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Creative Soul Arts by James Purdie
Are you looking for a good song to teach at your English Camp? Look no further. The perfect song is here with its lyrics for studying:
The Tadpole Song (올챙이송 영어버전) Here’s the story. I was asked at one summer camp at Songbuk Elementary School in Seoul to make an English Version of the 올챙이송 (Olchaengee song). I did it quickly in an hour and it turned out very well. And here it is: Continue reading “The Tadpole Song (올챙이송 영어버전)”
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Bondaygee’s English is for just about everybody. But I must admit, I had a lot of natural enthusiasm for teaching children. Much of that came from my Grandmother, who was my best teacher.
If you happen to be teaching children, make sure you’re using good games to make it fun. Please check out my “BEST ESL GAMES” page. It’s essential for good class experience.
“The Mystery Sentence”:
This is another hilarious game that I loved and created. Once you get into it, you’ll be making up funny games too with your own creative inspiration.
Ok, for this game, you can divide the class into two teams. Then choose two representatives for each team. Take those two reps outside of the room for a Continue reading ““The Mystery Sentence””
Treasure Hunt:
s it time to take the class outside? Do the classic treasure hunt in the nearby park with little signs set up giving hints and directions like “Go 50 meters towards the swings.”, or “Look near the Entrance”. Break them up into different teams and away they go. Some Continue reading “Treasure Hunt”
Rock Scissors Paper:
It’s quite a phenomena in Korea this game. You can throw it into so many situations. You can imagine you’re playing baseball and maybe you ask quiz questions, and maybe a “rock scissors paper” determines whether the student advances to another base. Perhaps the “pitch” is a study question. The “hit” is the right answer and rock scissors paper to see how far they go (at each base an opposing team-mate can “rock scissors paper” to see if they made it past that base or not).
Story Improv can be a lot of fun again for more advanced students. The first student starts out with a random sentence or word of choice. For example: “One day I went fishing…” next student adds a new sentence or word, or however, you decide. This game is great to exercise new vocabulary and the creative spirit/imagination at the same time, which is an extremely important Continue reading “Story Improv”
Hangman:
Everybody knows and loves hangman. The games are more fun when you give some stickers or candy prizes, etc. (Note: Honestly, I love teaching and playing games in huge classes, like public schools or summer camps. If you have the games prepared they will provide the enthusiasm in big numbers. The bigger the groups, the more likely you will be able to connect with “awesome students,” who will inspire your teaching. I never learned this until later in my career. I used to think small groups were better, but I realized small groups are more tedious and are more susceptible to “bad energy”. Another secret of mine is to bring in parents or Korean teachers to help keep the students in line and at the same time the adults can also connect with you in meaningful ways that some students can’t. Hopefully they are good Korean teachers. I really believe in the “co-teaching” system.)
Bingo:
Bingo is such an obvious game I hardly think to mention it. But of course it can be loads of fun and used for teaching numbers or if you don’t have an official game set, simply cut up some paper, make the grid and have students write in “their choice” of the study vocabulary. I did it for my “Very Good Words” Lessons many times. Take note, I’m posting my entire ESL Music Video System for free right here! Doing times of a clock is a great idea too, like 3:15, or “quarter to four,” as they get more advanced.
The best way to do the Bingo with the students is to make the grid together on a sheet of paper and then have the students’ choose their favorite words from your word list. Teacher can include a few extra important words if he or she likes.