Using Puzzles in Class

<Using Puzzles in Class>

<Using Puzzles in Class>

-Useful Websites for Making a Puzzle

: puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com

-Types of Puzzles 

 1) (Functional English) Letter Tiles

: Unscramble the tiles to make a sentence

  

2) (Functional English) Word Maze 

: Find out the sentence by connecting letters

: Number in a square = the number of words consisting of the sentence

: A letter in a shadow square = the first letter of the first word of the sentence

(PPT ver.)

(Worksheet ver.)

3) (Vocabulary) Word Search

: To make it more educational (and somewhat difficult...), 

 * Let students unscramble the letters to make a correct word 

                       write down a meaning of the word

                       do the word search!

4)  (Vocabulary) Double Puzzles

: Unscramble the letters.

  Find a letter for the number to make another sentence

5)  (Vocabulary) Decoding Games

6) (Reading) Decoding

: Read the text quickly and find out the letters for the blanks.

: Using the letters you found, make a new sentence

7) (Reading) Collaborative Puzzle

: Good for checking reading comprehension

: Make groups of 4 students

: Cut each part (<A>, <B>, <C>, and <D>) and distribute them to each student

: Find the answers for the blank

: If students gather the letter in a triangle in order(From the first triangle in <A> to the last triangle in <D>), students can find a new sentence.

: [REMARK] Teachers ask students who finish their work quickly to help the other students since it's a collaborative work!

8) Logic Puzzles 

: Check out a link below!

http://ttpkitchen.blogspot.com/2017/05/logic-problems.html

TTP demonstration class 1(Geumyong)

1. 동아(윤정미) Middle School 1st grade

2. Lesson 8. Dream Together, Reach Higher

3. Tool : Nearpod, Zoom, Google Classroom

4. Target : Speaking, Vocabularies, Grammar

5. Objectives
(1) Ss are able to give opinions and agree or disagree with their group members
(1) Ss remind expressions of the main text.
(1) Ss learn the usage of that clause and adverb clauses of time(when, before, after)

6. Procedure
(1) Nearpod add on : Draw it
(2) Google Classroom assignment(수업)

(3) Nearpod add on : Memory Game
(4) Neardpod add on : Video(Youtube Koh Panyee FC soccer team)
(5) Neardpod add on : Time to climb(Comprehension Check up)

(7) Google Classroom Stream(Wrap UP)

Gerund Grammar and Writing Activity

1. 동아(윤) 1st grade

2. Lesson5. Styles Around the World

3. Zoom, Google Classroom, Screencastify

4. Grammar and Writing

5. Objectives
-Students will know the basic form of gerund, the four usages of gerund, differentiate it from progressive form and present participles.
-Students will be able to describe the pictures using gerund form.

6. Procedure

  1) Watch the Youtube videos(made with Screencastify)(Choose what they want)

https://youtu.be/9USdrhwed04
(English version)

https://youtu.be/NUU2jX9Kh1c
(Korean Version, 동명사 기본)

https://youtu.be/_GKWo2cH7Xk
(Korean version, 동명사 현재분사 구분하기)

https://youtu.be/_GKWo2cH7Xk
(My Korean Version)

https://youtu.be/tXoxxeFNhGc
(My English Version)

  2) Depict the pictures about daily habits using gerund form

 














  3) Take the google quiz(Google Form)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhcvfOQSAA9r3aZxxMJ0EZzX7_fCYDtXrCeTQU-Jj5RwOCKA/viewform

  4) Additional Material for Self-study(Edpuzzle)

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5e89488dbd1dde3eff152d2f

Teaching Demo (Bella) / To describe and recommend food to others

1. Procedures(45')

1) Greetings and small talks(1')

2) Warm-up : zoomed in pictures(3')

3) Introducing lesson goals and flow chart(1')

4) Reviewing words briefly(2')

5) Hot Seat Game with taboo words(10')

6) Whisper Relay(10')

7) O.R.E.O (group writing, presentation, voting)(15')

8) Quick review(3')

9) Informing the next class(1')

2. Materials

1) Teacher : PPT, boards & markers, handouts, smartphones, Plicker cards

2) Students : pencils, textbook, file, notebook

3. Comments

1) Having students take a guess is one of the great ways to motivate and interest students. This method was used a lot throughout this lesson.

2) There are many ways to adjust activities to suit students achievement levels like giving taboo words in hot seat game and so on.

3) Giving students authentic and real life related goals is also helpful to have students engaged in the activities. Here, I made a short video clip using powtoon and natural readers.

4. Grade Level: 1st Graders of Middle School (Advanced)

5. Textbook/Chapter   

Topic/Lesson Title: To describe and recommend food to others

Source of Inspiration/ Experimental Goal: To experiment newly learned technologies to class activities (powtoon, natural readers, plickers, etc.) To use speaking activities done in TTP classes (taboo words, scavenger activities)

Language Skills: speaking, listening, writing

Learning Objective:  (What will learners know or be able to do after your lesson?)   Students will be able to describe food to others. recommend a good restaurant.

