English as a Foreign Language Methodology

Ms Roxanna Correa Prez & Ms Katiuska Santibez

Activities Folder

Section: 1
Students: Albornoz, M. Timothy.
Herrera, C. Isidora.

Lets know how to pass the laws

Level: 4th year.
Duration: 1 hour.

Activity type: Exploratory

PART 1 Instructions:

The class will be divided in two big groups. One group will represent a right-wing
party and the other one, a left-wing party.
Name your party and sign in the table given.
I (teacher) will be the President of the Republic of Class (our country). I will
propose you a law for the class in a piece of paper, i. e.: There will be no more
talking in the class, only silence will be permitted. As the Presidents give you a
proposal, you will have to discuss in your group whether you agree with or not. You
will have 7 minutes to discuss a law.
After discussing, you will have to write down the arguments you have discussed.
You have 3 minutes to finish the writing, a model will be given to you.
Then, name a Representative of your party to come to the front and discuss with the
others wing Representative the points you approved or disapproved and back up
your partys opinion. Each Representative will have 1.50 minutes to present their
arguments and 1.50 more minutes to discuss to points your party does not agree
with the other Representative.
Afterwards, all of the members of this House of Representatives will have to vote
the bill. Three options are permitted: Yes/No/Pass. If a law has more than 50% +1,
it will be approved and applied for the time agreed in the bill.
Finally, the laws and rights will be published in the class room as the Constitution
Bill of the Class.
Note: As you are part of a Party, you can also propose rules to be discussed and
may be approved to be applied in the class.

PART 2 Table
Name of the Party:
Name

Signature

PART 3 Examples of laws proposals

1. Article n1: No mobile phone will be allowed in the class for the next two weeks. If
this law is broken, a $10.000 infraction will be collected from that person.

2. Article n2: No litter will be allowed to be thrown away, the class must be free of
any paper, wrapper or bottle. If any of these types of litter is seen by the teacher, a
$20.000 infraction will be collected from all the class members.
PART 4 Bill Model

Party Name: ___________________

Date:__________

By the acknowledge of all the member of the party, we (Party name here) declare that:
(name of the law)________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
(write down here the arguments you discussed)_______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_____________________
Representatives Signature

Analytic Rubric for speaking performance

CATEGORY
Discussion

Rebuttal

Attitude

Fluency

Grammar

Excellent
8
All information presented
in the discussion was clear,
accurate and backed up by
the team.
12
All counter-arguments
were accurate, relevant
and strong.

Good
5
Most information presented in the
discussion was clear.

Average
3
Information presented in was not clear
and often confusing for the audience.

Below expectations
1
Information had several personal
suggestions was usually not clear.

10
Most counter-arguments were
accurate, relevant, and strong.

5
Most counter-arguments were accurate
and relevant, but several were weak.

3
Counter-arguments were not
accurate and/or relevant.

6
All statements, body
language, and responses
were respectful and were
in appropriate language.

4
Statements and responses were
respectful and used appropriate
language, but once or twice body
language was not.

3
Most statements and responses were
respectful and in appropriate language,
but there was one sarcastic remark.

2
Statements, responses and/or body
language were consistently not
respectful.

5
Speech speed and flow
were precise and
comprehensible.

4
Speech speed and flow were
appropriate. Some hesitations could
be noticed.

3
Speech speed and flow were not
appropriate. Most of the speech is
hesitations and stops.

1
Vague speech. No coherence among
speech patterns and ideas.

4
Accurate use of structural
patterns. Minimal mistakes
can be noticed (less than
2). Attempt to use advance
structural partner.

3
Minimal mistakes can be noticed
(less than 4) without obscuring
meaning and coherence.

2
Several mistakes can be noticed (more
than 6). Structural patterns are still
comprehensible, but with a lack of
awareness among them.

1
Multiple mistakes (more than 10)
make speech and sentences
incomprehensible.

Total Score

Score

Group Evaluation Rubric

Name ____________________
Name of the group ____________

Date ______________

Please rate the following according what has been done in class:
Criteria

Excellent
4

Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

3
2
1

Your use of class time for preparation

The exchange of ideas and information
between you and your partner
Your personal contribution to the activity
Your partners contribution to the activity
The enthusiasm you displayed during
your presentation
Adapted
from:http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/withers97/selfpeerrubric.htm

What are they doing?

Student A
1. Look at the picture below and tell your partner what people are doing.

2. Read the following phone call with your partner and circle where the
present continuous is.
Tracy: Hello, can I speak to Alex.
Tracy: Hi, this is Tracy.
Tracy: Oh, I'm just watching TV. What are you doing?
Tracy: What are you cooking?
Tracy: It sounds delicious.
Tracy: Well, I don't have any plans...
Tracy: Oh, I'd love to. Thanks.
Tracy: OK, I'll be there at seven, too.
Tracy: Bye.

What are they doing?

Student B
2. Look at the picture below and tell your partner what people are doing.

3. Read the following phone call together with your partner and spot where
the present continuous is.
Alex: This is Alex, who is speaking?
Alex: Well, I'm cooking dinner.
Alex: I'm baking some potatoes, boiling some carrots and grilling a steak.
Alex: What are you doing for dinner tonight?
Alex: Would you like to come over for dinner?
Alex: Great. Mary and Jack are also coming. They are arriving at seven.
Alex: OK, see you then. Bye.

Scoring Instrument.
Rating Scale for activity: What are they doing?
Good (3
pts)

Average
(2pts)

Below
expectations
(1pt)

Intonation
Pronunciation
Fluency
Task
Performance
Total

Total

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Word Bank scoring Instrument: Checklist
Yes
Student saves at list 3 words in his/her bank during
the activity
Student follows all the steps
Student saves a word and takes a picture of that
word
Student shows interest towards the app

No

Score

Objective: BSWBAT make future plans for the weekend, orally.

