The first 2 ideas I found are ICT based. (yes, the website uses this term too!)
1) Wordle Cloud - www.wordle.net
A Wordle Cloud can be a useful and simple tune-in activity to introduce new texts to the class, especially when dealing with short stories with differing themes and concerns. It can also be useful for brainstorming, introducing key words, and other possible classroom activities which have been listed on the PDF file. These files can be directly downloaded into your desktop as a resource material for the future.
2) Using a word wall
This activity involves the interactive whiteboard. It can be used when asking leading questions as the teacher can reveal partial clues to the answer, enhancing the suspense factor of a guessing game.
3) Drama: Warm-up and Cool-down games
This website contains suggestions for warm-up games that teachers can use to prepare a class to re-enact scenes from prose, poetry or drama. These games are good ice-breakers and help students ease into using their bodies to express ideas and emotions. However, these games work best when there is adequate lesson time.
I enjoy the practical tips that this website offers for the teaching of Literature. Hope this makes teaching fun and engaging for you!
[Roxanne}
ReplyDeleteI like how the site provides a wide variety of interactive ICT tools which can be used to create word activities for students. For example, it has a tool known as the "Haiku Whiz" and students may find using a tool like this to create a simple Haiku more interactive and fun. Also, like Jaslyn, I appreciate how the site provides suggestions for warm-up games for students to physically engage with the literature text. Many teachers forget that the appreciation of literature is sometimes a highly performative act that needs to engage with emotions as well as be expressed.
[Vicki]
ReplyDeleteI agree with Roxanne's comment about how the site provides suggestions on activities that let students engage with the text in a more interactive and fun way. I have personally made use of some of the ideas during my ESE stint as provided by teachit. Also, their resources are very current. They have resources on very contemporary texts that are used in our school curriculum today.