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vsiddy
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 Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:46 pm Post subject: Difficult students (boys) |
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I have a group of eight boys aged 10-12 who I have an 'extra' class with in my public school. I have to teach this class by myself and can choose what I want to teach.
However, I'm finding it difficult to keep them focused or in control. They are of mixed levels, which makes it particularly difficult to teach and usually they are climbing about on the furniture rather than listening to me.
Does anyone have any suggestions to games or projects that could keep them entertained for 40 mins or a few weeks. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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30 minute work, 10 minute game or movie. Give them five points, they lose a point if they don't quiet down within the count of 5. If they lose all the points, they lose the movie/game.
You have to be good at bluffing, though. Because if you take all their points too soon, they are just going to go nuts for the remaining time anyway. I usually draw the points as lines and incrementally rub out the lines. It is more dramatic that way. |
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vsiddy
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah thanks for the advice. I think I will try it out. What kind of film/program should they watch? Should it be in English or Korean? Or English with Korean subtitles? |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| vsiddy wrote: |
| Ah thanks for the advice. I think I will try it out. What kind of film/program should they watch? Should it be in English or Korean? Or English with Korean subtitles? |
It depends on their level. I usually don't play anything with a lot of dialog. Usually it's Mr. Bean or Disney Silly Symphonies.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=silly+symphony
Which kill for some reason I have never been able to work out.
This is good for a few yuks as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyfyiEAI8P0
You can stop the film intermittently to ask questions. "Where is he?", "What is he doing?", "How does he feel?" etc. |
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The Gipkik
Joined: 30 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:04 am Post subject: Re: Difficult students (boys) |
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| vsiddy wrote: |
I have a group of eight boys aged 10-12 who I have an 'extra' class with in my public school. I have to teach this class by myself and can choose what I want to teach.
However, I'm finding it difficult to keep them focused or in control. They are of mixed levels, which makes it particularly difficult to teach and usually they are climbing about on the furniture rather than listening to me.
Does anyone have any suggestions to games or projects that could keep them entertained for 40 mins or a few weeks. |
Yes, give them a list of activities. Ask them to indicate how much they like or dislike them from 1 to 10. If they're all boys, it should be easy. Sports. Take them outside, move the desks around in the class, use the gym or auditorium. Stress that you will teach them the rules of sports or just fun physical games in English. And they need to use these rules for play. Take HORSE for example. Teach the students a bunch of basketball shots (youtube will help you here) and play HORSE. Break the group into two teams and line them up. The first boy chooses one basketball shot, and if he sinks it the other boys in the line must copy him. Each sink is one letter of the word HORSE. If the boy misses, the next boy can choose whatever shot he wants. And so it goes. Choose other English words and go with it. Make it a contest. There are lots of sports activities that need a pile of English rules to keep them going: dodge ball, balloon volleyball... |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:41 am Post subject: Re: Difficult students (boys) |
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| The Gipkik wrote: |
| vsiddy wrote: |
I have a group of eight boys aged 10-12 who I have an 'extra' class with in my public school. I have to teach this class by myself and can choose what I want to teach.
However, I'm finding it difficult to keep them focused or in control. They are of mixed levels, which makes it particularly difficult to teach and usually they are climbing about on the furniture rather than listening to me.
Does anyone have any suggestions to games or projects that could keep them entertained for 40 mins or a few weeks. |
Yes, give them a list of activities. Ask them to indicate how much they like or dislike them from 1 to 10. If they're all boys, it should be easy. Sports. Take them outside, move the desks around in the class, use the gym or auditorium. Stress that you will teach them the rules of sports or just fun physical games in English. And they need to use these rules for play. Take HORSE for example. Teach the students a bunch of basketball shots (youtube will help you here) and play HORSE. Break the group into two teams and line them up. The first boy chooses one basketball shot, and if he sinks it the other boys in the line must copy him. Each sink is one letter of the word HORSE. If the boy misses, the next boy can choose whatever shot he wants. And so it goes. Choose other English words and go with it. Make it a contest. There are lots of sports activities that need a pile of English rules to keep them going: dodge ball, balloon volleyball... |
Agreed. I did this two summer camps ago(basketball), but the principal wouldn't turn the AC on in the gym so we sweltered. Great during the winter.
Physical activities for a group of that size is a perfect idea though.
A good in the class activity is this.
-Prepare a short story, say 10 lines.
-Put the students into groups.
-Each group needs a team leader.
-The students take turns memorising a line of the story then relaying it to the team leader at the other end of the class (you have to stress "walk, not run". Give them a time penalty if they run).
-The team leader has to write down what their team member relays.
-Then the next student in the group memorizes a line and relays etc.
-The team that finishes first, and is most accurate, wins.
I hope you can understand this. I think I stole it off Boggle's World.
I usually do Aesop's Fables and show them a video before, so they have an idea of the story. Here is The Tortoise And The Hare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DrKmpuKhKE |
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mmstyle
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Pass the parcel. It takes time to prep, though. Write a bunch of level appropriate questions (or print pics and make them tell you what it is, stuff like that) on paper. Wrap a piece of candy in the papers in layers. Play some music. Whoever is holding it when the music stops unwraps 1 and answers. Music starts and it continues until finished.
Also, depending on level, go to print-bingo.com and print out bingo cards. Write a list of 5 or 6 questions and make bingo cards with a set of potential answers. Make them ask each other the questions, and they choose their own answers (they want to make bingo). From eat your kimchi. Go to this website to see the video they made, you can make it so that the kids are doing 80-90% of the talking.
Teach them vocabulary (like color names) and have them make a "deck" of cards (fold 1 piece of paper 4 times=8 cards) and have them write the vocab on them. Teach them a sentence or question that they must use (to replace the usual, do you have a ten?)
example: My favorite color is red. Do you have/like red? If the student has a red card, they have to give it up. I do this for countries (have you ever been to New Zealand?) |
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