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FR F12 INT Guess my life

December 14, 2012 /

Conversation Class
Lesson Summary

Language and Section: French Intermediate

Date: 9.25.12

Class theme/topics discussed: Guess my life

Goal of the class: Make students work on suppositions and support creativity

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

Activity 1: each student told us 3 things about himself, two were right and one was wrong. The others had to guess which one was a lie.

Activity 2: We watched and discussed a short funny video about lying (Norman fait des vidéos)

Activity 3: Students worked in groups of 3. I gave them 3 pictures of my friends in France. They had to guess/imagine their lives (name, age, nationality, education, work, hobbies, others). Then they present the ‘lives’ to the class. In the end, I told them the real lives of my friends.

What technology, media or props did you use? (satellite tv, internet resources, playmobiles, etc.)

Whiteboard, Computer/ TV screen, Pictures

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The activities worked very well. In the first one, students said crazy things about themselves. In the third one, they made jokes while trying to guess lives.

Students laughed with the video but I wish I could have videos with subtitles, in order them to get all of the jokes (I checked and I cannot find them)

How could this class be improved/ modified?

I should have plugged my computer on the screen before the class because at first it did not work and we lost a couple of minutes because of this.

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

Guess My Life

DE S12 INT/ADV M&Ms game

May 4, 2012 /

Language and Section: German advanced

Date: Feb 7, 2012

Class theme/topics discussed: the M&M game

Goal of the class: playing the M&M game

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

1) Playing the M&M game: Each M&M color has a different meaning. Depending on the color you get, you have to tell a different story about
– blue → a holiday
– yellow → a special person
– organge → a joke or something funny
– red → something embarrassing
– brown → something that was recently in the news
– green → a dream

What technology, media or props did you use? (satellite tv, internet resources, playmobiles, etc.)

M&Ms

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The M&M game worked very well, it gave the students something to talk about.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

Modification: Topics for the different colors could vary

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

DE S12 INT Board Game: The Settlers of Catan

May 4, 2012 /

Language and Section: German Intermediate

Date: Apr 17, 2012

Class theme/topics discussed: Game: Die Siedler von Catan (The Settlers of Catan)

Goal of the class: Learning vocabulary connected to board games

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

One of my students already knew the game, so he explained it to my other student. If that isn’t the case you could either read the instructions or explain it yourself.

Then play game

What technology, media or props did you use? (satellite tv, internet resources, playmobiles, etc.)

Board game : Die Siedler von Catan (is in the German appartment)

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Worked well, students enjoyed playing a lot and asked to finish the game next class period.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

Modification: use other board games

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

DE F11 ADV Role Play Game: Werewolves (Mafia)

December 9, 2011 /

Language and Section: German Advanced

Date:  Sep 15th, 2011

Class theme/topics discussed: Role play game: Die Werwölfe von Düsterwald (The Werewolves from Duesterwald àGerman version of the game mafia)

Goal of the class: fluency, learning how to bluff in German

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below): 

1)    Explaining the game to my students

There are werewolves and regular humans. The werewolves kill one human per night, the people of the village (including the undercover werewolves) are discussing who might be a werewolf and killing that person. The discussion part produces a lot of language

2)    Playing the game 

What technology, media or props did you use? (satellite tv, internet resources, playmobiles, etc.)

Role play cards. You can easily make them for yourself.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

It worked well. We played 2 rounds. The only problem was that after the second round, we only had 10min left, so not enough time for another round, but also too much to let them out early. So I asked them what they are going to do this weekend.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

I don’t have a god solution for the time problem. I guess one just needs a back up on that you can spend some time. 

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

Here is a description of the game on Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwölfe_von_Düsterwald

(German game Werwolves)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(party_game)

(English game Mafia)

IMPORTANT TIPS:

  • You need 9 or more people to play this game
  • You should have played the game at least once before you are the narrator. Because it is very important to follow the right structure of what happens during the night- and daytime.
  • The gender of the roles can be different from the gender of the person who has the role. Example: the werewolves are always male, the witch is always female. If you would match the gender of the person playing with the gender of the role, it would be more obvious who has which role.

FR S11 INT/ADV conversation starter game “un brin de jasette”

April 28, 2011 /

Game “Un brin de jasette”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Second to last class, so I wanted to do something fun with them. The game I had was perfect for the class since it was a “lanceur de conversation”. I also had cheese and drinks for them to relax.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

game

How did students react?

