their lexical
relationships.
I. Complete the following sentences:

Children always……………….

Children never…………………

Old people always……………..

Old people never………………

II. Complete the poem using the words in the box below:

Heads, ones, morning, is, only

Old, ears, sleep, are, eyes

CHILDREN

Children………….at night.

Children never wake up

When……… comes.

……….. the old ones wake up.

Old Trouble …………always awake.

Children can’t see over their ……………….. .

Children can’t hear beyond their ……………. .

Children can’t know outside of their ……………. .

The old ones see.

The ……. ones hear

The old ……… know.

The old ones……… old.

III. Look at these pairs of words:

WAKE-SLEEP EYES-SEE

Can you see how the words in the pairs are connected? Now here is a list of some other words.
Arrange them in pairs in the two columns below. The first ones have been done
for you.

heavy short carry nose arrive thin write arms

fat day light tall sad night mouth legs
smell hands eat leave happy think brain walk

Wake-sleep eyes-see

Heavy-light nose-smell

………….. ………….

………….. …………….

…………. …………….
USING CORRECTION CODES

SP- a spelling error G-grammar mistake

WO- a mistake in word order C- concord mistake (e.g.: the subject and verb

WW- wrong word agreement)

 - for missing word {}- something is not necessary

VT- Verb tense ?M- the meaning is unclear

VF- verb form P- a punctuation mistake

F/I- too formal or informal VO-for vocabulary

PREP- preposition

Activity- Find and mark the mistakes in the following short biography.

I.Jack Friedhamm was born to New York in October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of six
and continued until he was 18 years. He then went to New York University to learn Medicine.
He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school.

While he was to University he met his wife Cindy. Cindy was a beautiful woman with hair long
black. They went along for yeers before they decided getting married. Jack began to work like a
doctor as soon as he graduated to Medical School. They had two children named Jackie and
Peter, and have lived in Queens since the past two years. Jack is very interested painting and
likes to paint portraits of his sun Peter.

II.I’m studying english because I want to work for a big company when I will graduate. Perhaps
I may to continue my studis. So I must to reach a good level of english because of when I will go
abroad send by the company, I’ll need to understand all. My father who is mecanic engineer he
says that english is a interesting language for all kinds of reasons. Another reason that I am
studying english is that I like myself to listen to the music.I am learning new expressions and
improve my listening, too. I can mix learning with the pleasure of listening to the
music.Something else is we often have foreigners invited for diner at home who are invited by
my parents and usualy english is the language of communication.
Aim: Teaching students to correct their own mistakes
Activity: Mistake identification and correction
Level: Intermediate

ANSWER

Jack Friedhamm was born in New York on October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of
six and continued until he was 18 years old. He then went to New York University to learn
Medicine. He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school. While
he was at University, he met his wife Cindy. Cindy was a beautiful woman with long black
hair. They went out for years before they decided to get married. Jack began to work as a
doctor as soon as he had graduated from Medical School. They have had two children named
Jackie and Peter, and have lived in Queens for the past two years. Jack is very interested in
painting and likes to paint portraits of his son Peter.

I’m studying english because I want to work for a big company when I will graduate. Perhaps I
may to continue my studis. So I must to reach a good level of english because of when I will go
abroad send by the company, I’ll need to understand all. My father who is mecanic engineer he
says that english is a interesting language for all kinds of reasons. Another reason that I am
studying english is that I like myself to listen to the music. I am learning new expressions and
improve my listening, too. I can mix learning with the pleasure of listening to the music.
Something else is we often have foreigners invited for dinner at home who are invited by my
parents and usualy english is the language of comunication.