Roleplay Activity in the Classroom: Fast Voice-Over Actors (No Subtitles)
Turn any English movie on mute with no subtitles. In groups of two, have your students re-enact the dialogue like voice-over actors.
Informative/Explanatory Writing: Multi-purpose Items
Students brainstorm different uses for a “multi-purpose item”. For example, you can use forks to eat food, comb your hair, open cans, mix ingredients and clean pans.
Minimal Pairs ESL Cards: Grab the Correct Card
These minimal pairs ESL cards practices pairs of words with similar sounds. Students grab the card they hear as fast as possible. The student with the most cards at the end wins.
Minimal Pairs Exercise – Similar Sentences Worksheet Practice
In this minimal pairs exercise, the teacher reads each sentence. As the teacher reads, students have to listen carefully and choose the correct minimal pair.
Minimal Pairs Pictures Worksheet: Similar Sounding Word
If you’re teaching English, there are some unique sounds that can be hard for cultures to speak. In the minimal pairs pictures activity, students have to circle the word they hear.
Minimal Pairs Test: Listen and Circle the Pair of Words
Students listen to the teacher’s pronunciation for each minimal pair and adds a check mark for the correct word.
Like or Dislike: Can You Guess Who is the Mystery Person?
Each student writes down their likes and dislikes. Next, the teacher collects everyone’s answer. After reading everyone’s answer aloud, can you identify who it is?
English Shiritori: Create a Word Chain
Shiritori is a popular Japanese game in which players have to think of a word beginning with the final letter of the previous word.
Ecosystems Worksheet: Landscape Matching Quiz
In this ecosystems worksheet, you match the word with each type of landscape. From deserts to tundras, students learn the types of landscapes and ecozones.
Know Your 5 Oceans Worksheet
We now recognize there are 5 oceans in the world. Actually, we only used to identify 4 oceans in the world. Can you list each ocean in the ocean worksheet below?