Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook

Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 I INTRODUCTION In the trend of globalization today, the importance of English cannot be denied and ignored because it is widely used everywhere in the world Along with the development of technology, medicine, engineering and education, English plays a very important role It has been used for the Final Examinations to evaluate students’ level of knowledge Therefore, it is necessary to have teaching and learning English methods and techniques It will not be successful class if the students not feel interested at the beginning of the class Most teachers see the important of warm- up activities in learning the new lesson, especially in learning reading lesson Reading is the beginning of a common theme of a unit which consists of lessons Warm – up activity helps and encourages many learners to sustain their interest and work.Warm- up activity also helps the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful There are many ways to make good warm- up activities at high school This is a reason why I choose “Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook” According to this research, I myself will get experiences to improve skills and teaching methods Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 II CONTENTS Warm – up activities 1.1 Definition of warm- up activities “ Warm – up activities are different types of activities which help the students begin to think in English , review previously introduced materials and become interested in the lesson.” ( as cited in Velandia, 2008, p.11) 1.2 The value of warm – up activities Most teachers see the important of warm –up activities in leading the new lesson and take students interested in learning English In fact, it is important to begin the new lesson by warm –up activities because those activities help teachers lead to the new lesson and review the old lesson easier snd easier Beside, those activities help students feel comfortable snd relaxed when they start learning English, hard subject Through warm – up activities, learners practice and internalize vocabulary, grammar and structures Warm – up helps learners put aside their daily distractions and focus on English If they haven’t used English all day, they may take a little while to shift into it Warm- ups also encourage whole- group participation which can build a sense of community within the group ( O’Morrow , The Whys of recreation Activities for Psychiatric Patients, Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 3rd quarter, 1971) 1.3 Principles of warm – up activities Velandia ( 2008) proposes some principles to design a warm- up activity He suggests that a warm-up activity should take place at the beginning of the class It will help the teachers catch the students’ attention It has to be interesting so that students get motivated from the very beginning It is usually a short activity as it a preparatory stage of other stages students can get involved in different activities easily to develop their language skill Following is the displays some of the principles of warm – up activity from Velandia Focus students’ attention Be short Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Be useful to continue the class Be an interesti ng and enenjoya ble activity Go at the beginning Principle of warm – up activity Help students begin the work Be an interestin g and enjoyable activity Prepare students for a period of concentra tion Diagram: features of warm- up activity ( http:// writing colostate edu/ guides / teaching/ esl/ warmups.cfm ) 1.4 Method of warm-up activity 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 The students 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, unexpected Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 + 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 + Matching: Require students to match up two or three items, usually vocabulary words with their correct definition and/or with an illustration A variation may also be used to match concepts with a matching diagram/definition or a topic sentence with supporting detail, etc Give a copy to each student to match up The students then discuss their choices with a partner The teacher listens in on the discussions and follows up with a whole class discussion focusing on areas of uncertainty ( Andrew Wright, Dvid Betteridge and Michael Buckby, 1984 Games for language Learning.Cambridge University Press ) Demonstrations Here are some warm – up activities organized in the introductory section to new lessons for reading – English 11 Unit 1: FRIENDSHIP A Reading -The teaching technique : Game: "Picture talk" - Type : group work - Materials : Pictures - Time : mins - Procedure: + Put the students in two groups, close the book Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 + Have the students observe pictures on the board, ask the students to find the names of objects and animals in the picture Then take the first letter in these names in order from picture to picture of the word meaning The team that finds the word fast and accurate will be the winning team * Key: FRIEND - Use the following questions to get into the lesson: Do you have a lot of friends? How many close friends you have? UNIT 2: THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES A: Reading - Teaching Techniques : Matching - Type : group work - Material: Pictures - Time : mins - Procedure: + Ask the students to work in group of four and match the suitable word with every picture A Excited B frightened C Happy D Embarrassed E Disappointed F Angry G surprised 7Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Suggestion: - A Excited - F Angry - E Disappointed - D Embarrassed - B Frightened - C Happy - G Surprised Lead in: “I think that we have almost personal experiences in our life The personal experiences are the things that have happened to you and influenced the way you think and behave” UNIT : THE