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[Rock]

Ever feel like you're in the doldrums at work, same old routine, redundancy and all?

I found a way out of this by introducing games with some learning purpose to them. But I need something more, as even this is becoming redundant, since the games are often too shallow. The kids like to wallow in passivity too, and not motivate themselves.

Any helpful tips?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/gamezone/puzzlegen/

These are really helpful sites, especially the second for word searches. You can add the kids' names to the word searches, which they really like. There will always be one or two classes where most of the kids just don't want to do anything - the kind where the exact same game that was a hit in the other classes goes over like a lead balloon. Don't bother feeling too badly for them and just give them brutally honest report cards.

[Ya-ta Boy]

In addition to the sites listed above, just google 'ESL games' (activities). There are loads of sites with different stuff for different ages and levels. Once you find some good games, start thinking creatively--lots of games can be adapted easily to other grammar points.

Why do you use a word search? Because you are teaching vocabulary and spelling. So what other activities can you use to follow up the word search? You can have students make word maps. You can have a spelling bee. You can play tic-tac-toe with sentences that use the vocabulary words.

[Homer]

[rapier]

[Rock]

This has been a great help. Thanks a lot.

[Grotto]

I like to teach my students to cook something.

They bring the materials and equipment and I show them how to make stuff.

So far they have made:
Bannock
Banana boats
S'mores
stir fry
apple swans
banana custard
caramel apples
pancakes


Next week i am introducing them to rice pudding

We talk about the ingredients, what we are doing(mixing, stirring, measuring, chopping etc)
How it tastes

students enjoy it and so do I

[tzechuk]

[Homer]

My wife also hates rice pudding...

Me, I tolerate the stuf...but tapioca hmmmm..she hates that too...