SOME GAMES TO WARM UP a NEW LESSON EFFECTIVELY IN TEACHING ENGLISH

BM 01-Bia SKKN SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỒNG NAI Đơn vị Trường THPT Hồng Bàng Mã số: (Do HĐKH Sở GD&ĐT ghi) SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM: SOME GAMES TO WARM UP A NEW LESSON EFFECTIVELY IN TEACHING ENGLISH Người thực hiện: TRẦN THỊ THƯƠNG THƯƠNG Lĩnh vực nghiên cứu: - Quản lý giáo dục  - Phương pháp dạy học mơn: Tiếng Anh  - Lĩnh vực khác:  (Ghi rõ tên lĩnh vực) Có đính kèm: Các sản phẩm khơng thề in SKKN  Mơ hình  Phần mềm  Phim ảnh  Hiện vật khác Năm học: 2011-2012 BM02-LLKHSKKN SƠ LƯỢC LÝ LỊCH KHOA HỌC I THƠNG TIN CHUNG VỀ CÁ NHÂN Họ tên: TRẦN THỊ THƯƠNG THƯƠNG Ngày tháng năm sinh: 18/09/1977 Nam, nữ: Nữ Địa chỉ: 31 Ngơ Quyền, Thị Trấn Gia Ray, Xn Lộc, Đồng Nai Điện thoại: (061)3740090(CQ)/ ĐTDĐ: 01685330565 Fax: E-mail: tranthithuongthuong@ymail.com Chức vụ: Tổ Trưởng Mơn Tiếng Anh Đơn vị cơng tác: Trường THPT Hồng Bàng II TRÌNH ĐỘ ĐÀO TẠO - Học vị (hoặc trình độ chun mơn, nghiệp vụ) cao nhất: Đại Học - Năm nhận bằng: 2000 - Chun ngành đào tạo: Sư Phạm Tiếng Anh III.KINH NGHIỆM KHOA HỌC - Lĩnh vực chun mơn có kinh nghiệm: Giảng Dạy Tiếng Anh Số năm có kinh nghiệm: 13 năm - Các sáng kiến kinh nghiệm có năm gần đây: + USING VISUAL TEACHING AIDS IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS’ PUPILS IN REMOTE AND MOUTAINOUS AREAS + DẠY VÀ HỌC LỜI NÓI TRỰC TIẾP-GIÁN TIẾP CHƯƠNG TRÌNH TIẾNG ANH THPT THEO PHƯƠNG PHÁP MỚI + “READING ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH FOR HIGH SCHOOL” OUTLINE Page I/ INTRODUCTION II/ GAMES Treasure Hunt 2 Five Little Things The Tied And Blind Men Game Name Poem Mime Your Past Guessing Things: “What is it?” Tongue Twisters On What Occasion? Procedure 10 Bingo 11 Finding One’s Other Half 12 Odd One Out 13 Network 14 Categorising 15 Noughts or Crosses 16 Sentence Race 17 Rearranging 18 Jumbled Words 10 19 Word Square 11 20 Gap Filling 12 21 Word Form 12 22 Find Someone Who? 13 23 Matching 14 24 What Is It? 14 25 Table Completion 15 26 Crosswords 15 27 Guessing Game 16 28 Brain Storming 17 29 Follow Directions 18 30 Sentence Transformation 18 31 Pelmanism 18 32 Shark Attack 19 33 Memory Game 19 34 Lucky Number 20 35 Middle Riddle 20 36 Jigsaw Reading 21 37 Chain Game 21 38 Find Things In Common 21 39 Hangman 22 40 Topic And Songs 22 III/ CONCLUSION 23 I/ INTRODUCTION: Nowadays English plays an important part in our life because it is the most international of languages It not only provides us an access to world scholarship and world trade but also gives the youth a chance to get a good job and to join the international activities Therefore, more and more schools teach English for pupils, even in primary schools However, how to draw pupils’ attention, help them study English in active mood and practice English effectively, flexibly is a very difficult duty for a teacher Especially, in remote and mountainous areas the teachers’ duty is as twice hard as others because the pupils always have to learn English under the difficult conditions and with very little opportunity to meet native English speakers, and not access to modern up-to-date materials Being a teacher in one of these areas, I try my best not only to collect some games to draw pupils’s attraction but also to help pupils study English better under such a bad condition by using SOME GAMES TO WARM UP A NEW LESSON EFFECTIVELY IN TEACHING ENGLISH II/ GAMES: 1/ Treasure Hunt: a/ Rule: - Divide the class into two groups A and B - Stick the pictures of things (or draw thing) on the board - Tell Ss to find out the treasure, the word of the day by combining the first letters in the names of these things.(Don’t give them the names) - The group that can first find out the word will be the winner - Check Ss’ understanding of the instruction and have them start the game - Teacher declares the winner b/ Example: UNIT 1: A FRIENDSHIP (Reading) Here are the pictures: Flower Ring Ice- cream Eye Expected answer: Nurse Dog The word of the day->: FRIEND 2/ Five Little Things: a/ Rule: -Ask Ss to work in group of four - Tell Ss to listen to instructions and write down five things as required on a piece of paper - The group that finishes the first thing and gets all correct will get one point - The group that has more points will win the game - Check Ss’ understanding of the instruction and have them start the game b/ Example: UNIT 1: A FRIENDSHIP (Listening) These are the suggested instructions: Write down places where you often meet your close friend Write down things you often share with your close friend Write down qualities you need in a good friend Write down adjectives describing appearance Write down adjectives describing character or personality Expected