Teaching Development Goals: (What do you hope to learn and/or accomplish as an educator?                                                      Which criteria will you be focusing on improving) Students-centered learning, teachers only playing a role as a coach or a facilitator Motivating students to speak English by giving them some interesting and specific goals

Materials/Tools: PPT, boards, markers, handouts, Smartphone

Detailed Procedure Activity/Time Details TEE Language Used Introduction(5’) Greetings and small talks Warm-up : Zoomed-in pictures Introducing lesson goals and flow chart Reviewing words briefly How are you guys today? I’m also a little bit tired, but we will go home after this class, right? So, let’s get started. I’ll show you some zoomed-in pictures. You need guess what the object is. Alright? So, can you guess today’s topic? Right, it’s food. This is today’s lesson goals. Let’s read it together one, two, three! Good job! To achieve these goals we will going to three activities. First, Hot-seat, then Whisper Relay, and OREO activity. Before we move on, let’s review some vocabularies we learned last time. These are words to describe tastes, textures, and temperatures of food. Choose the word to describe bubblegum. Development Activity 1(10’) <Hot Seat Game with taboo words> Explaining the rules Making groups of 4 Each team takes turns So, now let’s play Hot Seat Game. We are going to make groups of 4, and one person will come to the front and sit here. Other group members have to explain the word and this person should guess it. But there are some rules. There are 5 words in a round and I will give to 2 minutes. Each word counts 2 points. Development Activity 2(10’) <Whisper Relay> Explaining the rules Making teams of 4 Play the game Let’s move on to the next activity, which is Whisper Relay. What is “whisper”? I’ll explain how to do this activity. Development Activity 3(15’) <O.R.E.O.> Informing students meanings of OREO (opinion,reasons,examples,opinion) Showing students a video clip giving them a goal of writing Making groups of 4 Giving roles to members in a group (Leader,Searcher,Writer,Presenter) Having students write their arguments on handouts Group presentations and voting Now, let’s do the O.R.E.O. activity. Please vote for the best team using plickers. The answer should face the upper side. Think about how well they supported their idea with reasons or examples, and how well they deliver their idea with clear and confident voice. Now, let’s see the result. Who won? Consolidation(5’) Quick reviews Inform students of the next class Well done guys. Everyone participated in the class well, so everyone will get the stamp for today. The winning team will get oreo cookies.  Next class, we will learn how to order food. Let’s call it a day.

6. powtoon : https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/bKqPNhazH54/?mode=movie#/

Teaching reading text itself (topic : understanding some jobs of my neighborhood)

Actually, we have experienced smart, nice and interesting teaching skills as post-reading activities like snooping-around or jigsaw crossword puzzle. However, there’s little activities for the reading text itself. Moreover, we, Korean English teachers have to teach a text of at least 3 or 4 paragraphs each chapter. What’s the point of learning some new after-reading skills if we still teach a text in an old-fashioned way, I mean, grammar-translated way.  That’s the starting point of my idea. I kept thinking about how to teach a text effectively and interestingly. While thinking about it, I met Nearpod, a complex of wonder-struck helpful tools for teaching. With this smart program, I hope I can make a reading class fun for both me and my students.

In this class, you will see...

- Nearpod as a tool for whole process of teaching reading the text
- Students study a part of the text individually and then explain their own reading parts to their team members so that whole members get the gist of the full text without looking over the all the text (a little bit different from Jigsaw activity).
- Students share their ideas at the end of the class as a chance for teaches to check the students' comprehension of the teaching material and for students to answer some questions from a teacher or post impressive key words or phrases. Teachers can make this step a chance to communicate with their students effectively.

Discover your unique LEARNING STYLE

Learning Objective:

Students will be able to ...

• develop note-taking skills while listening to the lecture.
• talk about the characteristics of each learning style.
• discover their own unique learning style.

Materials/Tools
A movie clip, PPT, Worksheets(for jigsaw activity, and survey)

Procedure

Activity/Time	Details
Greetings	- T and Ss say hello to each other. - T lets Ss make the ORIGINAL groups of 3.
Motivation (Guessing the topic)	- T shows a movie clip, Kung fu Panda 3. - T asks some questions about the movie clip, especially based on Po’s teaching way. - T has Ss guess the today’s topic. - T introduces the today’s topic and lesson goals.
Listening Jigsaw	- T lets Ss make the EXPERT groups of 3. - T has Ss listen to the lecture and fill in the blanks matching to each EXPERT group. - Ss are asked to take notes while listening to the lecture. - T lets Ss go back to the ORIGINAL groups and share the answers. - T encourages Ss to present the characteristics of each learning style together.
Learning Style Survey	- T distributes survey worksheets. - T helps Ss rate each statement 0 to 3 according to how well it fits them. - Ss are asked to identify their own learning style. - T encourages Ss to find out someone who has the same learning style as them.
Preview of the Next Class Wrap-up	- T previews the next class, ‘Make Learning Strategies’. - T says goodbyes to Ss.

