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The Photo Scavenger Hunt

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How to survive the last week before Christmas break if you’re a teacher?

……. no seriously… how? Tell me all your secrets.

If you’re smart, you dig a trench, buy yourself lots of lozenges (you will be yelling a lot), some sort of sustenance (like wine)  and just hunker down in there.. this too shall pass.

If your classroom does not allow you to build a trench, and your principal says it’s a no go on the wine intake during school hours, then maybe you want to try this activity which gets the students out of the class and allows them to release some of that built up energy.

The Photo Scavenger Hunt 

In groups of 3-4, students go through the list of photos/videos and try to complete as many of them as possible in 40 minutes (or however long the class is). Videos are worth more points than the photos.

Find a way the students can upload their pictures and videos into a shared class folder – I have used Google Drive before, and it works fine.

Here are a couple of examples of a few pictures from previous scavenger hunts.

Beatles: Abbey Road reenactment (they lost points because the one person forgot to take off their shoes) 

Five people dabbing in a row 

Jumping behind someone without them knowing

Finally – here is the list of photos I want the students to do

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 December is soon upon us – time to power up! See you on the other side.

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The Five Step Lesson Plan

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You know the feeling. You have nothing planned for the class. We all do it (don’t act like you don’t you goody-two-shoes teacher). Everyone is guilty at one time or another. 7:55am hits – and you make the dreaded walk from the office to the classroom…frantically searching your brain for something…. anything to do with the little darlings…

Thus we have the five step lesson plan. Five steps before you hit the classroom chaos, you have somewhat figured out what to do… and pray to God it works.

Well. Here are some five step lesson plans to help you when the “Shit – I have nothing planned” hits.

Photo Scavenger Hunt 

Simple enough – every student (unfortunately) has a phone these days. Let them put it to good use for once with a photo scavenger hunt. Heck! Give them points. Why not? If you don’t have a bag of goodies on hand for the winner… tell them they win glory and fame… they love that.

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Easie peasie. This is a listening comprehension/think on your feet game. Good as a ticket in activity too

Have very short phrases/questions written out on strips of paper. For example: Ouch! or Oh my god! It’s Justin Beiber! or What’s that smell? Or Why is Trump President? It could also be grammar points you have taught, irregular verbs… the sky is the limit. You pull out a strip of paper, read it… and the first student who jumps up and replies back to the statement wins. You could set rules: No one word answers, no repetitions etc.

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ESL Speed Dating

This is fun to do with Grade 9. This is a speaking interaction game, as well as listening. Let them create their own speed dating profile – (make sure it’s appropriate). I think I gave them 30 minutes. Set the classroom up like a speed dating room – if you aren’t familiar how speed dating works – look it up on Youtube. Or watch the New Girl — Table 34 episode. The students have 2-3 minutes to speak to their “date.” Sometimes it gets pretty hilarious – I had one guy whose profile was a gamer who lived in his parent’s basement. Another girl was obsessed with Justin Beiber. You can make it into some sort of contest if you want – but mostly it is just for fun.

Speed Dating

What about you guys? Do you have any “five step lesson plan” activities that you do? Something quick and without the need for much planning? ‘

Stay tuned for more!

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