Some experiences to organize group activities in warming up for the 10 grade students

Group work is the main activities in teaching English at school.Group work, a new teaching method, has been adopted by many teachers in student practice that helps students move toward a

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SOME EXPERIENCES TO ORGANIZE GROUP ACTIVITIES IN

WARMING - UP FOR THE GRADE 10 STUDENTS

Người thực hiện : Nguyễn Thị Bảy

Chức vụ : Giáo viên

Đơn vị công tác : Trường THPT Nga Sơn SKKN thuộc môn Tiếng Anh

Năm học: 2016 – 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

II.CONTENTS……….3

1 Organization of group activities……….3

2.Organizing group work in warm-up……… 3

a.Preparation………4

b.Step performance……… 4

c.Demonstrations……… 5

III.CONCLUSION……….15

IV.REFERENCES……… 16

I INTRODUCTION

The teaching of foreign languages in general and English in high school is

being taught by teachers and lecturers of foreign languages and teaching methods suitable to help teachers can compare Compare, contrast and adapt teaching

techniques to gain experience so that you can make informed decisions in choosing the right techniques for your needs and goals

As we all know, the former teacher-centered approach is teacher-centered as

the communicator of knowledge, and the passive learner is the learner This method

is less effective education, it is no longer suitable for the current development of our country Now the requirement of innovation teaching method is to promote the positive of students, students must know self-initiative and creative, occupy the master of knowledge To fulfill this requirement, the teacher must be the person who has the role of guiding, directing and organizing the activity of the student Therefore, the exploration and use of new methods always requires each teacher to have

Group work is the main activities in teaching English at school.Group work,

a new teaching method, has been adopted by many teachers in student practice that helps students move toward active learning, against passive behavior In the present way, English requires students to practice communicative skills or to speak strictly speaking Through the years of teaching in the new method, I have learned from myself: teamwork contributes to increased communication and cooperation among students Organizing group activities in the beginning of a new lesson is one of the most important steps in a focused session This will help them to be active and active, attract all participants, save time for new entries and also facilitate teachers

to work as private instructors Moreover, from the very beginning they understand

a lot about the new lesson they are about to learn Starting from the theoretical and

practical premise, I decided to choose the topic: "Some experiences to organize group activities in warming-up for the 10 grade students "

II CONTENTS

1 Organization of group activities

Group learning is a form of instruction which places students in an active learning environment in which students are grouped actively Group collaboration helps them develop and develop their work skills - Communication skills Group activities enable students to learn from each other, to promote their role of

responsibility and social wellbeing on the basis of collaborative work Through group activities they can work together For students to practice the skills of

teamwork is very necessary.It enables students to have the opportunity to

exchange, learn from each other, help each other , helps children to have the opportunity to develop fully

* Implementation steps, control a group operation:

- The 1st step: T introduces the requirements what students have to do

- The 2nd step: divide class into groups

- The 3rd step: give instructions - check Ss' understanding

- The 4th step: Ss work in groups T goes round to check and take notes

- The 5th step: When most groups finished, stop the activities Each group report their answers

- The 6th step: T feedback

2.Organizing group work in warm-up

As for the lead in the new lesson, in addition to the teacher's proliferation of methods, such as asking students to look at the pictures (asking, answering, etc.) In

a direct form, the group approach in the lead-in to the new lesson creates a lively atmosphere and mobilizes all students to work together They will be more

interested in themselves when they exploit the content that they will learn about Teachers are also very gentle when introducing new lessons and certainly more or

less effective lessons The warm-up design part is based on the following tips

+ Game: Games help children create psychological comfort, gentle when entering the game

The game design must not exceed the allowed time (4-5 minutes) should request fast, neat, unexpecte

+ Brainstorming: Give students a keyword, asking students to work out as many relevant words as possible within a certain time limit The group with the right words wins the prize This activity helps them to consolidate their vocabulary + Discussion: Teachers give discussion, students think in group and then choose individual to present oral presentation to the whole class From there, the teacher takes an introduction to the content of the new lesson

+ Ask and answer: Ask some questions about a particular subject through specific pictures or objects, asking the students to give their personal opinion The questions are simple, easy to understand to avoid the psychology "see fear of false"

Encourage students to raise questions regarding the topic raise

a.Preparation:

Good preparation is good for practice To carry out group activities in leading the new lesson, ask the teacher to prepare:

