Activities for starting a lesson

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Activities To Start Class October 12 th ,2010 Based on classroom observation HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 1

1-why is it effective to start each class with an activity? 2-Presenting some examples of starting activities. : 

1-why is it effective to start each class with an activity? 2-Presenting some examples of starting activities. Session Goals HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 2

why Is It Effective To Start Each Class With An Activity?: 

why Is It Effective To Start Each Class With An Activity? To keep discipline in the classroom. To draw students’ attention. To have time to write down your objectives quietly. To give students a chance to think and create. To prepare your students to learning through relating the activity to what they are expected to learn at the end of class. To improve learning outcomes. To create a supporting learning environment HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 3

Some Examples Of Starting Activities.: 

Some Examples Of Starting Activities. Moving question: Give students a small stack of questions which they turn over one by one and answer in pairs. Before class, brainstorm and compose a list of questions on a theme, which could be specific or wide. Print the list and cut the paper so you have one question per slip of paper. Divide the class into rows or columns. Give each pair in the row or column the same question. Students ask and answer their questions. The pairs switch papers with the same pairs and check the answers. HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 4

Some Examples Of Starting Activities.: 

Some Examples Of Starting Activities. Create your own roleplay cards. Give each role a character & some background information Let students read their role cards and think for a bit, and then have them act them out with partners without showing their partner their role card. Choose one pair to do in front of the class. Tell students they aren’t speaking as themselves or about their own problems or opinions, they are someone else. Roleplays HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 5

Some Examples Of Starting Activities.: 

Some Examples Of Starting Activities. They are randomly listed questions. Their answers are either short or true or false. Some students are picked out to answer these questions. Teacher asks other students about X OR Y answer. It is confusing for non-attentive students and those who arrive late. Confusing Questions HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 6

Some Examples Of Starting Activities.: 

Some Examples Of Starting Activities. Chit – Chat means: Talking socially without exchanging too much information about current local events or news. Get students involved with questions on relevant topics and check that they are listening (to each other) with a couple of “Do you agree?” “Do you disagree?” General Chit-Chat HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 7

Activity نشاط : 

Activity نشاط Based on your understanding of the session, in groups design starting activities for your students. HAITHAM HUNEAFAT - ACADEMICS VP 10/17/2011 8