answer: home, school, park, cinama, evenig class… notes, cakes, homework, school things, joy, sadness… honesty, loyalty, unselfishness, helpfulness, good-hearted… tall, short, good-looking, well-dressed, stout,… reserved, out-going, sociable, studious, practical, sympathetic,… 3/ The Tied And Blind Men Game: a/ Rule: - Divide the class into two groups and draw two circles on the board - Ask two representatives of each group to go to the board One student will be the tied man The other is the blind one - Cover each “blind man” with a piece of cloth and ask the “tied man” to tell the blind man how to draw a face inside the circle drawn beforehand on the board - After minute, the first pair to finish the face will be the winner If they both finish before the deadline, the pair whose face they have drawn is more goodlooking is the winner - Ask students to name parts of the body on the face and then ask them to mention some add to describe those parts b/ Example: UNIT 1: A FRIENDSHIP (Speaking) 4/ Name Poem: a/ Rule: - Ask each student to use his/her partner’s name to write an acrostic poem He/she has to use the adjectives beginning with the letter of the name to describe his/her friend’s personality or appearance - Call on some Ss to write their poems on the board - Check with the class b/ Example: UNIT 1: A FRIENDSHIP (Writing) Tien is my friend Talented Intelligent Easy-going Nice Thang is my friend Tall and thin Helpful to everyone Active in class Neat and tidy Generous in giving helps 5/ Mime Your Past: a/ Rule: - Think of an incident from the past that T can briefly mime in class - Divide the class into two groups A and B - Do the mime and stop after each action - Write the vocabulary generated by the mime on the board if necessary - Ask Ss in each group to say what you did - Each correct answer earns one point - The group with more points wins - Check Ss’ understanding of the instructions and start the game b/ Example: UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (Speaking) - One morning I got up late It was half past six and school began at seven - I quickly washed, brushed my teeth, dressed, jumbled on my motorbike and drove to school - I went straight into the class and greeted the students - After two or three minutes, the students began laughing - I couldn’t understand why - Suddenly, I looked down and realized I had put on one brown shoe and one yellow shoe! - Ask one student to retell the story 6/ Guessing Things: “What is it?” a/ Rule: - Divide the class into groups A and B and ask Ss to guess what it is - Read aloud some facts about the thing one by one - The group giving the correct answer first wins b/ Example: UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (Listening) + It destroys buildings, houses and forests + It can kill people + It gives out a lot of smoke + You need water to put it out - The group giving the correct answer first wins - Expected answers: A fire 7/ Tongue Twisters: a/ Rules: - The student who can speak the given sentence 10 times quickly within 15 seconds without making a mistake is the winner b/ Example: UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (Language Focus) Ss read this sentence: Singing sam sung songs on the sinking sampan - Introduce the sounds /n/, /m/ and / / 8/ On What Occasion? a/ Rule: -Divide the class into two groupsA and B - Stick eight pictures on the board - Ask Ss in each group to identify the holidays and celebrations in the USA and write them on the board - The group with more correct words is the winner b/ Example: UNIT 3: A PARTY (Reading) Key: Chistmas Thanksgiving New Year Birthday Labour Day Picnic 9/ Procedure: a/ Rule: -Divide the class into groups A and B -Place a pack of cards on the desk face down 10 Independence Day Wedding biological, economic, political features A hill of impressive height Vertical line: Chicago Note: Ss are suggested to use simpler words when explaining the words so that it will be easier for Ss to find the word The group with more points is the winner p s u a g n e o 27/ Guessing game: s r x d m c h i c a g o a i v u v n e r e e r s i o n e u o n g t r a a i p n h y a/ Rule: - Divide class into groups - Provide three clues for a given word Ss have to guess the word If Ss guess the word in the first clue, they get 30 points, 20 points in the second clue and 10 in the third clue - The group which has more points is the winner b/ Example: UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA (Listening) - Provide three clues about the word News/ News Broadcast Ss have to guess the word If Ss guess the word in the first clue, they get 30 points, 20 points in the second clue and 10 in the third clue It is one of the radio programs It broadcasts daily and live