A great game for your class as we approach Christmas. Find Santa under the boxes! Instructions SaNtA hUnT In teams, work to find Santa, under one of the 16 blocks. 1/ Your teacher will split you into groups. 2/ You will answer a question in turn. 3/ If you get the question right, you get to choose a box. 4/ Depending on what is under the box, you can get some points: Lump of coal: minus 2 points An X sign: minus 1 point A colourful star: plus 2 points A reindeer plus 3 points A Santa plus 5 points. The team with the most points wins!

End your lessons with a bang ! Use this game as a plenary activity. This can be used for any subject and any year. E.g. MFL – translation of vocabulary Maths – answers to sums. History – dates, facts I personally have used it for pupils to translate vocabulary covered in a topic, scaffolding questions, starting with single words and then building up to more complex sentences. How to run the activity: Split the class into two groups or more. Teacher asks a question to each group. Teacher selects by hands up (or miniwhiteboards, or team discussion). Teacher selects a pupil to give the answer. If the answer is correct – pupil can choose a mine. If there’s a coin under the bomb - one point for your team If there’s an explosion under the bomb - lose one point If there’s a super bomb - the rubber duck of the evil clown - lose 2 points. The team with the most points wins!

Santa Hunt - Father Christmas Game A fun plenary or starter game - work in teams and try to find Santa. In teams, work to find Santa, under one of the 16 blocks. 1/ Your teacher will split you into groups. 2/ You will answer a question in turn. 3/ If you get the question right, you get to choose a box. 4/ Depending on what is under the box, you can get some points: Lump of coal: minus 2 points An X sign: minus 1 point A colourful star: plus 2 saw points A reindeer plus 3 points A Santa plus 5 points. The team with the most points wins!

A nice game for you to play in tutor or in class. Split your team into groups - ask questions related to any teaching topic and then allow pupils to click on a spot. They can win different points for their team, depending on what hides under each spot

Find attached all of my MFL PGCE Notes - 10,000 words over the year of reading. Also very useful for CELTA TEFL EFL learners.

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Typical language lessons plans are what any trainee teacher needs to help them on their PGCE or PGDE journey. This resource includes advice on how to structure your lessons with easy to follow stages. This works for all languages, MFL, EFL, etc. --------------------------------- Contents of the document --------------------------------- 1. How to write - a typical lesson plan 2. How to prepare - a typical set-up for an activity 3. Lessons with SPEAKING OR WRITING (Productive skills) 4. Lessons with ROLE PLAYS 5. Lessons with READING OR LISTENING (Receptive skills) 6. Using the PPP method (Present, practice, produce) 7. Beginners’ and Elementary functions (pronunciation, grammar, functional exchange) 8. Beginners’ and Elementary vocabulary 9. Using the TTT method (Test-Teach-Test) - a common variation of PPP 10. Common Activity types, per skill.

A fun valentines theme plenary game based around classing playing cards. INSTUCTIONS TO PUPILS You will be working in teams, your teacher will decide how many and who is in which. Your teacher will ask each team a question, in turn. If you get the answer right, you can choose a card. Your teacher will then click the card. Under each card, you can find: A chocolate – your team wins 1 point A rose – your team wins 2 points A golden heart – your team wins 4 points A black heart – your team LOSES TWO points The team with the most points wins!

Use this game as a plenary activity. This can be used for any subject and any year. E.g. Maths – answers to sums MFL – translation of vocabulary History – dates, facts I personally have used it for pupils to translate vocabulary covered in a topic, scaffolding questions, starting with single words and then building up to more complex sentences. How to run the activity: Split the class into two groups or more. Teacher asks a question to each group. Teacher selects by hands up (or miniwhiteboards, or team discussion). Teacher selects a pupil to give the answer. If the answer is correct – pupil can choose a window. Under the window you can find: --------------------------------------- 1. A sweet– worth 1 point to your team 2. Two sweets – 2 points to your team 3. A pumpkin – your team loses 1 point 4. A ghost – your team loses 2 points. Team with the most points at the end WINS.