+ Pictures: photocopy pictures in textbooks, draw new paintings in the spirit of lessons, find more paintings on the Internet, newspapers

+ Extra table: Some items are available

+ Study tickets: Listening test, vocabulary test

b Step performance in class

+ Preparation time: 5 to 7 minutes / lesson (Warm-up)

+ Steps to follow:

- Divide the group: Depending on the content of the lesson, divide into as many groups as possible

- Through a number of pictures, sub-tables, study cards, teachers set requirements for students to make

( Source: Some methods to work for a group – Causinet – Roger- The

publisher of Paris – 1945,The method of teaching English in high school – The publisher of education )

c Demonstrations

Here are some group activities organized in the introductory section to new lessons for reading – English 10

* Example 1: Unit 1: A day in the life of A : Reading (Page 12,13 English 10)

"Group activity in the form: GUESS THE ACTION

Time: 8 - 10 minutes

+ Teacher divides the class into 4 teams

+ Teacher prepares the pieces of paper on which the names of the items are

available

activity In turn the students on the board describe each action without the use of words, the other students will guess what the name of the action is

+ The team that correctly predicts many actions will win

Activities:

1 get up

2 do morning exercise

3 brush my teeth

4 have breakfast

5 go to school

6 take a short rest

7 play football

8 listen to music

9 take a shower

10 watch TV

11 do my homework

12 read book

13 suf the Internet

14.go to bed

+ Finally, the teacher will give some questions to lead to the new lesson

- What do your parents do?

- Where do they work?

- How do they work everyday?

Example 2: Unit 2: School Talks - A: Reading (Page 22, 23-English 10)

"Group activity in the form: CROSS WORD

Teacher draw on the alphabet board, hand out the students' letters and questions for students to work in groups of 3 or 4 students

Request: Fill in the blank by completing sentences or answering the questions

Questions:

1, What is the most popular language in the world?

2 A teacher often students lesson

3, You often have a summer…… after the school year finishes

4 What is it? (picture of a box)

5 People can’t live without it

6, You often go to the …… to borrow books

The teacher calls a number of groups and writes to the prediction table of some groups (group 3, group 2) When finding the keyword teacher introduces the topic

of the new lesson

Example 3: Unit 3: people’s background- A: Reading ( Page 32,33 Eghlish 10)

"Group activity in the form:: MATCHING

Put the famous person’s names below in the right box

Give some famous persons’ names in the column A and their job in the column B

Singers Writers Scientists

- T asks Ss to divide group of four

- T invites one student to play the game

- T asks some questions about some famous people and Marie Curie

1 Can you name and tell some scientists and their specializations?

2 What are their job?

Michael

Jackson

Nam Cao

Isaac Newton Celine Dion

Marie Curie To Hoai

4 Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?

5 What do you know about her?

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 4: Unit 4: Special education – A: Reading ( Page 44,45 English 10)

"Group activity in the form:: FIND THE WORD

Time: 6 - 7 minutes

+ Teacher divide the class into 4 teams

+ Teacher gives 9-letter crossword hidden by six small squares,

Teams select and open squares in turn Each square has pictures and keywords attach

Teams will select numbers and find keywords in each picture

+ Based on the keywords the teams will find from behind the squares Which team Find the right word and the fastest will win

1 The Braille Alphabet: Key word: A, T

3 The dumb: Key word: U

5 The blind: Key word: I

2 The deaf: Key word: E

4 Body language: Key word: O, N

6 Add and subtract: Key word: D, C

Key word : EDUCATION

+ After that teacher gives some questions

- Can you list some activities you do everyday?

- Are these activities difficult for the disabled people?

- How can the disabled people read and write and how can they

communicate with other people?

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 5 : Unit 6 : An excursion- A: Reading ( Page 62,63 English 10)

"Group activity in the form”: GUESS THE PLACE

+ Teacher divides the class into 4 teams

+ Teacher has ready information about 6 places

In turn, 6 students read up information about places, teams will

Listen and guess what that is

+ The team that guesses the most will win.Information:

a Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus

b A wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi

c Mountain resort with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong lake, pine forests, waterfalls…………

d On the left bank of the Huong River, 6 kilometres from Hue City

e Lies in Huong Son, My Đuc, Ha Tay Province (Now Hanoi), famous for

places to visit: Trinh Pagoda, Thiên Tru Pagoda, Huong Tich Cave……

f 160 kilometres south west of Hanoi, tourists go there to study butterflies, visit cave, hike mountains and look at the 1,000 – year – old tree

Places: 1 One Pillar Pagoda

2 Ha Long Bay

3 Đa Lat city

4 Thien Mu Pagoda

5 Huong Pagoda

6 Cuc Phuong National Park

+ After that,teacher give some questions:

- Have you ever visited these places?

