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[JZer]

Can anyone give me some lesson ideas for a large class? My situation is that the new teacher we hired is coming one week after summer session begins which means I have to teach 40 children together. I have to teach level 1 &2 together, level 3&4 together, and level 5&6 together. Due to the fact that different levels will be mixed, I am not going to be teaching out of the book. Does anyone have any ideas of something that is fun and educational that I could do?

For the first two days I am going to teach vocabulary that deals with nature and then we will take a hike. The older children will have some basic conversation questions to go along with the vocabulary. I might add a story to that as well.

But I still need something to do on Wed and Thursday. Any suggestions?

[kathycanuck]

Hey: you might want to try a treasure hunt. Divide the kids into teams and give them clues (using prepositions) to find a list of objects you have hidden around the school. You can also take several polls regarding your students likes and dislikes and then have the kids make graphs illustrating the results. "Stop the train"also works quite well for large groups; divide into teams and draw several train cars on the board, each with a different category (places on a map, animals, food, objects in a school) and then give the kids one letter. Each team has to find three English words beginning with the given letter to fit each category; the first team finished "stops the train" and, if correct, wins a point. Proceed with a new letter until one team has won as many rounds as you've disignated as winning the game. All I can think of at the moment; good luck!

[Ya-ta Boy]

What about Classroom Olympics? Especially since it's the rainy season and you might not be able to go outside...

Practice comparatives with the different events.

With three or four events, choosing team names and mascots and teaching an English cheer, you can easily fill two days with useful English practice and have fun at the same time.

Some events:

blow a paper fish across the floor (or table) (hard/harder/hardest)
push a coin with your nose (far/farther/farthest)
Blindfolded baby steps race (straight/slow/fast)
fill a paper cup with water using a spoon (steady)

One English application: Student teams have to write as many comparative sentences describing the outcomes of the events in X minutes.

[Grotto]

one game the students seemed to like was: minefield! Take peices of paper(small stones...pretty much anything) and spread them around on a section of the floor. Blindfold one student and have another student guide them through the minefield verbally. Go straight 1 small step....take 2 big steps right....go straight 1 big step....if they hit a 'mine' everyone yells BOOM(or makes explosion noises)...student team who makes it through the fastest without hitting a mine wins.

[JZer]

Thanks for the advice everyone.