Looking for some fun ways to warm up your ESL class? Well stay tuned for some
fun ESL warmup ideas! Don't worry, you won't get too hot...
Hi my name is Jema Perry and welcome to Mooncake, ESL teaching made easy. If
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let me know where in the world you're teaching. The warm-up an essential part
of any ESL lesson. The warm-up is there to help capture students attention and
get them ready for English class. But the warm-up doesn't have to be just a random
song or activity. It's also a fantastic opportunity to help practice previously
taught language. So today I want to share with you a couple of games that you can
try in your class to warm up your students while still reviewing
previously taught materials. so without further ado let's look at
today's game, Speed Splat. Now, today's games are a twist on an original video
called splat that I posted previously. So if you haven't yet make sure you check
out that video linked below. This game could also be adjusted to suit any level
of English or subject that you might be teaching, but today I'll be using
transportation as an example. Now today there are two versions of this game, one
that's going to concentrate on students listening skills and another that's
going to concentrate on their speaking skills. So let's get started. To play this
game all you're gonna need are some flashcards of the vocabulary you'd like to
practice and two soft hammers. Now don't worry if you don't have a hammer,
students can just use their hand instead. Get started by to positioning the class in a
semi-circle with you the teacher in the middle. Now this first game is gonna work
on students listening skills so we start by introducing those flashcards one by
one using TPR and chants as you do. If you're not sure how to use TPR and
chants in your classroom then make sure you check out my video on TPR linked
below. Next, we're gonna place those flashcards on the whiteboard behind you
and introduce the two hammers to the class. Whenever introducing hammers to
the class make sure you go through some basic rules of how to use them. Next,
ask two students to come to the middle and take a hammer. The whole class as a
group are then gonna ask those two students the target question, for
example: How did you come to school today?
How did you come to school today? You the
teacher are then going to use one of those words from the board to answer the
question, for example, I came by submarine. Those two students then need to run to
the board hit the correct card and say the sentence out loud,
I came by submarine. the fastest student to do so gets to stay in the middle,
where as the slower students to sits back down. But a fun part about this game is
the speed at which you play it so immediately after that slower student
sits back down again you need to ask another student to quickly come up grab
the hammer, and go again. Keep going again and again until all the students are
warmed up and ready for English class. This next version of the game works more
on student speaking skills and to play all you're going to need are some flash
cards on the vocabulary you would like to practice. Start by positioning the class in a
semi-circle with you the teacher in the middle. Next, you're gonna introduce those
flashcards one by one though this time instead of putting them on the board
you're going to keep them yourself. Next, ask students to come to the middle
and stand in front of the board. Next, you can have the whole class as a group as
the target question, how did you come to school today? How do you come to school
today? This time instead of saying the sentence out loud you're going to
show students a target flashcard. Students then need to look at that
flashcard and reply using that word, for example I
came by submarine. The faster student to do so correctly and clearly gets to stay
in the middle the slowest needs to sit back down.
Once again we asked another student to come to the middle and go again. Keep
going until the whole class is warmed up and ready for English class. So the key
to making these games fun is the speed at which you play it so once students have
grasped how to play, make sure you're playing as quickly as possible. So there you
have it, a couple of fun twists on that original game of splat that you can use
in your class to help warm up your students ready for English class. If you
haven't yet make sure you check out my original video linked below. Let me know
if you like this video by commenting with the word helpful in the comments
below and by sharing with your fellow teachers. If you're looking for some more
fun ESL games and you can check out some of my other videos right here. That's it
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