![]() I have yet to make one class set of copies for my students- everything is written in their notebooks by hand, from diagrams to charts to pictures. The students use their curriculum workbooks and notebooks for each class…so worksheets are pretty much non-existent. There are so many students in each class and with limited resources, it is virtually impossible to make multiple copies of worksheets for different classes. I have to say, teaching in India the second time around has taught me so much about what I take for granted when teaching at home…copy machines, paper (yes…any type of paper), ink, posters, school supplies, etc. It was truly a great activity to play with the students not only to test their knowledge about different English terms, but to see how quickly (and how many) content language terms they could think of for each category!Īt the end of the period, the students were still trying to figure out the answers for each category, so for extra practice, I asked the students to try and think of as many words as they could for each category! Overall, I look forward to more opportunities to play Scattergories with my students they were so eager to learn this game and extremely excited to share their answers with each other! I also shared some American terms for ‘foods’ and some popular American ‘landmarks’ so it was an equal exchange of words. I used my iPad and set the timer for 2 minutes and it was amazing to see what they came up with! We only got through one round (out of three), but each group came up with so many answers for each category, so I was quite impressed! The students were really excited to share their answers, especially with their group members, so the game actually turned out to be combination between Scattergories and Outburst!īy playing Scattergories with my students, I actually learned some new words too, since they used popular Indian foods for the ‘desserts’ and ‘movie stars’ categories. After I explained the directions to the students, we played a practice round and they quickly got the hang of it. ![]() I have to admit, it was so much fun watching them write this down in their notebooks because they did not ask any questions as to why they were writing the chart in their notebooks, they just did it- and quickly I might add! As soon as they saw me bring out my Scattergories letter die, their eyes suddenly grew very big as if they were amazed to see such a thing and they encouraged their friends to hurry up and finish copying the chart so that they could begin to play. ![]() In order to play, I asked the students to copy the Scattergories chart into their notebooks and write down all of the categories listed along the side. As an ESL teacher, I love playing different games and activities with my students, especially games that my students have never heard of before! This morning I had the chance to introduce one of my favorite games to my seventh standard students… Scattergories! The students work in cooperative learning groups every day and earn points based on their group work and effort based on our classroom expectations and this week the boys earned a whole-group activity so we played this popular board game together!
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