Exercising the brain of needy students

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Exercising the brain of needy students with recycled and well-known ideas By Mirela C. C. Ramacciotti Braz Tesol SIGs Get Together

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This is a very hands-on, ready-tu-use workshop I presented at a regional Teacher's meeting in 2007 in São Paulo, Brazil

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Exercising the brain of needy students

with recycled and

well-known ideas

By Mirela C. C. Ramacciotti

Braz Tesol SIGs Get Together

October, 20, 2007

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Who are the needy students?

Living in theOutskirts ofSão Paulo

Have 1-hour Class every

week

Attending Regular NGOs

Children and

Adolescents

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PERSONALIZEMake it your own

Recycling ideas

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Make use of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

RUN FOR YOUR ANSWER

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The brain is a pattern-seeker

CATEGORIES GAME

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We store information by similarity but retrieve it by

difference

MAGIC WORDS

• Portuguese X English

• With Gaps

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Help the brain learn best by CHANGING LOCATIONS

FOUR CORNERS

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Make it challenging

QUESTION PYRAMID

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Get the brain’s attention

• SPELLING BEE

• Using time

• Using colors

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Color

green

color

red

color

grey

color

blue

white

color

yellow

color

orange

B F A Q I O R

C L H U Y

D M J W

E N K

G S

P X

T

V

Z

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Help the brain learn by using visual aids

JUMBLE• Words

• Chunks A:__ __ __ __ __?B:__,_ __ __ __ __.A: __ __?B:__ __ __ __ __.

• Dialogue (example)Are/you/ready/to/order?Yes/I’d/like/a steak/and/

a coke.Anything/else?An apple/ pie/ for/

dessert/ please.

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Use learner-imposed deadlines and peer pressure

RELAY RACE

With Questions

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Example of Relay RaceCan I ....... You?

What’s your .....number?

What’s.......address?

Where are you........?

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The brain is a pattern-seeker

COMBINE YOUR QUESTION

What give me your passport number? Is your last name? Are fill in this registration card? You my room number? Could your date of birth? American? Your Address?

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Make it meaningful, relate or create

SPIDERGRAM

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Relate the familiar to the unfamiliar

INWARDS

HOMEWORK

BOOKS SCHOOL

BOARD

STUDENTS

?

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Relate

• OUTWARDS

HowKm...?

HowPeriod of

time..?

How$...?

Howare you?

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Make it emotional, energetic and make GOOD use of peer

pressure

• TIC TAC TOE

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Provide examples of things you find at

Snack

Area

Drugstore Movie

Theater

Super-Market

Restaurant Post Office

Info desk Gift shop Department Store

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Give the nationality ending in

-ian -sh -an

-ch -ese -ian

-ese -ian -sh

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Make sentences using these most frequent words (from the Cambridge

International Corpus)

I you a

And Uh That

The To it

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Answer questions appropriately

What’s your name?

Where do you live?

Do you like ice cream?

What’s your Date of birth?

Where are you from?

Are you a student?

What do you want to be?

Where’s the toilet?

Is there a drugstore near here?

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SUPER TIC TAC TOE

Receipt Potatoes Three

Thanks Their Bought

Cat Teacher Red

Dog Color Beach

Country Service Burger

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Attention for Learning is influenced by Choice &

Relevance

BINGO

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To practice occupations

N T E

B S C

D V A

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To practice auxiliary verbs

She He It

We I They

He It You

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Appeal to visual as well as auditory and kinesthetic

activities

RAP IT

Example: How’s the weather & The Alphabet Song

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A Kiss

• Keep

• It• Simple

• Sweetheart!

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