Challenging good students is sometimes a big problem for most of the teachers. Because they are aware of the fact that their level is higher than their peers, the goodies sometimes feel detached from the basic activities and wait expect a challenge to show that they are good. Here is a well known activity adapted as a challenge and engaging no matter the age and level of your students.
- Make groups of two/three.
- Explain your students the procedure: This is a challenge. The teacher will be reading a word/phrase aloud for once and the groups will be writing it on a piece of paper/mini-board. (If you think that this is a waste of paper, you can number the group members as 1,2,3 and all the 1s can come to the board and challenge for their groups.)
- State the rules briefly.
- Ask them to get ready.
- Let the challenge begin.
The rules:
- The words will be read aloud only once!
- They have 10 seconds for spelling.
- For each correct spelling the group will receive 10 points.
- No native language! If they speak in their native language, erase 10 points.
*You will get surprised their excitement when they are challenging. If you think that you need more rules, feel free to add more but don't overwhelm students with too much rules.
*The ideal time for this challenge is 20 minutes. If you go further, it is getting pretty tiring for the teacher.
*The activity is great for vocabulary revision, but you can also add some target(challenging) vocabulary to make it more fun.
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Ayca
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