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

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SOME GAMES TO WARM UP A NEW

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I THÔNG TIN CHUNG VỀ CÁ NHÂN

1 Họ và tên: TRẦN THỊ THƯƠNG THƯƠNG

2 Ngày tháng năm sinh: 18/09/1977

3 Nam, nữ: Nữ

4 Địa chỉ: 31 Ngô Quyền, Thị Trấn Gia Ray, Xuân Lộc, Đồng Nai.

5 Điện thoại: (061)3740090(CQ)/ ĐTDĐ: 01685330565

6 Fax: E-mail: tranthithuongthuong@ymail.com

7 Chức vụ: Tổ Trưởng Môn Tiếng Anh

8 Đơn vị công tác: Trường THPT Hồng Bàng

II TRÌNH ĐỘ ĐÀO TẠO

- Học vị (hoặc trình độ chuyên môn, nghiệp vụ) cao nhất: Đại Học

- Năm nhận bằng: 2000

- Chuyên ngành đào tạo: Sư Phạm Tiếng Anh

III.KINH NGHIỆM KHOA HỌC

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- Lĩnh vực chuyên mơn cĩ kinh nghiệm: Giảng Dạy Tiếng Anh

Số năm cĩ kinh nghiệm: 13 năm

- Các sáng kiến kinh nghiệm đã cĩ trong 5 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”

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I/ INTRODUCTION 2

II/ GAMES 1 Treasure Hunt 2

2 Five Little Things 2

3 The Tied And Blind Men Game 3

4 Name Poem 3

5 Mime Your Past 3

6 Guessing Things: “What is it?” 4

7 Tongue Twisters 4

8 On What Occasion? 4

9 Procedure 5

10 Bingo 5

11 Finding One’s Other Half 6

12 Odd One Out 6

13 Network 6

14 Categorising 7

15 Noughts or Crosses 8

16 Sentence Race 9

17 Rearranging 9

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 mostinternational of languages It not only provides us an access to world scholarshipand world trade but also gives the youth a chance to get a good job and to join theinternational activities Therefore, more and more schools teach English for pupils,even in primary schools However, how to draw pupils’ attention, help them studyEnglish in active mood and practice English effectively, flexibly is a very difficultduty 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 thedifficult conditions and with very little opportunity to meet native Englishspeakers, and not access to modern up-to-date materials Being a teacher in one ofthese areas, I try my best not only to collect some games to draw pupils’s attractionbut also to help pupils study English better under such a bad condition by usingSOME GAMES TO WARM UP A NEW LESSON EFFECTIVELY INTEACHING ENGLISH

II/ GAMES:

1/ Treasure Hunt:

a/ Rule:

- Divide the class into two groups A and B.

- Stick the pictures of 6 things (or draw thing) on the board

- Tell Ss to find out the treasure, the word of the day by combining the firstletters 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 Nurse Dog

Expected answer: 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 apiece 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:

1 Write down 5 places where you often meet your close friend

2 Write down 5 things you often share with your close friend

3 Write down 5 qualities you need in a good friend

4 Write down 5 adjectives describing appearance

5 Write down 5 adjectives describing character or personality

Expected answer:

1 home, school, park, cinama, evenig class…

2 notes, cakes, homework, school things, joy, sadness…

3 honesty, loyalty, unselfishness, helpfulness, good-hearted…

4 tall, short, good-looking, well-dressed, stout,…

5 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 bethe tied man The other is the blind one

- Cover each “blind man” with a piece of cloth and ask the “tied man” to tell theblind man how to draw a face inside the circle drawn beforehand on the board

- After 1 minute, the first pair to finish the face will be the winner If they bothfinish before the deadline, the pair whose face they have drawn is more good-looking is the winner.

- Ask students to name parts of the body on the face and then ask them tomention 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 describehis/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.

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 anddrove 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 oneyellow shoe!

- Ask one student to retell the story

6/ Guessing Things: “What is it?”

a/

Rule:

- Divide the class into 2 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.

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:

1 Chistmas 2 Thanksgiving 3 New Year 4 Independence Day

5 Birthday 6 Labour Day 7 Picnic 8 Wedding

9/

Procedure:

a/ Rule:

-Divide the class into 2 groups A and B

-Place a pack of cards on the desk face down

-Assign one representative from each group to take turns to choose a card atrandom.

-He / she has to draw the words that he/ she sees on the card or has to gestures /mimes the word .He/she must not write, speak or whisper

-The other students in each group try to guess the word

-One correct word gets one point

-The group with more points wins

b/

Example:

UNIT 3: A PARTY (Listening)

-Read the words aloud for Ss to cross out

-Ask Ss to say BINGO if they have crossed out all the five words they have chosen

b / Example:

UNIT 3: A PARTY (Language focus)

-Hand on a posters with the following words:

house/ holiday/ library/ lemonade/ hospital/ husband/ ready/ really/

restaurant/ like/ lovely/ lunch

-Ask Ss to look at the words on the poster, choose five words and write them

down on a piece of paper

-Read the words aloud for Ss to cross out

-Ask Ss to say BINGO if they have crossed out all the five words they have chosen

-Introduce the sounds /l/, /r/ and / h/

11/ Finding one’s Other Half:

a/ Rule:

-Divide the class into two teams A and B

-Hang two posters on the board

-Stick pieces of paper with different shapes and colors on each poster

-Ask Ss in each team to combine pieces of paper with the same shape or color together

-The team who first finishes wins

-Check Ss understanding of the intruction and start the game

b / Example:

UNIT4: VOLUNTEER WORK

(Listening) Keys: supporting charities / raising money / helping the poor / helping the elderly / making donations

12/ Odd one out:

a/ Rule:

