Hello hello! Still enjoying Easter holidays? Yeahhh me, too! So, I just wanted to pop in real quick with an activity I think might make going back to the grind a little bit easier.
What are the main goals of this activity?
- Revise and activate newly-acquired vocabulary
- Reinforce how to formulate questions
- Boost students’ speaking abilities
- Introduce movement in the classroom: gallery walks
How to do it
- Write six to eight words or expressions you want to revise on cards, big enough to see from a distance. Stick them on the walls of the class for everybody to see.
- Depending on the number of students in your class, ask them to work in pairs or groups of three. For each word on the wall, the group must think of an open question using the target vocabulary.
- Walk around the room and help with grammar and spelling.
- Once the group have their question, ask them to write it on a post-it note or a scrap of paper and put it next to the target word on the wall.
- When they have finished and all the questions are displayed on the walls, ask learners to stand up and, in new groups, do a gallery walk discussing the questions.