They reacted very well. They had things to say and got to learn some new words

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes , a lot

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Game “un brin de jasette” (French lounge)

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes!!

JP S11 INT/ADV Riddles, Truth, Lies

April 26, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:

1. Warm up activity: Japanese Riddles
I picked up several riddles from the books of Japanese Lounge and wrote down them on the cards. One student read aloud them and others answered the riddles.

2. Talk about two truth and one lie
Students thought of three stories: two of them were true experience and the other was lie. After making them, students shared the stories with classmates. Classmates had to guess which story is lie. They can ask some questions to judge.

How did you pick this theme or topic?
I wanted students to know much about how they express their feeling and experiences. So I decided to do this activity. I thought if students just talk about their experience, it would be boring. I let them include the lying stories to make the class fun.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Cards for riddles, group discussion

How did students react?
Sometimes this activity was a little bit difficult for some of them when they tried to explain their story in detail. However, they loved to do this activity.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Sure!! All of them tried to make funny stories. Even though sometimes they have troubles in using Japanese, they tried to rephrase what they wanted to say. That was great!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
N/A

Please attach a copy.
N/A

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it would be fun in any levels.

Why or why not?
Talking about myself is one of significant goal when people learn foreign language. I think instructors let students talk a lot much more about themselves in many ways. Telling a truth and lie would be one of great ways to facilitate students’ conversation.

DE S11 ADV Soccer

April 26, 2011 /

Conversation Class Lesson Plan

Section: Advanced Conversation
Date: April 26th 2011

Class theme/topics discussed:
Soccer

How did you pick this theme or topic?
I talked about it at dinner with Sandie.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
First, I went over some soccer vocabulary with my students. Then we went to the Quad to play against the French conversation class. This was great, because if the students spoke in their foreign language they had an advantage, because the other team could not understand them

How did students react?
They loved it.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not?
It was fun and students had an immediate use by staying in the foreign language.

FR S11 ADV – alibi game

April 21, 2011 /

Alibi game

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Role play – I wanted to have them produce the target language but also have fun and I know they can be very creative when it’s about creating characters

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

game

How did students react?

They reacted very well.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Slips of paper

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was very productive!

Advanced

1. Révision de quelques gestes à montrer (chaque étudiant doit en montrer un)
– Jeu ils font un signe et lancent la balle à quelqu’un qui doit deviner

3. Jeu de l’alibi
⇒ 2/ 3 juges
⇒ Paires qui doivent trouver un alibi
• Distribution des rôles
• 5 min pour trouver un alibi en paires – 5 min
• 1e accusé entre, le partenaire attend dehors
• 2e accusé entre, le partenaire attend dehors
• Etc
• Délibération des juges à l’extérieur
• Verdict

JP S11 ADV Easter

April 21, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:

・Talk about Easter
Each student explained about what Easter holiday is and how they celebrate Easter holiday at home. After that, they have to answer some questions from classmates and I.

・Egg Hunting
This game was not just to find an egg in the room. I hided 10 cards, which is written a word on each card, in Oldenborg. Students had to find all cards by using clue cards and put them in right order to know where the egg was. The egg was in my pocket!

How did you pick this theme?

I really wanted to do an educational/instructional activity like debate under the topic of politics. However, my students did not want to do that. (I heard how they think of debate in Japanese in advance.) So I decided to do a fun activity. Easter was coming soon, I tried to do some activities related to Easter. For some seniors, they are going to go to Japan after graduation. They will need to talk their won culture in Japan. So it became great opportunity for them to think and talk about Easter and their culture.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
General discussion, group work (treasure hunting)

How did students react?
When students found a card, I divided them into 3 groups. Each groups wanted to find a cards faster than other groups. So students thought hard and run! They were amazing!!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
N/A

Please attach a copy.
N/A

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, students loved to do that.

Why or why not?
From my experience, it is very important for all people to talk about their own culture. I think learning foreign language also brings people awareness of their origin culture and value. Especially, some students are going to go to Japan this year. They will need to have the oppotunity of talking their culture. Easter is not Japanese culture, but I think language residents can make a good lesson plan from American culture like today’s lesson plan.

