Teaching Ideas IV

What's that?

Language Aims:	To review the names of things found in a classroom.
Time:	10 minutes
Preparation:	Look around the classroom and make a list of the names of about ten items.
Procedure:	1. Tell students you're going to do a quick vocabulary quiz with them so they need to have a pen and a piece of rough paper. 2. Tell them that you will point to something in the room and they must write down the English word for that object. (They are not allowed to talk or share answers with other students or use their dictionaries.) 3. Say "Number 1" and point to an object (e.g. a chair). The students then write down the word for that object on their paper: In the example they would write down: 1. chair. 4. Then say "Number 2" and point to a different object. (This could be something more difficult like the whiteboard or a cassette recorder.) Students continue to write the words for these things on their paper. 5. Continue until you have pointed to about 10 things around the room. (These could include: a pencil case, a schoolbag, a dictionary, the light switch, a whiteboard marker, etc.) Then tell students to stop writing. 6. Students can then compare answers or you can do a check of their answers straight away by pointing again to the items and asking students for the English words. (You will need to refer to the list you made before class to help you remember the order of the items.) Write the correct spelling of these words on the board so that students can check their answers and correct any pronunciation errors as students say the names of the objects.