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Scattergories lists 19 245/11/2023 ![]() Some classes have been shy or feel silly but I find once they get started, some students get very excited about their story. I emphasis it’s about having fun, being creative and just writing. Depending on how much time there is, they usually have 10- 20 minutes to write a story. Writing a story gives them an opportunity to be creative (in a time when schools are more focused on testing than creativity, even in Spain), use their imagination, write in English, and give them freedom to make the story about anything they can imagine (and mention it must be appropriate for school). I have students pair up, compare answers and write a story using the words they have in their charts. I always have a plan and my reasons and it’s all about building on an activity. Remember back in school, teachers would start out with something and you’d have no idea where the activity was going or why you were doing it? Yeah, now as a teacher, I get it. Ok. Activity appears to be finished but this is when I e xtend the activity. ![]() Then I ask students what they came up with for different letters and categories and write them on the board. I don’t give another letter until everyone is ready to move on (or majority is ready to move on). Some words start with the same letter in both languages, many don’t.ĭepending on time, their level and their enthusiasm, I usually give them between 5-8 letters but not all at the same time. I can’t think of any words so it’s helpful to make a list before or do it while your students are doing the activity Some letters will be more difficult than others and you have to remember students are going to be translating from their native tongue to English. If you’re like me and have to think of words on the spot, I don’t do well. Letter H=horse, hamburger, helicopter, house, hat, happy, have Letter B= Buffalo, butter, bus, basement, butterfly, beautiful, bring Then I’ll give a letter, for example letter B, and students have a minute or two to come up with a word starting with this letter for each category. I choose categories randomly such as: Animal, Food, Transport, Place, Thing, adjective, Verb* Take a half sheet of paper and make 5- 7 categories. Now I don’t know what this game is called but if you can think up something better or know the original name, please let me know. One of my favorite games last year was a Spanish game I stole, er, borrowed and made it my own. I’ve been thinking about the variety of lessons and activities I tried last year- what worked, what didn’t -and my lack of having a list because Teaching English was only going to be a year gig. Some days I can see myself teaching for the long-term but alas. I like being in front of the class, I like improvising and I like how everyday and every class is different. From what it seems I’ll collaborate with the teacher before class or during a prep hour and then “be the teacher” while the teacher sits amongst the students. My time is divided between 5 English teachers and I’m mostly with the 16-18 year old students since the lower levels they tell me are very low and that’s their reason for only scheduling me for 9 hours. I have nine classes, though I’m suppose to work 12. Last year, I had my own classroom and was responsible for preparing all the lessons and activities and this year, I’m assisting or rather teaching with another teacher. ![]() This year I’m going to make a tried and true effort to learn my students names and utilize the handy-dandy photo list of all my students in my 9 classes. I’m back in the classroom (as of last week) and am quickly learning students names and getting to know teachers whom I’m working with. G.If you try this activity, I’d love to hear how it goes for you- good, bad, suggestions etc.Fibber McGee and the Wistful Vista Mystery.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Board Game.Captain Clueless: Lost in the Caribbean.Buckshot! The World’s Fastest Indoor Game.Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Board Game.All the King’s Men (Smess: The Ninny’s Chess).The Addams Family Creepy Mansion Action Game.Across Ticklers The Game of Quick Acrostics.5-Minute Dungeon: Curses! Foiled Again!.# | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z # To quickly browse through the list of reviews click one of the links below. If you are looking for a particular game you can quickly search for it by pressing Ctrl + F and typing in the game you are looking for. If you would instead prefer browsing the reviews by genre, rating or year check out the corresponding pages. This is the complete list of board game reviews on Geeky Hobbies sorted alphabetically.
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