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Tic tac Toe

Games

Techniques
 TECHNIQUES

STORIES GAMES SONG

Jack and the beanstalk

CUT-UPS TIC TAC TOE JIGSAW LISTENING

1. Tc divides the pupils into 4 groups and the story into 4 parts. 1. Tc divides the pupils into 2 groups. 1. Identify and select an appropriate song. (because you
2. Tc passes out two sentence strips to each student and ask 2. Tc draws a tic tac toe grid on the whiteboard. loved me by Celine Deon)
them to copy any simple sentence from the story. 3. Tc writes in each square one of the items to be reviewed. 2. Prepare the full lyric for the song.
3. Pupils trade their sentences with another student from (verb in infinitive form) 3. Identify the targeted grammar item to teach. (simple
another group. (group 1 to group 2) 4. Teams take turns to choose a square and create one past)
4. Pupils separate each word by cutting them apart. Tc asks sentence using the chosen word in the correct simple past 4. Prepare a worksheet. Delete the grammar item in the
the pupils to add one or two adjectives to the sentence. form. lyric.
5. Pupils reorder and present the story according to their 5. If the sentence is correct, place ‘X’ or ‘O’ in the square, is 5. Distribute the worksheet to the pupils.
groups. the sentence is wrong, the square stays in play. 6. Play the song twice and ask the pupils to fill in the
6. The first team who manages to connect 3 ‘Xs’ or ‘Os’ in a blanks.
SYNONYM SCRAMBLE row (diagonally or horizontally or vertically) wins the game. 7. Discuss the answer with the pupils.
1. Tc prepares and provides a story to the pupils. 7. Teacher concludes the activity and provide the grammar 8. Provide the grammar rules.
2. Pupils read the story individually. rule. (simple past tense)
3. Tc provides the grammar rules. (synonym)
4. Tc prepares a set of cards and distributes them to the pupils, one TIMETABLE DICTATION
card per pupil. 1. Tc creates 3 train timetables and posts them on the wall.
5. Start the game by showing and calling out any nouns or adjectives 2. Tc divides the students into 3 groups.
from the story. 3. 1st pupil from each groups stands by the timetable.
6. The pupils must look at their cards to see who has the card that is 4. 2nd pupil must run and listen to the information relayed to
a synonym for the word given. them by the 1st pupil then returns to pass the details to the
7. That pupil has to call out the synonym and flips over his or her 3rd pupil.
card and reads the word on the back. 5. 3rd pupil writes the information on the whiteboard.
8. Pupils looks at their cards to see if they hold the synonym. 6. The first team who manages to write 5 correct sentences
9. The game continues until pupils have gone all the way through the win the game.
deck of cards. 7. Teacher concludes the activity and provide the grammar
10. Pupils writes the synonyms on the script provided. rule. (preposition of time)