from radio station It updates you with the latest information, current affairs domestically and internationally Answer: News/ News Broadcast 28/ Brainstorming: 27 a/Rule: - Ask students to find out words related to the given topic - Divide the class into teams, one using yellow chalk and the other red chalk - Get students to go to the blackboard and write all the words related to the topic in three minutes - The group with more words will be the winner b/ Example: UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP (Speaking) - Ask students to think of the adjectives used to describe body build and hair thin body build * Possible answers: curly hair - fat - straight - slim - long - tall - short - short - overweight black/dark - color - slender blond/fair brown grey *UNIT15: CITIES (Speaking) - Ask students to find out short adjectives and long adjectives they have learnt - Divide the class into teams, one using yellow chalk and the other red chalk - Get students to go to the blackboard and write the adjectives 28 expensive big Long adjectives short adjectives * Answers: - accessible - busy - beautiful - easy - convenient - cheap - difficult - good - intelligent - bad - comfortable - poor - delicious - fresh - interesting 29/ Follow directions: - small a/ Rule: - Call on some Ss to go the board and follow T's directions Ss who not follow the directions correctly will be the loser b/ Example: UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE (Writing) - Call on some Ss to go the board and follow T's directions Ss who not follow the directions correctly will be the loser Note: This activity can be interesting when Ss are required to follow directions like turn right, turn left, go ahead, go past the door 30/ Quiz a/ Rule: - Divide the class into groups - Let Ss listen to pieces of popular songs relating to the given topic - The group that can name more songs will win the game - Check Ss’s understanding of the instructions and let them start the game 29 b/Example: UNIT 1:A FRIENDSHIP (Listening) - Divide the class into groups - Let Ss listen to pieces of popular songs relating to friendship (Ex: Season in the sun, You are my sunshine, Ngồi lại bên nhau, Mong ước kỷ niệm xưa, Những người bạn bên tơi) - The group that can name more songs will win the game - Check Ss’s understanding of the instructions and let them start the game 31/ Pelmanism: a/ Rule: - Prepare 10 cards with number (from to 10) on one side and 10 words with their opposites on the other - Stick 10 cards on the board so students can only see the numbers - Divide class into teams and ask them to choose numbers, turn the cards over, if they match, that team gets one mark The next team continues - Go on until all cards are turned over The team which has more marks win the games b/ Example: UNIT 15 :CITIES (Language focus) - Prepare 10 cards with number (from to 10) on one side and 10 adjectives with their opposites on the other - Stick 10 cards on the board so students can only see the numbers - Divide class into teams and ask them to choose numbers, turn the cards over, if they match eg: cheap - expensive, that team gets one mark The next team continues - Go on until all cards are turned over The team which has more marks the games 30 different small modern 32/ Shark Attack: short expensive big long cheap old same a/ Rule - Cut out a shark (or crocodile) and a school girl/ boy from card - Draw some steps, then stick the cut out girl/boy on top of the steps, the shark is in the sea - Draw some gaps for the word - favor - Get students into teams (or ask them as a whole class) for a letter in the alphabet They have to try to guess the word If their guess is wrong, the girl/ boy has to step down If their guess is right, they will get one mark The game continues until students find out the word - favor and the shark can't eat the girl / boy b/ Example: UNIT 15: CITIES ( Reading) 33/ Memory game (Kim's game): a/ Rule: - Show the picture to the Ss and ask them to observe it carefully, let them look at the picture for about 20"then put it away - Divide the class into teams - Ask Ss (one student in each team at a time) to go to the board and write as many words showing things in the picture as possible - Tell Ss the team with the most right words is the winner b/ Example: 31 UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE (Reading) - Show the picture to the Ss and ask them to observe it carefully, let them look at the picture for about 20"then put it away - Divide the class into teams - Ask Ss (one student in each team at a time) to go to the board and write as many words showing things in the picture as possible - Tell Ss the team with the most right words is the winner 34/ Lucky number : a/ Rule: - Divide the class into two groups - Tell Ss they have nine numbers , three of which are lucky numbers Each group in turn chooses the numbers and makes a sentence with the cues given If the group has a correct answer or a lucky number , they earn one point If the group can’t give the correct answer , get no point , the other group can answer The group with more points wins the game b/ Example: UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU (Language Focus) Lucky number Say this sentence in the passive "People speak English everywhere" Say this sentence in the active "Cartoons are liked by most children" Lucky number Lucky number Say this sentence in the passive "We not use things carefully." Say this sentence in the active "Are candies liked by the children?" Say this sentence in the passive "Mr Han teaches Maths" 32 (same as 8) 35/ Middle Riddle : a/ Rule: - Deliver handouts with 10 pictures on - Put students to work in groups of four or five - In groups, students identify each picture In the space beneath each picture, Ss write the middle letter of each word When finished, the Middle Riddle will reveal a word - The group who first finds out the word wins b/ Example: UNIT 2:PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (READING) pen taxis apple key arrow knife trees one ice bed They key word: Experience 36/ Jigsaw Reading: a/Rule: -Arrange the class into or groups -Give each group a handout with phrases of explanation on -Tell Ss to read the phrases and find out the words, then combine the first letters of all the words to form the key word -The first group to find it will win the game -Check ss’ understanding of instructions -Have Ss start the game b/Example: UNIT : EXPERIENCE (Reading) These are the phrase on the handouts: The biggest land mammal Elephant The short form of christmas X-mas The object we use to write with Pen Part of our body that allows us to see things Eyes The opposite of “wrong” Right Another word for “sick” Ill Part of our body that allows us to hear Ear 33 Part of our body that allows us to smell Nose The word for white, red, yellow, etc Colours North, South, West, and…… East -Declare the winner 37/ Chain game: a/ Rule: - Get Ss, one by one, to go to the front of the class, each student says out a word until they make a meaningful sentence At the end, ask the whole group to repeat the sentence b/ Example: UNIT EXPERIENCE (Language Focus) Teacher: Yesterday S1: I S2: went S3: shopping S4: and S5: bought S6: a lot of S7: things S8: ………… 38/ Find things in common: a/ Rule: - Ask Ss to think of things they often prepare for A CELEBRARION and write them down on a piece of paper - Divide the class into sides - Choose one student randomly in a side and ask him/her call out his or her words while the student in the other side check () the words on their paper same as that student's - The students to have the most same answers will get good mark 34 b/ Example: - Ask Ss to think of things they often prepare for Tet and write them down on a piece of paper - Divide the class into sides - Choose one student randomly in a side and ask him/her call out his or her words while the student in the other side check () the words on their paper same as that student's - The students to have the most same answers will get good mark Suggestions: - Decorate / clean / paint the house/ the room/the yard - Buy cakes/ candies/ drinks/ food/ fruits… - Cook/ make cakes - Get/ buy new dress - Write / send New Year cards to friends/ relatives 39/ Hangman: a/ Rule: - Draw dashes on the board, each dash is for a letter of the word - Have Ss guess the letters, one by one - For every wrong guess, draw a line (from to10 Ss will lose the game if they guess wrong 10 times b/ Example: UNIT 7: POPULATION (Reading) (p) (o) (p) (u) (l) (a) (t) (i) (o) (n) 35 40/ Topic and songs: a/ Rule: - Draw squares with the topics as shown on the board: - Divide class into groups: Tom and Jerry - Set a time limit of minutes - Each group takes turns to choose a topic and sing part of a song about that topic within 15 seconds One correct song gains the group one point.If the group fails to sing that song, no points awarded for that turn - Play continues until the time is up - Keep a running total of points for each group on the board - The group with more points wins b/ Example: UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS (Reading) New Year Christmas III/ CONCLUSION: Mother Father Teachers Children In remote and mountainous areas, especially, in private schools teachers face to particular problems with large classes, weak pupils, limited resources, and old fashioned textbooks, which make many of the new methods in teaching difficult to use effectively Pupils are dependent on