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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: Monster Phonics: great, fun game for secondary school TEFL |
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If you haven't yet seen this, check it out:
http://bogglesworldesl.com/phonics_monsters.htm
It's a great, printable set of phonics cards from booglesworld.com you use in a word-making game. I printed out the whole set, enlarged it 200% on the photocopier, and cut out the sheets and it was one of the best hours I ever put into lesson prep. My middle school kids just love it; it's so easy for students to follow it's basically self-explanatory. It's not the most productive phonics activity ever but when you have a 100% attention rate in the middle of a lesson you're not going wrong. I've found it works best for about 10 minutes in teams of 3 after about ten minutes of a more difficult and productive (but more difficult to keep the students' attention) phonics activity like something based on minimal pairs and sentence building.
Thanks again to booglesworld. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Today I tried it with a high-level third-grade HS class (it looks like it's made for elementary kids) and I couldn't believe how much they were into it. I could see their minds in high gear trying to anticipate what combinations would work best. It really seems to work well with the type of thinking they're used to. This may well be the perfect game for all ages and levels. |
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Jizzo T. Clown
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! Now I have something to do with my kids after exam week.  |
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Yu_Bum_suk
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Jizzo T. Clown wrote: |
| Thanks! Now I have something to do with my kids after exam week. |
Well, it's good for about 20 minutes tops. The week following exams is the only one my DVD player comes to every class with me. Even my good classes (and I have some damn good ones) are in no mood to learn much that week. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| So you had 15 groups of three or three groups of students |
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Yu_Bum_suk
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| So you had 15 groups of three or three groups of students |
The latter - I split the class into three groups (of 8-12 depending on total class size) and had the groups take turns respond by saying 'Change the ___________ (head / middle / tail), please!' giving the group a point if what came up is an actual English word.
It would be a very hard game for students to play in small groups because they don't know if some of the obscure words that come up (like couth or lout, or names like Mo and Hal) are actual words and English names or not. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Where did you have the parts to show people?
Hanging off the board or on tables.
How did you score them. On how many words they got or some other way.
I have to admit I'm a bit baffled by the explanation on the website. Maybe it's been a long day. |
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thu_tinh
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Where did you have the parts to show people?
Hanging off the board or on tables.
How did you score them. On how many words they got or some other way.
I have to admit I'm a bit baffled by the explanation on the website. Maybe it's been a long day. |
your not the only one |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| thu_tinh wrote: |
| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Where did you have the parts to show people?
Hanging off the board or on tables.
How did you score them. On how many words they got or some other way.
I have to admit I'm a bit baffled by the explanation on the website. Maybe it's been a long day. |
your not the only one |
I don't know if I understood their instructions properly myself, but what I did was to print out, enlarge, and cut out all the cards. Then I put them all up on the board using magnets, in three stacks of about 15-20 cards right beside each other. Then each group took turns removing a head, middle, or tail, to make a new monster and potential word, getting a point if a real word (or name or acronym) came up.
So far all my students aged 12-18 at all levels of ability have loved it. |
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