-Hang on a chart with some words

-In the groups of three words, two words rhyme and one doesn’t Ask Ss work

in pairs to circle the one that is different

-The pair who has the correct answers and first finishes wins

b/ Example:

UNIT 5: ILLITERACY (Language focus)

1 wear please hair

2 bull wool prune

3 brandy flower hour

4 come some blame

Expcteted answer:

1 please 2 prune 3 brandy 4 blame

-Ask Ss to underline the initial consonant sounds of the words they have justcircled

Introduce the sound /pl/, /pr/ /br/, /bl/

13/ Networks:

a/Rule:

- Ask Ss to work in groups of 3 to 4 and make a list of the words related to thegiven topic

- The groups with the most words within a limited time will be the winner

- Note that all the words with wrong spellings are not counted as the correct ones

- Feedback and further explain all the words mentioned above especially theones Ss are not familiar with

b/ Example:

UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

(Speaking)

- Ask Ss to work in groups and make a list of words relating to school.

- The group with the longest list will be the winner

Note: The words must be correctly spelled and related to the topic.

(Lower and upper secondary)

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

(Reading)

- Ask Ss to work in groups of three or four and make a list of words related to

the country in 5 minutes

- The group with the longest list will be the winner

UNIT 3: PEOPLE'S BACKGROUND

(Reading)

- Have Ss work in groups of 3 to 4

- Ask them to make a list of famous scientists in 5 minutes

- After 5 minutes, the group with the longest list will be the winner

Note: Ss may give the wrong spellings of some scientists Accept them and

make necessary corrections

- Ask further questions about some scientists regarding their specialisations andachievements

UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION

(Reading)

- Ask Ss to work in groups in three to four and make a list of famous places inVietnam in 5 minutes The group with the longest list will be the winner

Note: T may hang large pictures on the board so that T can help Ss follow

easily and keep them interested

14/ Categorising:

a/ Rule:

- Divide the class into groups of four or five

- Hang on a chart with the words

- Ask Ss to sort these words into columns (part of speech, heading) in 3minutes

- The group who first finishes wins

b/ Examples :

UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

(Writing)

-Ask Ss to work in groups of four or five

-Give ten or more adjectives and ask Ss to put them under two headings:

compliments and complaint: bad, helpful, expensive, lazy, hard-working, good, careful, poor, unhappy, beautiful

-Feedback and give suggested answers:

- Give out 10 to 15 words

- Ask Ss to put the words under the appropriate heading:

-Example of the words:

Nurse, teacher, book, park, museum,…

UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…

(Listening)

- Ask Ss to work in groups

- Give out 10 to 15 words and tell Ss to put them under appropriate heading:

Adverbs of Adverbs of Adverbs of

15/ Noughts and Crosses :

a/ Rule:

- Draw a table containing 9 words in each cell

- Divide class into two groups: Noughts (O) and Crosses (X)

- Ask Ss to choose word by word in the cells and make sentences with eachword A correct sentence get one O or X The group with three O or X vertically,horizontally or even diagonally first will be the winner

then after as soon as

Note: The sentences must be grammatically correct and make sense.

UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA (Speaking)

newspape r

Note: The sentences must be grammatically correct and make sense.

16/ Sentence Race:

a/ Rule:

- Prepare a list of vocabulary words about one given topic

- Write each word on two small pieces of paper That means writing the wordtwice, once on each paper

- Organize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words

- Divide the class into 2 teams Get them to make creative team names

- Distribute each list of words to both teams Every student on each teamshould have a paper Both teams have the same words

- When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team Thestudents must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence using theirword

- The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence

3 Organize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words.

4 Divide the class into 2 teams Get them to make creative team names

5 Distribute each list of words to both teams Every student on each teamshould have a paper Both teams have the same words

6 When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team.The students must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence usingtheir word

7 The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence

17/

Rearranging:

a/ Rule:

- Have Ss work in group of four

- Give out 5 to 7 sentences whose words are not in correctorder or a letter is not

1 has, nice, to, you, talking, been, it, very

2 weekend, did, nice, have, a, you?

3 up, later, catch, you, with.

4 school, everything, how, at, is?

Answers:

1 It has been very nice talking to you

2 Did you have a nice weekend?

3 Catch up with you later.

4 How's everything at school?

UNIT 6: COMPETITIONS

(Writing)

- Ask students to put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order

- Prepare 6 cards with 6 outlines on them.

- Call six students to hold them and stand in a random order

- Ask some other students to rearrange them in the correct order

- Write the answer on the board so that students can remember the outline of aletter

1 Heading 2 Opening 3 Body of letter 4 Closing 5.Signature

- Divide the class into small groups

- Give each group one card containing 4->10 words whose letters are jumbled

- Ask Ss to rearrange the letters to make correct words

- The group which finishes the task first with the most correct words will be thewinner

- Divide the class into small groups

- Give each group one card containing 4 ->10 words whose letters are jumbled

- Ask Ss to rearrange the letters to make good words

- The group which finishes the task first with the most correct words will be thewinner

- Give4 -> 10 words whose letters are in the wrong order.

- Note Ss that all the words are forms of mass media

- Ask Ss to work in groups and rearrange them in good order to make the rightwords

• Words relating to a computer

- Put the cardboards on the board

- Ask Ss to work in groups.

- Stick the big poster on the board and give each group the copy of the wordsquare The word square contains some hiden words about the given topic

- Tell the groups find the words by circling the words and write them downbelow the word square

- The group which has the correct first will be the winner

b/ Example

UNIT6: AN EXCURSION

(Reading)

- Put the word square poster on the board and inform the topic.

- Divide the class into 4 groups

- Ask Ss to find 13 hidden words and write them on a piece of paper in 3

minutes

- The group will get 2 points for a correct word

- After 3 minutes, the group with more points is the winner