Spinning Wheels can be used with a variety of different classroom activities. They are random, fair and fun. Last year, I created the first version of the PowerPoint spinning wheel and it proved to be very successful. The article was … Continue reading The Spinning Wheel 2018
Discussions in the classroom allow students to explore their English in order to express their opinions clearly and to talk about the things they really care about. I previously wrote about Setting Discussion Goals back in April of 2015. The … Continue reading Topic Talk: Discussions in the Classroom
It’s early December and for the past three years, I have produced a Christmas quiz template that can be used for the holiday season. This year is no different. What’s new Left: The Christmas Quiz 2016. Right: The Christmas Quiz … Continue reading Christmas Quiz 2017
Bingo is a common game to use in the language learning classroom, especially Word Bingo. This PowerPoint version of Bingo allows you to prepare all your words before class and display a large version of a Bingo grid to your … Continue reading Bingo: A Review Game for PowerPoint
Family Feud is a game that encourages students to use English, it gives them opportunities to guess even if they don’t know the answer and it allows them to practice the vocabulary and grammar that they have been learning. This … Continue reading Family Feud
The Mystery Word Game is a great game to review vocabulary. Give clues and challenge your students to answer with the correct vocabulary until they can guess the mystery word. I have used this activity in my classes as it only … Continue reading The Mystery Word Game
Story Circles is a useful PowerPoint activity that can be used to present or practice the sequences or the order of the target language. Sequences or orders often occur in English language teaching. For example: Adverbs of sequence. (First, then, … Continue reading Story Circles: An Ordering Activity for PowerPoint.
50-50 is an adaptable PowerPoint quiz that can be used for introductions, practice and review. It’s summer break for many teachers but thoughts often turn to the next semester. For some teachers, new classes are starting. For others, classes will be returning … Continue reading 50-50: A PowerPoint Quiz
Random Choices is a fun way to present prompts, words and images to your class. Prompts are useful because they provide a framework or context for the situation. They can be developed into improvisation activities. Words can be used to … Continue reading Random Choices – A PowerPoint Randomizer
In December 2016, I wrote a post called 10 PowerPoint Games. Due to its popularity, here are 10 more PowerPoint Games. The first bumper pack of 10 PowerPoint Games was put together to thank everyone who has been following tekhnologic. It … Continue reading 10 More PowerPoint Games
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