Comments on: What are some good/fun projects for ESL middle school kids? http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/what-are-some-goodfun-projects-for-esl-middle-school-kids/ Thu, 17 May 2012 18:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jo March http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/what-are-some-goodfun-projects-for-esl-middle-school-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Jo March Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:59:17 +0000 http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/what-are-some-goodfun-projects-for-esl-middle-school-kids/#comment-184 Compare English Idioms - such as "sleeping like a log" - the literal meaning and the ideomatic meaning, and also the origin of the phrase. They can write on them, or illustrate for lots of fun. Compare English Idioms - such as “sleeping like a log” - the literal meaning and the ideomatic meaning, and also the origin of the phrase. They can write on them, or illustrate for lots of fun.

]]> By: ajdavis1986 http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/what-are-some-goodfun-projects-for-esl-middle-school-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-183 ajdavis1986 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:51:45 +0000 http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/what-are-some-goodfun-projects-for-esl-middle-school-kids/#comment-183 One of my favorite activities in a foreign language class are skits. I enjoy getting students to work out real life situations using their vocabulary. Pairing the students up is a good way to do this, but if you are looking for a way to make it more involved, I would recommend groups of 4 to 6 so that it is more elaborate and involved. Also, you could make it into a full theatre activity that would involve a finalized script, with stage directions, all written in the target language. To add a bit of fun give the students an opportunity to make costumes and backgrounds. This could easily be linked to a literary unit or writing lesson. Personally, I am also a big fan of songs. I can still remember a lot of the songs I sang in high school french class. "Tete epaule genoux pieds!!" Having the students memorize and perform or even write their own songs using the target language could be a really fun activity. These two specific ideas could be elongated into a full take-home project, or done in pieces for in class work. Hopefully this helped! One of my favorite activities in a foreign language class are skits. I enjoy getting students to work out real life situations using their vocabulary. Pairing the students up is a good way to do this, but if you are looking for a way to make it more involved, I would recommend groups of 4 to 6 so that it is more elaborate and involved. Also, you could make it into a full theatre activity that would involve a finalized script, with stage directions, all written in the target language. To add a bit of fun give the students an opportunity to make costumes and backgrounds. This could easily be linked to a literary unit or writing lesson.

Personally, I am also a big fan of songs. I can still remember a lot of the songs I sang in high school french class. “Tete epaule genoux pieds!!” Having the students memorize and perform or even write their own songs using the target language could be a really fun activity.

These two specific ideas could be elongated into a full take-home project, or done in pieces for in class work.

Hopefully this helped!

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