CN S11 ADV Chinese Rap making

April 21, 2011 /

Chinese pop music and RAP music video making

How did you pick this theme or topic?
Music is an international language and students love to share and learn about Chinese music. In the later project, they also need to review what they have learned in this semester and write a rap song, discuss the video shooting and finally shoot the music video and wrap up the whole piece.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Group work, general discussion

How did students react?
good

Did they engage with each other and you?

yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Youtube, flip cameras
Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

yes

Why or why not?

It’s an interesting topic for students and also they learn a lot in making strictly grammatically correct sentence when they write up the lyrics. They also need to cooperate with others figuring out the scenes for shooting and totally emerge themselves into the Chinese speaking environment.

FR S11 INT/ADV – French gestures

April 19, 2011 /

French gestures

How did you pick this theme or topic?

It’s important to learn all parts of French culture and French people often express themselves with gestures

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
game

How did students react?

They reacted very well.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Youtube videos
Slips of paper

Please attach a copy.
Lesson plan: gestures

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was very productive!

RU S11 INT Words for Arguing

April 14, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:
Role-play activity: words for arguing.

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handouts, role play.

How did students react?
They enjoyed the activity and asked to have it again some time.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts.
Please attach a copy.
Lesson 24_April 14_Role Play Ситуация накаляется

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
It exposes students to informal language and brings in an entertaining component to class.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 24
April 14, 2011

1. Warm-up: news of the day.

Question on the board: Что (кто) вам больше всего надоел(о)? Почему?

Introduce the expression – мне/ тебе/ ему/ нам надоел(-о/-а/-и) …
Students discuss/ ask each other/ share opinions.

2. Role-play activity: Ситуация накаляется! (expression on the board, + explain the usage)

Distribute the handout. Students read out short descriptions and act them out. Point out that they should use expressions indicated in the text! Explain the meaning if necessary.

RU S11 INT/ADV Communicative Game – Role-Play

April 12, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:
Role-play activity

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handouts, general discussion.

How did students react?
They liked the class a lot. Puzzles seemed to be a successful way to start the class; they got everyone involved and motivated students for the following activities.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts.

Please attach a copy.
Lesson 23_April 12 Puzzles
Lesson 23_April 12 Lesson – In Character

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
It exposes students to informal language and pronunciation and brings in an entertaining component to class.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 23
April 12, 2011

1. Warm-up: Puzzles (handout Lesson 23_April 12 Puzzles)
Do together – one by one, if needed, give hints. If they cannot guess/ don’t know the Russian word, let them suggest the English equivalent.

Key:

33 Б А (L of the A) – 33 буквы алфавита
4 С в Г (S of the Y) – 4 сезона в году
12 З З (S of the Z) – 12 знаков зодиака
9 П С С (P in the S S) – 9 планет Солнечной системы
366 Д в В Г (D in a L Y) – 366 дней в високосном году
1001 Н (A N) – 1001 ночь
7 Ч С (W of the W) – 7 чудес света
90 Г в П У (D in a R A) – 90 градусов в прямом угле
24 Ч в С (H in a D) – 24 часа в сутках
32 З во Р (T in a M) – 32 зуба во рту
3 Ц С (С in T L) – 3 цвета светофора

2. Role-play activity (words for arguing) In Character
Handout Lesson 23_April 12 Lesson – In Character
Read the situations and discuss the vocabulary.
Students choose one situation from the list and act it out. The others guess. The same situation can be chosen as many times as they wish.

3. Follow-up: each student writes a short skit like the ones in the handout.
They fold them and put on the table. Each draws one and act it out. Others guess what it could be, then the student reads out the solution.

FR S11 ADV – working and jobs #2 (job interview)

April 7, 2011 /

Working and jobs #2: Job interview

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to use the same technique as for the speed dating class because it had worked very well. And it was a good follow-up to the previous lesson.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Job interview activity

How did students react?

They reacted well. They had ideas and created interesting characters.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged a lot with each other since they had to pretend interviewing the other or playing the candidate and then discuss about the candidates.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.
Lesson plan jobs role playing

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was productive, the idea to have them decide on the job they were applying for worked better than last time.

RU S11 INT/ADV Taboo Game (facts/ names/ places)

April 5, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:
Taboo Game

How did you pick this theme or topic?
This type of activity allows checking students’ knowledge of basic places/ dishes/ personalities from the target culture and encourage spontaneous speech.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
PowerPoint presentation.
How did students react? They enjoyed the game.
Did they engage with each other and you?.
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
PowerPoint presentation.
Please attach a copy. Presentation1

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
Works perfectly to keep students alert and motivated and promotes conversation in the target language.

