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| Contentid | 9182 |
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| Title | Vocabulary Review Activity |
| Body | An AATG listserv user recently contributed the following idea: I like the Category Match activity. It works like this: 1. Ahead of time, prepare a list of categories and ten items in each category. Cut these sheets apart by category. I make a table in Word and then print it out and cut the sections apart. 2. Divide class into 3 or 4 teams. Two people from each team go to the board. Only ONE PERSON may write on the board. The other one may not write or erase. 3. Set a time of 3 or 4 minutes. If the words are longer, I let the time go to 5 minutes or a bit more (I change it if I see the students at the board need more time). 4. Give a category. The two students at the board have to write TEN words that fit that category. They confer with their teammate at the board. You can also make it just FIVE words. We're on the block, so I we have time for ten words. 5. When time is up, the person who was writing sits down. The one who did not write stays at the board. I then call on those students at the board one by one to read off the items on their list. 6. When all teams have read their items, I read my list of ten items out loud. The students at the board put an 'x' to the left of any item on their list that matches one of my items. I have them write their words with a black marker (no. 4 above), then use a colored marker for this part. 7. Whichever team has the most matches with my items wins that round. Award a point and play starts again with two more students from each team going to the board and a new category. You can review lots of words at any level with this activity. It gets the students up out of their seats, involves a lot of students at one time, and, since it's a contest, students really get engaged in the process. Some sample categories I use are: Things you eat, things you drink, words related to school, chore words, clothing, colors, months, numbers from 20 to 40 (or whatever span you want), words beginning with K (or M or S etc.), family members, things you can read, furniture items in a room, things to do with music, etc. For fun I also use capital cities in Europe, big cities east of the Mississippi in the USA (I know, it has nothing to do with German ...), German boys' names, German girls' names. Carol Haring Spartanburg, SC American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU) |
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| Inputdate | 2009-03-15 10:22:25 |
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