Includes: drama activity cards/poster
Focus: using drama to enhance speaking and listening
Use the Partner ping-pong activity from The Oral Language Book (page 41) to support students to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic.
Instructions:
In pairs, students have turns at saying one thing each. They continue until one person cannot think of a new idea.
Topics could include:
Check out The Oral Language Book for more great talk ideas.
Includes: drama activity cards/poster
Focus: using drama to enhance speaking and listening
Focus: tips and strategies for establishing groupings that promote student talk in the classroom
Using simple props to support oral language development
Focus: retelling known stories