Advanced Russian
Lesson 21
April 5, 2011

Taboo Game: PowerPoint.
One student is sitting with their back to the screen, the others try to explain the words that they see on the screen to make him/her guess them. At the end this student may look at the slide to see all words. Students take turns. Can be played with or without time limit.

Could be improved by adding a second slide after each task-slide with pictures illustrating words in the task. This way at the end of each turn you switch the slide and the student who was guessing and the rest of the class can see the answers with pictures.
(More fun ☺ )

ES S11 INT/ADV Tapas

March 15, 2011 /

Conversation Class
Lesson Plan

Section: ADVANCED SPANISH, SPAN013

Date: 03/15/2011

Class theme/topics discussed:
SPANISH FOOD: LAS TAPAS

How did you pick this theme or topic?
It is a well-known Spanish tradition and it served as an introduction for the topic of the first Study Break: Spanish gastronomy. Las tapas.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
I used a hand out to brainstorm vocabulary and a hand out with three conversation games about food.

How did students react?
Students liked the game. All of them are familiar with the food of any Spanish-speaking country because all of them lived in a Spanish-speaking country last year.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes. They talked a lot and they enjoyed the games.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Three games.

Please attach a copy.
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Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not?
All of them could talk about it and exchange their personal opinions about food.

Adv14

RU S11 INT Creating a Board Game

March 3, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:
Creating a board game.

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Hanout with a scheme for a board game.

How did students react?
They enjoyed the class and asked to have this type of activity again.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts.
Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
It is a fun and educational break.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 14
March 3, 2011

Students get a handout with a scheme; the task is to create a board game – of any kind (questions/ tasks/ missions…). If done by the end of the class – we try to play.

JP S11 INT/ADV Japanese Doll Festival

March 3, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed: Japanese Doll Festival

Students cooked Chirashizushi and did some games (20 questions and Shiritori)
Japanese exchange students from Kougakuin University also joined the class. They talked about how they celebrate the day and what they do on the day to students.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
General discussion, handouts,cooking

How did students react?
They were excited to make and eat sushi. They also enjoyed talking and playing with Japanese exchange students.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Sure!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
TV (to show the doll)

Please attach a copy.
N/A

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not?

Sometimes students need to have fun in the class. Cooking Japanese foods and talking with native speakers are always great successful as lesson plan. Also, they could learn one of Japanese festivals.

ES S11 INT/ADV Playmobil

February 22, 2011 /

Conversation Class
Lesson Plan

Section: ADVANCED SPANISH, SPAN013

Date: 02/22/2011

Class theme/topics discussed:
Playmobil

How did you pick this theme or topic?
We have the playmobil figures outside and I thought it could be fun to play with them.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
We had to create stories with the playmobil figures.

How did students react?
They liked it a lot! They thought it was fun.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes, they engaged pretty well with each other.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Playmobil figures.

Please attach a copy.
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Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not?
It was a pleasant and calm class where they talked a lot.

RU S11 INT/ADV Russian Gestures – cont’d

February 17, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:
Russian gestures- cont’d

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handout, discussion, acting.

How did students react?
The topic works out perfectly, especially with a class that feels comfortable about acting/ imitating.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
picture, handouts.
Please attach a copy.

Lesson 10_February 17_Russian Gestures

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
It is a fun way to practice conversational language and to master a very special part of the target language – exclamations, sighs, etc. – that as a rule vary from culture to culture and are indicative of one’s “native-ness”.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 10
February 17, 2011

1. Warm-up – show the picture and ask to describe.

What gestures that we discussed in the previous class do they see? What is going on? Students enact the situation.
+ tell them the legend about the “drunken” gesture (clicking on the side of the neck) – Pete the Greta. etc., etc. – and point at Peter I in the picture 🙂
2. Practice – handout. Match gestures with descriptions.Lesson 10_February 17_Russian Gestures
3. Follow-up: charades – one student shows a gesture, the others guess.
Variation: create a skit using at least five gestures from the handout.

FR S11 ADV – Valentine’s day

February 15, 2011 /

Valentine’s day

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to do something related to Valentine’s Day.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Role play

How did students react?