PARTY A: Reading -Teaching Techniques: A matching game -Type : Group work - Material : Handouts - Time : mins - Procedure : + Divide the class into small groups of 3-4 Ss Then distribute the following handouts for Ss to the matching task in their own groups Which group finished it first and has all the correct answers will be the winner + Get Ss to tell if there are similar celebrations and events in Vietnamese culture to check Ss’ understanding of the new words + Give some details about these celebrations Matching the celebrations with the correct imagines below: Christmas Easter Thanksgiving Mother’s day Birthday Graduation Wedding Halloween Valentine’s day Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Celebrations Imagines Christmas E Halloween A Wedding D Easter C Thanksgiving I Valentine’s day H Graduation F Mother’s day G Birthday B =>Lead in the new lesson UNIT : THE VOLUNTEER WORK A: Reading -Teaching Techniques: Observing pictures - Asking and Answering” -Type : Class work - Material: Pictures - Time : mins - Procedure: + Ask students look at the pictures and answer the questions: What are they doing? Expected answer: The first picture : She is feeding the old woman The second picture: They are building the house The third picture: She is teaching the children to read and write The fourth picture: They are repairing the country road + Use the following question to get into the lesson Which activity they take part in ? VOLUNTEER WORK Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 UNIT 6: THE COMPITITIONS A: reading (page 66, 67, 68 English 11) - Teaching Technique: “Watching” -Type: Group work - Material: board , chalk - Time : mins - Procedure : + Write the key word on the board + Ask students to think of the related words and say in English Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 CO MP ETI TI Suggestion: ON 1.Sao Mai Television Singing Contest S Magic hat 3.Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia” 4.Who wants to be the millionaire? Arena 100 or vs 100 6.Ring the golden bell =>Lead in the new lesson Unit : WORLD POPULATION A : Reading -Teaching Techniques : Competition game – Crossword puzzle - Type: Group work - Material : Handout - Time: mins - Procedure: + Divide the class into small groups of 3-4 Ss Then T distributes the following crossword puzzle handouts for Ss to in their own groups Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner Crossword an area of public land in a town or a city where people go to walk, play and relax the noun of ‘poor’ attractive without being very beautiful without a job although able to work a group of Ss who are taught together Page Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 (of man) attractive feeling that you’d like to sleep or rest not knowing how to read or write not young 10.the synonym of ‘country’ Can you find out the key word hidden in the crossword ? 10 Answer: P A R K O V E R T Y P R E T T Y U N E M P L O C L A S S H A N D S O M E T I R E D I L L I T E R O L D N A T I O N P Y E D A T E + Introduce the topic of the lesson by asking question: Page 10 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 1.4 What is the number of the world population nowadays ? 1.5 Do you think it is large or small? UNIT : CELEBRATIONS A : Reading -Teaching Technique: Matching - Type : Class work - Material: Pictures - Time: mins - Procedure: + Ask students match names of the celebrations with the pictures Page 11 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 A Mid – autumn festival B Teacher’s Day C Valentine’s Day D Tet holiday E Chrismas Day F Thanksgiving G Birthday + Let students to listen to the song and asks some questions: a What is the title of the song? b When people often sing it? c What is it about? Suggested answer : a Happy New Year b to welcome the New Year/it is often sung on the last days of the old year and the at the beginning of the New year c Feeling about the old year and the New Year =>Lead in the new lesson Unit : THE POST OFFICE A : Reading - Teaching Technique: "Asking and Answering" Page 12 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 - Type : Class work - Material : Letter , picture - Time : mins - Procedure: + Hold a letter up and ask questions: What is this? (A letter) 1) Where can you post a letter? (At the post office) 2) How far is it from the house to the nearest post office? ( kilometers) 4) How often you go to the post office? What for? (Once / Twice a week - To make a phone call .) 5) What services you think the post office offer? ( mail, phone call ) UNIT 10 : NATURE IN DANGER A : Reading - Teaching Technique : Game Activity – Brainstorming - Type : Group work - Material : Pictures - Time: mins - Procedure: + Divide the class into groups (folded books) Page 13 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Picture Picture Picture Picture Picture Picture + Have students observe some pictures of wildlife in 30 seconds Then take it Ask the students to name the animals on the board The team that scores more words will be the winning team Wil d Ani ma ls *Answer Key: bear elephant tiger lion monkey cheetah + Use the following questions to get into the lesson: Page 14 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 -Where these wild animals live ? - Have the numbers of these wild animals become larger ? - Why have the numbers of these wild animals become smaller ? UNIT 11 : SOURCES OF ENERGY -Teaching Technique : A: Reading Listing game -Type : Group work - Material : board - Time : mins - Procedure : + Divide class into groups + Show some icons of some home appliances and introduces that they all need electricity to operate + Ask Ss to work in groups and list home appliances that use electricity as much as possible in minutes, and then Ss stick the group boards on the black board Which group has the most things gets the highest marks + Check understanding the rule + Give each group group board + After minutes, call Ss to check amount of words and spelling on group boards + Announces the result + Lead-in “Home appliances need to electricity to operate” + Ask “Where does electricity come from?” and elicit some answers giving clues “Đa Nhim, Trị An, Đa mi,…”; “It’s in the morning sky” + Remind Ss to remember The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster on 11 March 2011, + Introduces the lesson UNIT 12 : THE ASIAN GAMES -Teaching Technique : A: Reading “ Asking and Answering ” Page 15 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 - Type: Class work - Material : Paintings - Time: mins - Procedure: + Have students observe two paintings of two famous athletes in Vietnam: Ly Duc and Pham Van Mach + Ask the following questions: 1, Who are they? 2, What they ? 