- Which place would you like to visit? Why?

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 6 : Unit 7: The mass media – A: Reading ( Page 74,75 English 10)

"Group activity in the form”: LUCKY NUMBER

1 2

What is it ?

4 5

- Teacher asks students to work in group of two and choose the number

- Teacher gives some questions

Questions:

1.It was invented in 1925

2.We can listen to the news but we can’t see it

3.It contains information and pictures

4.We use it to find information quiclky, chat with friends and send email

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 7 : Unit 8 : The story of my village- A: Reading ( Page 82,83 English

10)

"Group activity in the form”: BRAINSTORMING

-Teacher asks Ss to work in groupd of three or four and make a list of words related

to the “country”

Expected answer:

1.The farmers are harvesting the crop

2.They are working hard

3.It’s good crop/ bumper crop

4.Good farming methods , good varities, modern technology used, people work hard

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 8: Unit 10: Conservation – A: Reading ( Page 104,105 English 10)

"Group activity in the form”: GUESS WHO I AM

Teacher divides class into 4 teams

+ Teacher selects 2 students up the board, read the information in the paper

The teacher is prepared (they can use the action to describe if you are

I can not guess the meaning of the word), the teams will guess what the animal is + The team that guesses the fastest and the most right wins

+ Then the teacher will lead to the new post

Information:

COUNTRY

1 (5 letters) I have a long body but no legs, no hands and I am very

dangerous

2 (5 letters) I am called “The King of the jungle”

3 (8 letters) I am very big, I’m willing to help villagers to move

heavy things by my trunk There is a funny story related to me and 5 blind

foretunetellers

4 (6 letters) I move very quickly from this tree to another tree, my

favorite food is banana

5 (8 letters) I move slowly, when I move I carry my house on my

back There is a fable story related to me and a rabbit

6 (7 letters) I have a long neck, my favorite food is leaves, I am

related to a famous milk advertisement for children

Animals: snake, tiger, elephant, monkey, tortoise, giraffe

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 9:Unit 11: National Parks – A: Reading ( Page 112,113 English 10 )

"Group activity in the form”: WHO IS QUICKER?

+ Teacher asks students to work in groups of 4 people

+ During 3 minutes, the groups write many names of the national parks

Join in Vietnam

+ After 3 minutes, the team that writes a lot and will win

List of national parks: By August 2010, the country had 30 national parks

Ba Be, Bai Tu Long, Hoang Lien, Tam Dao, Xuan Son, Ba Vi, Cat Ba, Xuan Thuy, Cuc Phuong, Ben En, Pu Mat, Vu Quang, Phong Nha - Ke Bang, Bach

Ma, Nui Chua, Bidoup Nui Ba, Phuoc Binh, Chu Mom Ray, Chu Yang Sin, Kon KaYok Don, Lo Go-Xa Mat, Tram Chim, Ca Mau, U Minh Ha, U Minh

Upper, Phu Quoc, Con Dao

+ Teacher has students watch a clip (about 2 minutes) about Cuc National Park

Method and ask some questions to lead to the new lesson

- Do you know this national park?

- Would you like to visit this national park?

=>Lead in the new lesson

Example 10:Unit 12: Music – A: Reading ( Page 124,125 English 10 )

"Group activity in the form”:

- Aks students to close the books Give a diagram asd ask Ss to put the suitable words about kinds of music in the box

-Teacher gives some questions

+ Do you like music?

+ What band do you like best?

+ What singer do you like best?

+ What sort of music do you often listen to?

Music

+ Can you name some singers or band who play pop music?

=>Lead in the new lesson

( Source: English 10- The publisher of education , Design class 10 English lessons - Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi, Lesson plan)

III.CONCLUSION

Through the process of applying the above method I realize that students are

more eager, more flexible in practice, mastered the way of studying and doing effectively; Students are more excited with school hours, more active hours, and the quality of their classes has increased