Very well. They had fun.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Advanced 02/15

1. Give them the sheets of paper with Homme/Femme

2. Explain the game – 5 mn
→ create a new identity
→ speed dating
→ choose our other half

3. Create a new identity – 15 mn
→ give them the sheets for the agency
→ they have to fill them out
→ they have to choose a picture from the newspaper/magazines for their new personality
→ they have to think of a background story for their characters

4. Speed-dating – 25 mn
→ Girls remain seated but boys change every five minutes
→ They have to figure out if they would have another date with this person, or if s/he is their other half

5. Results – 10 mn
→ students should write down the name of the person they liked most and then explain why
→ if there are some couples they should explain what they liked so much and if they see a future for that relationship

FR S11 INT – Valentine’s day

February 15, 2011 /

Valentine’s day

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to do something related to Valentine’s Day.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Role play
Handouts: Poem
Group work

How did students react?

Well. I think they liked creating their character for the speed dating game, and also writing a short poem.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Intermediate 2/15

1. Speed dating game – 30 min

• Explain the game
• Create a new identity – 15 min
• Speed dating – 10 min (2 x 5 min)
• Results – 5 min

2. Writing a valentine’s poem – 30 min
SP11 LP Interm 9 poem

• Read together a poem – 5 min
• Analyze it (how many syllables? Rhymes? metaphors, comparisons, symbols, etc…) – 10 min
• In pairs: I give them a picture of a French person
• Give them examples of sentences to use
• They have to write their own stanza to this person – 10 min
• We share – 5 min

FR S11 ADV – asking questions + song M.Pokora

February 10, 2011 /

asking questions
Song

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to do something fun with them, and 20 questions is a game that allowed them all to speak and learn some new vocab and defend their opinions (why yes and not probably? Etc…).
Also, I wanted them to know which song had won the NRJ Music awards 2011 and get to know a little more what was on French radio stations now.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Group work
Handout with lyrics

How did students react?

Very well. They asked for another round after the first game. And then, they were very interested in the video for the song.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes, a lot!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Game 20 questions on the internet
Youtube video clip of the song

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes!!

Advanced 2/10

1. Game = 20 questions
⇒ Each has to read a question and everyone has to reply

2. Song – M. Pokora
Juste une photo de toi
lyrics
• 1 ecoute, discussion + fill in the blanks
• 2e ecoute, fill in the blanks
• correction

• Discussion
→ what do you think of this song
→ do you know M. Pokora? NRJ Music Awards 2011
→ what’s you favorite style of music?

RU S11 ADV Poetry. Game

February 10, 2011 /

Class theme/topics discussed:
Game – ПОЭТИКУС

How did you pick this theme or topic?
n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Board game – see the attachment.

How did students react?
They enjoyed the class, though for some of them the task turned out to be challenging.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
The game – ПОЭТИКУС
Please attach a copy.
IGRA poeticus1
IGRA poeticus2
IGRA poeticus3
IGRA poeticus4

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
Students always enjoy any game-related activities, and this one encourages creativity in the target language and enhances active vocabulary.

Advanced Russian
Lesson 8
February 10, 2011

1. News of the day.

2. Game:
See file Poeticus. (The file contains: fields, “pieces”, and detailed instructions)

BEFORE THE GAME: introduce the game. Discuss – what makes good poetry? Vocabulary:

Рифма/ рифмоваться
Ритм
Размер
Строфа
Строка
Стих vs стихотворение

Students create their own poems (working with a dictionary) and then introduce them to class + give a translation.

FR S11 INT – asking questions + food

February 10, 2011 /

asking questions
Food vocab

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to do something fun with them, and 20 questions is a game that allowed them all to speak and learn some new vocab and defend their opinions (why yes and not probably? Etc…).
Also, I wanted them to get started on the vocabulary related to cooking for the project.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts

How did students react?

Very well. They liked the game 20 questions and were interested in knowing more words about food.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Game 20 questions on the internet
Game “pairs” to match images and words

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Intermediate 2/10

1. game 20 questions
http://www.20q.net/

⇒ Each has to read a question and everyone has to reply

2. 2 feuilles de vocabulaire

3. Food vocabulary

⇒ Game « pairs » where they have to match the image with the word and collect as many matching pairs as they can

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