teachers and remain PASSIVE LEARNERS They will not really learn to speak English, but only to reproduce artificial language in the classroom Pupils read the passages aloud from the books, repeat long dialogues in a mechanical way and learn language off-by - heart, without always knowing the meaning of what they are saying or how to use the 36 language in a REAL SITUATION However, by the teachers’ effort, by making some small changes such as using some games in the classrooms, teachers can help the English language come alive for their pupils and slowly move away from a teacher- centered traditional approach Pupils learn to work independently and think for themselves They are encouraged to speak to each other in English, give real information about their lives and express their own opinions and ideas Pupils learn to speak the language through doing  THE END  37 BIBLIOGRAPHY A Written in English: Harmer, J (1991) The Practice of English Langauge Teaching Longman B Written in Vietnamese: Chu Quang Bình (2006) Thiết Kế Bài Giảng Tiếng Anh 10 Nhà xuất HÀ NỘI Đồng Thị Yến Trang, Nguyễn Thị ý, Võ Thị Minh Hồng, Tơn Nữ Hạnh Trâm, Nguyễn Thị Kim Dung (2006) Giới Thiệu Giáo Án Tiếng Anh 10 Nhà xuất HÀ NỘI Hồng Hiển(2002) Tuyển Tập Trò Chơi Tiếng Anh Nhà xuất ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI Hồng Thị Lệ, M.A- Nguyễn Bảo Trang, M.A (2007) ) Thiết Kế Bài Giảng Tiếng Anh 11 Nhà xuất ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI 38 39 35/ Question Game: What's your job? a/ Rule: - Call on a student to go to the board and give him / her a job name - Ask the rest of the class to guess the job by asking yes- no questions - The chosen student can only answer yes or no b/ Example: Do you get a big salary? Do you wear uniform? - Tell Ss someone who can guess the right job will get a point and take the place of the last chosen student 30/Sentence transformation: a/Rule: -Ask Ss to work in groups of -Student says sentence -Student reports sentence and says sentence -student reports sentence and says sentence -Student reports sentence and says his sentence -Student reports sentence -The group reports correctly and in the limit time will be the winner b/ Example: UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE (Language focus) Student 1: "I study at Kim Lien High School” Student 2: She said she studied at Kim Lien High School "I like English most” Student 3: He said he liked English most "I have five classes a week " Student 4: She said she had five classes a week "I don't go to school by bus." Student 1: He said he didn't go to school by bus Telephone transmitting: a/Rule: - Divide students into two teams 40 - Choose volunteers from each team - The volunteers stand in two lines The teacher shows the first student (in each line) a telephone number - He / she whispers the telephone number to the next person in his / her line - The second student whispers to the third until the last one - The last student shouts out the number, if it is the same as the number teacher shows, that team wins the match 45/ Gossip, gossip, gossip: a/ Rule: -Arrange student desks in a circle, or have Ss stand in a circle - Divide students into two teams - Choose volunteers from each team - The volunteers stand in two lines T -To the first student, the instructor whispers a sentence with at least one grammar point - He / she whispers the sentence to the next person in his / her line - The second student whispers to the third until the last one - The last student writes what he/she heard on the board, if it is the same as the number teacher shows, that team wins the match 36/ What does it say? a/ Rule: - Choose a student and ask him/ her to go to the front of the class with his/ her back to the board so that he/ she cannot see what is written on the board Write the information on the board, (normally in brief) - Ask the rest of the class try to help the student guess what is written on the board by asking questions until he/ she says out right the word(s) on the board b/ Example: EX: On the board: Yes, I Ss ask: Do you like your teacher? Or On the board: Every day Ss ask: How often you have a shower? 41 ... WARM UP A NEW LESSON EFFECTIVELY IN TEACHING ENGLISH II/ GAMES: 1/ Treasure Hunt: a/ Rule: - Divide the class into two groups A and B - Stick the pictures of things (or draw thing) on the board... Resort, beach, Sa Pa, caves, lake, mountain, Nha Trang Bach Ma, Ha Long, Da Lat, tribe, seaside, The Citadel 20/ Gap – filling: a/ Rule: - Ask Ss to work in group and fill in the blank with the... 10 microwave oven - Team A has to explain the words and team B has to guess what the word is 25/ Table Completion a/ Rule: - Ask Ss to work in groups and give each group a table containing 10 words