| Body | This activity was created for language learners of all levels. It is a perfect warm up or review activity for the learning environment.
Learning outcomes:
Learners will be able to:
- Create robust mental connections to target vocabulary words
- Demonstrate knowledge of target vocabulary words
Mode(s): Interpretive
Material(s): Target vocabulary terms on individual slips of paper, Act It Out! Video, Act it Out! exit ticket
Procedure:
- Ask learners to write down one target vocabulary term they are struggling to remember in the target language. They should write it on a small slip of paper, fold the paper, and put the paper in a basket or bowl in the classroom.
- Divide learners into two teams.
- Call on learners to select one piece of paper and to act out the term. Set a timer for one minute. If their team can guess the term within the minute, they earn a point. If the team is unable to guess the term, the other team gets the chance to steal.
- Keep score throughout gameplay. The game can last until all of the terms have been performed, or it can be repeated in small increments of time (5-10 minutes) over a variety of class periods.
- When gameplay ends, show learners the Act It Out! video.
- Ask learners to reflect on gameplay and the extent to which it helped them learn vocabulary using this exit ticket.
Notes:
- In online teaching contexts, have learners message you their target terms privately in Step 1. Then. provide the target terms to learners in Step 3 through private messaging.
- The video in Step 5 only needs to be shown to learners one time. If you split up the list and play the game over multiple days, you may wish to only show it the first day or the last day. No matter what, however, have the learners complete the exit ticket every time they play so that they can monitor if the strategy becomes more or less useful over time.
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