Teaching Vocabulary Through Games: Workshop Lesson Plan
Teaching Vocabulary Through Games: Workshop Lesson Plan
Teaching Vocabulary Through Games: Workshop Lesson Plan
ACTIVITIES Materials
Introduction: #3 The dictionary game - Paper sheets
*Why teach Vocabulary? -Choose an unusual word from the - Marker pens
*Why use games? # 6 Spelling Race dictionary and spell it for your students. - Cardboard
-Each person creates a fictional definition - Monolingual Dictionary
#1 Ambiguous pictures -The board is divided
for theinword
two halves and aitrepresentative
and writes on an index card. - Sticky notes
from each of two teams
-You stands
write at thedefinition
the actual end of theonboard
another - Fly swatters
-Draw a small part of a picture with a marker pen.
index card. Collect and shuffle the cards, and then read all - Pictures
-Ask students what the picture is the definitions. Students must try to guess which
-The teacher shows the rest of the class a word on a card
-Encourage different opinions definition is the real one.
and the teams must simultaneously spell (not say) the
without confirming or rejecting their ideas.
word to their representative.
-Add a little more to the drawing and as students
again. #4 Flyswatter
-The first team game
to get the word on the board with its
-Prepare pictures with the target
correct spelling gets a point
#2 Vocabulary memory game vocabulary
-Write each word on -Divide the class in two teams
individual index cards and -The student in each team is given a
make a matching card with flyswatter and they stand up in front
the definition of the room looking at the board
-Students shuffle the cards -The teacher calls out a word.
and arrange them all face down on a table. -The first student to swat the correct picture gets a point
- Students take turns flipping over two cards. If the for his/her team.
cards make a set, the student keeps the cards and
takes an additional turn.
#5 Fruit Salad