3, What they have in common ? 4, Who else has won gold medal in the Asian Game ? 5, Which sports you think are the strongest of Vietnam ? =>Lead in the new lesson UNIT 13 : HOBBIES A : Reading - Teaching Technique: Watching -Type : Group work - Material : Board - Time : mins Reading HOBBY playing chess Page 16 Things you in your free time Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Playing guitar Going shopping Collecting stamps Fishing -Procedure: + Write the key word on the board + Ask students to think of the related words and say in English + Ss work in groups and give the answers on the bb ( groups) + Check and give the ideas Which group write more and correct that group will win + Give some expression to lead to New Lesson -T: How can you keep your hobbies and why you have that hobby ?Come to Unit 13 : HOBBIES UNIT 15 : SPACE CONQUETS A: Reading -Teaching Technique: Guess name of the people in the pictures and answer some questions - Type: Class work - Material : Pictures - Time: mins - Procedure: +Ask the students look at the picture and guess the name of the poeple Yuri Gagarin Neil Armstrong Page 17 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 P Tuan Buzz Tuanthe following Aldrin + Ask the students to answer questions : Who was the first human to fly into space? Who were the first humans to set foot on the moon? Who was the first Vietnamese to fly into space? Suggested answer: Yuri Gagarin was the first human to fly into space Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the moon 3.Pham Tuan was the first Vietnamese to fly into space => Lead the new lesson UNIT 16 : THE WONDER OF THE WORLD A: Reading -Teaching Technique: Guess name of the wonders of the world -Type: Class work - Material: Pictures - Time: mins - Procedure:+ Let the students look at the pictures and guess the name of the wonders Page 18 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Page 19 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 Suggested answer: The Taj Mahal 2.The great wall 3.The tower bridg The Roman colosseum The Pisa tower Ha Long Bay great pyramid of Giza 8.Sydney opera house Page 20 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 + Lead the new lesson Applicability I spent two years in the process of teaching; students are more excited, engrossed in the content of each reading comprehension, the vocabulary of students increased significantly With this type of activity, we can apply to all students Depending on the content of the lesson is simple or complex, we ask them to work in groups, pairs or individuals Depending on the student object, we have different suggestions and requirements are also different Activities in this research project have the primary benefit of introducing students to the topic of the lesson, creating attraction, stimulating learners to focus, explore and explore The design of these warm-up activities also helps students develop thinking, improve the psychological difficulty in facing reading comprehension By entering the content of the unit, students are encouraged to explore and enrich their knowledge with related reading assignments Through the time of application of new solutions, the quality of subjects has been improved, reflected in the results of the semester 2017 – 2018 At the same time, these procedures can be applied to any classroom, teachers can apply in other lessons, there is a change in accordance with the content of the lesson Page 21 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 CONCLUSION In short, inspiring learners is one of the most important elements of effective learning, especially learning a foreign language Each teacher has many ways to stimulate learners to focus on improving the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning I hope that “ Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 texbook ’’ can help the students and the other teachers in their teaching and learning English process Because I can not avoid some mistakes in my writing, your opinions will be useful for me to perfect it I would like to thank The confirmation of the principle Thanh Hoa, May , 25th 2018 I promise not to have copied Signature Page 22 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 REFERENCES 1.Success in English teaching – Oxford – Ocup – David, P.eric Pearse ( 2000) Teaching E ( Adrian Roff- Cambridge University Press in association with the Britist Council ) 3.Teaching methodolpgy, Prentice Hall International- Nunan, D (1992) 4.http: // Writing.colostate.edu/ guides/teaching/esl/warmups.cfm Five minutes activities, Cambridge University- Urpenny, Wright Andrew ( 2002) Webside: google com Page 23 .. .Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen Thi Bay 2018 II CONTENTS Warm – up activities 1.1 Definition of warm- up activities “ Warm – up activities are different... disaster on 11 March 2 011, + Introduces the lesson UNIT 12 : THE ASIAN GAMES -Teaching Technique : A: Reading “ Asking and Answering ” Page 15 Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook. .. Technique: Watching -Type : Group work - Material : Board - Time : mins Reading HOBBY playing chess Page 16 Things you in your free time Warm – up activities for reading in grade 11 textbook - Nguyen