1. Lead-in: Teacher starts the class talking about communication and how we use the language for
different uses and ask students to provide different uses of the language, if they know any.
Do you know any use for the language? Name at least one.
Teacher introduces a particular use of the language: MAKING PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND

Teacher introduces his grandmother and she is going to bake a pie, so she invited me her home to have
a piece of cake. So, I talked to my mom and she said that it would be great to visit her. Lets make it a
plan! So, this weekend I am going to visit my grandma! :D
Then, teacher asks students to tell him about their future plans using going to.
2. Practice
Teacher shows a picture about different people showing what their plans are for next weekend and
students have to provide the sentences in a chart prepared by the teacher on the whiteboard.

Person

Be Going to

Verb

Scoring Instrument: Checklist

Yes
Students provide the correct structure
Students answer the questions properly
Students name at least one use of the language
Students tell the teacher different arrangements
they are going to do during the weekend

No

CREATING AN ALPHABET
Each student will take 5 letters of the alphabet (teacher will give each student the
letters) and look for words that their classmates may not know.
Students will have to create flashcards with the new word and a drawing of the word.
One of the words will be created by the student.
After having the flashcards in groups of four, Ss will tell the meaning of the word and
the correct pronunciation .also Ss will have to find out which are the created words.
After the discussion in groups, the flashcards will be stuck all over the classroom.

Group Evaluation Rubric

Name ____________________
Name of the group ____________

Date ______________

Please rate the following according what has been done in class:
Criteria

Excellent
4

Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

3
2
1

Your use of class time for preparation

The exchange of ideas and information
between you and your partner
Your personal contribution to the activity
Your partners contribution to the activity
The enthusiasm you displayed during
your presentation
Adapted
from:http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/withers97/selfpeerrubric.htm

GUESS WHAT AM I DOING

This miming game can be used to teach or review the present continuous tense.
Teacher has prepared a set of flashcards, each of them contain action sentences.
(Some of the flashcard are attached). The class is separated into two teams. Before
they start the activity, the teacher will mime one of the action sentences (simple
sentence) and the students will have to guess what the teacher is doing. Teacher will
ask: WHAT AM I DOING? The group that guesses the activity of the teacher will decide
if they start or the other group.
Each group will choose a represented that will mime the activity (students can also take
turns) the first team to get the mime correct wins a point. When a team gets ten points,
they win the game.

FLASH CARDS (sample)

You are singing in the shower

You are driving a bus

You are eating spaghetti

You are lifting weights

You are proposing marriage

You are taking a test

You are driving a bus

You are writing a love letter

You are washing your clothes

You are waiting for the bus

Group Evaluation Rubric

Name ____________________
Name of the group ____________

Date ______________

Please rate the following according what has been done in class:
Criteria

Excellent
4

Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

3
2
1

The exchange of ideas and information

between you and your partner
Your personal contribution to the activity
Your partners contribution to the activity
The enthusiasm you displayed during
your presentation
Adapted from:http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/withers97/selfpeerrubric.htm

STOP THE PEN

Students will be separated into two groups they will choose one represented that will write in
front of the class.
On the board will be two charts which will contain different aspects they will have to fill in. the
teacher will say a letter of the alphabet and they will have to fill the chart with words that begin
with the letter that the teacher gave.

Letter

Country/City

Fruit
/vegetable

Adjective

Action
word

The first group that finishes has to say STOP THE PEN
Each word will have 5 pts.

Famous
person

Object

Pts.

Group Evaluation Rubric

Name ____________________
Name of the group ____________

Date ______________

Please rate the following according what has been done in class:
Criteria

Excellent
4

Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

3
2
1

The exchange of ideas and information

between you and your partner
Your personal contribution to the activity
Your partners contribution to the activity
The enthusiasm you displayed during
your presentation
Adapted from:http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/examples/withers97/selfpeerrubric.htm

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

In pairs or individually (depending on the amount of students in a classroom) the teacher

will give a student a country to represent and talk about.
The Ss will have to look for information about the country and also decorate a place
given according to the country that was given.
Ss will have to look for

Capital city

Language(s)

Population

Location

Current president

Typical food (Ss will have to prepare a dish)

3 interesting facts about the country

Drawing/painting of the real flag

HOW DO YOU SAY?

Teacher will provide a simple sentence or word and Ss will have to say the word with the correct
pronunciation according to the situation.
Hello
To a friend you see almost every day
To somebody you havent seen in 3 years
To somebody on the phone but you are not sure if its the correct person
To a 6 months old baby
To a neighbor you do not like

Goodbye
to a member of your family as they are going through the boarding gate at the airport
to someone who has been annoying you
to a child starting his very first day at school
'How are you?'
to someone you haven't seen for 20 years
to someone who has recently lost a member of the family
to someone who didn't sleep in their own bed last night

Intonation and volume Check list

Students name: __________________________ Date: ________________

Yes
Student does the correct question intonation
Student does the correct exclamation intonation
Student does the correct angry intonation
Student uses the correct volume referring to the different
situations
Student does the correct statement intonation

No

Outburst
(Adopted from http://www.teach-this.com/images/games/outburst.pdf )
Instructions:

The class is split into teams of four or five students.

Each team plays in turn.
The first team is given a category, e.g. verbs.
The first team then has one minute to shout out as many verbs as they can.
They score a point for every word that is on your pre-written word list.
The game can be played over several rounds.
The team with the most points is the winner.

See list below.

Scoring Instrument: Checklist

Yes
Students participate actively in the activity
Students follow the instructions
Students work cooperatively in order to get points
Students add more vocabulary to the prescribed

No