Grammar Bingo

Procedure

Activity 1 Checking Comprehension

• T reminds Ss of the sentences in the textbook and asks them to talk about what they learned last class in pairs.

With 100 won, you can give a child three bananas.

With 1000 won, you can buy a child a meal.

With 10000 won, you can send 30 pills to sick children in North Korea.

• Ss explain to each other the rules of the target structure, dative verbs.

S + Dative verbs + Indirect Object + Direct Object

S + Dative verbs + Direct Object + Preposition + Indirect Object

• Ss are asked to put the ideas they’ve shared together in groups.
• T checks whether it is correct or not with the whole class.

Activity 2 Practicing Target Structure

• T lets Ss in pairs write the sentences on the picture cards by using the given words(including davite verbs) and pictures.
• Ss are asked to complete all of the sentence cards for the Bingo game.
• T lets Ss share and check the answers in groups.

Activity 3 Playing Bingo Game

• T let Ss randomly put the sentence cards in each grid on the board.
• Ss present and tick the target sentences on the cards in turn.
• When Ss make 3 or 4 lines, they win the game.

Reading class(Guessing game, Station Activity, Ticket to the door)

1. Introduction : Guessing Game

- Giving 5 clues related to a topic. Show one by one.

- If ss get a right answer with less clues, they can get more point.

2. Whlie- and after-reading activity : A Station Activity

3. Ticket to the door : Completing a Flight Ticket

Lessons with Precepts & Wise Sayings

Mr. Browne’s usage of precepts inspired me to try something like this in my undergraduate composition classes.

  This Google Document contains a list of all saying and short descriptions of related lesson activities. Please add other wise sayings and ideas about how to use them in our teaching.

Precepts & Wise Sayings (TTP2018)

Giving Advice Writing Activity

A. Brainstorming with Popplet.com
   1) Topic: What teenagers worry about?
   2) My example: goo.gl/g673w1
   3) You need to do some works with your students in advance.
       -Your students need an account to use popplet.
       -To share your popplet, please click share -> add collaboartor -> enter name or e-mail address
-> add them

B. Writing activity with PiratePad
   1) Read top 3 problems of teenagers.
   2) In pairs, write 1-2 sentences for each problem anonymously, using target expressions.
   3) Share the ideas together and vote for the best advice.
   4) My example: goo.gl/ro4kk7

Drawing Relay Activity

A. Target language : giving advice expressions

B. Procedures
   1) In your groups of 4, 3 people become sketchers and 1 person a guesser.
   2) Teacher will show advice sentences to the sketchers.
   3) The sketchers draw a picture on the whiteboard in relay.
       (10 seconds each)
   4) The guesser should answer by using target expressions.
       (such as You should~, You shouln't~, why don't you~?, etc)
   5) Each group has 3 minutes.

C. Materials
   1) Video clip to introduce this game : http://tv.naver.com/v/1660742
   2) Advice sentences : goo.gl/tncRMy

Writing Activity (Magic Pill / if-conditional)

- Warm-up activity : Telepathy game with blanked sentences
- Writing activity : Writing a prescription card for a patient (using if-clause)
1. (in pair) pick a problem card and figure out what the situation is
2. (in pair) share their problems and take a note
3. (in pair) complete a prescription card (choose a pill / write down the reason why)
4. (in pair) share their diagnostic results to each other
5. (in a new group in which students have the same problem) share results they received and pick up one best idea
6. (in class) presentation time
- Formative Test : Padlet

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BykNMBpFOsMkQXNqUF9Zb2pmZXc

Telepathy Game with Blanked Sentences

The goal of this game is filling in the gaps in sentences creatively considering the context. Through this game, students can raise their awareness on sentence structures and collocations.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B34AZv4olDdATVJOdl9RRGRDbnM

Logic Problems

Logic Problems

Provide students with a logic problem or riddle that they need to discuss together in order to solve.

Example: Danny’s Family  Danny is having a birthday party with 6 of his family members. They are his grandmother, mother, aunt, brother, father, and uncle. Their names in random order are Ben, Julie, Mike, Betty, Jane, and Luke.

Listen to the clues to discover the names of Danny's family members.

Clues:

1. Ben is not Danny’s uncle.

2. Danny’s grandmother’s name starts with B.

3. Luke is not Danny’s brother.

4. Julie is not his aunt.

5. Danny’s father’s name is Mike.

Puzzle and Riddle Sources

• http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Printable_Logic_Puzzles_for_Kids
• http://www.thelogiczone.plus.com/logic_index.htm
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/logic/puzzles/
• http://brainden.com/logic-riddles.htm
• http://themathmompuzzles.blogspot.kr/

Logic Puzzles Google Doc

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Adaptions ＆Extensions

Clue Dictation: Instead of providing students with the clues, dictate the clues. Students have to accurately write down the clues and confirm them with group members before solving the puzzle.

Pre-puzzle Treasure Hunt: Hide the clues around the classroom.  Students have to find them in order to solve the puzzle.

Student Generated Clues: Give students a scenario and/or graphic organizer and have them write clues.  Exchange these with other groups and solve each others' puzzles.