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| Title | Whiteboard Activity Ideas |
| Body | A Latinteach user recently suggested the following ways to use individual-sized whiteboards in class: --- Here are some whiteboard activities which I use. Many of these I learned at Rusticatio this summer (so I take NO credit at all for any of them) and have now definitely added them to my arsenal of activities. I use these activities to get students to internalize these words and to take ownership of them. Vocabulary picture – write four random vocabulary words on your classroom board. Students have one minute to draw a picture on their whiteboards which incorporates/depicts all of the words (not four separate pictures, but one). Tell students if they do not know a word, then focus on what words they do know. When the minute is up, students hold up their whiteboards to you and to each other, while you walk around and check them. I usually pick 2-3 boards to show the class and will then describe the picture in Latin, using the vocabulary words. Freeze Frame – You the teacher draw a picture beforehand (using known vocabulary words) and then write in Latin a description of the picture. The more random the picture, the better! Read the description aloud to the class and have students draw what they hear. I usually read the description 3 times – by the 3rd time, students are simply checking their drawing against what they hear being read. Have them hold up their whiteboards to you the teacher and to each other. Then show them the original picture and compare. Then ask students comprehension questions in Latin about your picture. Guess the Word – pick 3 students to sit in front of the classroom with their backs to the classroom board. The rest of the class has whiteboards. On the classroom board, write a vocabulary word. The class will then draw a representation of that word on their whiteboards but not show the 3 students. On cue, have all of the students show the 3 students their pictures, and the 3 students guess the Latin vocabulary word. Variations: instead of pictures, have students write synonyms, antonyms, homophones, etc in Latin. Complete the Sentence – write a basic Latin sentence on the board but leave out a word. Students have 30-45 seconds to write Latin word/words which best complete(s) the sentence. When time is up, students hold up their boards to show you, while you go around to check. Conjugating – write an infinitive (or other verb principal part) on the board, and then give students a subject/pronoun. Students write the correct form on their whiteboard and then show you the teacher. 25,000 Pyramid – one student holds a whiteboard with a list of vocabulary words, one students sits with his/her back to the whiteboard and then one student sits facing the other student (this student can see the whiteboard). The student who can see the words is to get the other student to say the Latin vocabulary word by describing the word in Latin. Once the student guesses the correct word, then they go on to the next word. Toda, K. [Latinteach] whiteboard activities. Latinteach listserv (latinteach@nxport.com, 16 Sep 2010). |
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