Daily Archives: May 9, 2011

Massive Updates

As you may have noticed if you have my site feed listed somewhere, I am in the middle of massive updates. Mostly what I am doing is writing a short quick description of all the task based activities on my site and including some basic instructions. This will make it easier to search for activities [...]

Where is it from? Matching

In this activity for beginning or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL students, the group can practice using the structure “Where is it from?” using these cards. This set also incorporate global awareness and culture through the understanding of other regions of the world. Theses cards have a number of options. This can be done as a match the [...]

Where is it from Bingo?

This is a bingo game designed for small groups of students, generally working in groups of three or four. This activity is designed for beginner or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL learners and is built around a global awareness of places and culture. Students will use commonly known landmarks from famous places in collaboration with different countries. The [...]

Wh Question Cards

In this activity for beginning or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL students, the group can practice Wh questions with a matching activity. Theses cards have a number of options. This can be done as a mingle match where students find another student with the same question, as a simple matching concentration style game, as questions in a bag [...]

Rebus Card Activity

This is a Rebus card activity designed for intermediate or upper-intermediate level EFL/ESL students. This activity is structured around vocabulary related to the classroom. The first three cards are single vocabulary words only. The last two cards are simple sentences. This is a fun activity that can be used as a warm up, as part [...]

Writing Prompt Hobbies

This is a simple writing prompt card for high beginning EFl/ESL learners structures around writing about sports or hobbies. Students choose one of the topics and write a short five sentence paragraph about the activity and why it was the choice. Afterwards I have student mingle and read the paragraph to at least three other [...]

English for Specific Purpose Time Activity

This is a matching activity designed for kindergarten level or beginning EFL learners. This is a subject specific activity designed to help students accomplish and understanding of daily routines while also building student ability to read a analog clock face. In this activity students play a concentration style matching game by matching the activity to [...]

Rebus Puzzles Two

In this second Rebus puzzle type activity where words are represented by pictures. This activity is designed for high beginners or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. This is a training exercise for learning how a rebus puzzle works. Here students choose one sentence as a group. Each student in the group makes a picture or pictures [...]

Rebus Puzzle Construction

In this activity students learn how to construct a Rebus puzzle type activity where words are represented by pictures. This activity is designed for high beginners or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. This is a training exercise for learning how a rebus puzzle works. Here students choose one sentence as a group. Each student in the [...]

Creative Drama Prompts

These are cards designed as writing prompts for all levels of EFL/ESL learner. These can be combined with a number of lexical sets assigned by the teacher. While students can write to create the dialogue, upper intermediate and advanced level students can be encouraged to create the role play without writing as a way to [...]

Jobs Mingle Activity

This is a role playing information gap mingle/cocktail mixer type activity for a smaller group of high beginner or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL students. To complete the activity cut out the cards and hand them out to students. Students become the character on the card. Students mingle around the room asking the questions and try to find [...]

Endangered Animal Writing

This activity is designed or upper intermediate or advanced level EFL/ESL students. This activity requires students to apply language understanding to global awareness of endangered species specifically located in Korea. In this activity one group of students gets an information card about a different animal endangered in Korea. Using the information on the card the [...]

Jobs Matching

In this activity for beginning or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL students, the group can practice vocabulary clarification for Jobs and the requires fields of study related to a job. T Theses cards have a number of options. This can be done as a match the picture with the sentence; a gap fill activity, as a flash card [...]

Jobs Bingo Game

This is a bingo game designed for small groups of students, generally working in groups of three or four. This activity is designed for beginner or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL learners and is built around a Jobs lexical set with a grammatical focus on future tense using will. The picture cards are cut up and place on [...]

Hobbies Riddles

These are riddles related to hobby activities that are designed for use with intermediate EFL/ESL learners.  Each riddle is on a separate card.This can be matched to pictures cards in the Hobbies Flash Card Activity Set. There are a number of ways to use riddle cards in the classroom. This can be used as a [...]

Hobby Vocabulary Matching

This is a flash card and matching/concentration activity designed for high beginner or intermediate level EFL/ESL students using Hobby Lexical sets. Here students are presented with different activities and must match the activity to the tools needed to complete the activity. This is a wonderful vocabulary activity for students. Cards can be used for flash [...]

Hobby Interview Presentation

This is a scaffolded interview activity for high beginner or pre-intermediate students. This activity focuses on hobbies and using language related to hobbies. In the interview students can ask all the questions to a partner. Using the second sheet students fill in the blanks with answers. The answer sheet can than be presented to the [...]