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World Language Classroom: End of Year Fun
World Language Classroom: End of Year Fun
I love teaching languages. There are so many things we can do in the world language classroom to bring our lessons to life. With that said, the end of the year can be hard for students to stay focused. Below are some fun activities for your world language classroom to try during this end of the year period.
A Tour of My House
Inspired by @irishpolyglot @bennylewis and his apartment tours- a fun project for the end of the year.
The student gave us a video tour of their house, a dream house or a celebrity’s house.
OR The student gave us a photo or drawing of a house and described it in the target language without notes.
At least five rooms were described and shown. Your presentation should answer the following questions:
What does your house look like?
What things are in your house?
What do you do in the different parts of your house?
What do you like most about your house?
Use your phone, or put your photos on a Google Slide and narrate it with the app Fishbole.
Personal Soundtracks
Students select a certain number of songs (you decide) that represent them. They might select their own anthem, their favorite song, their outer self, their early childhood, their future- you pick the categories.
For each song, they write an explanation of why they chose the song they did in the target language. These are great for exploring culture in the world language classroom.
Rose, Thorn and Bud
I love roses, and find so much inspiration in them.
For this activity, every student shares a rose (something great), a thorn (something difficult) and a bud (something to look forward to) in the target language.
This works best as an icebreaker in the world language classroom. However, if you teach the novice level, this activity will be something to work up to later in the year. It also serves as a nice review of vocabulary and structures before the end of the year.
Nature Walk
I love to take students for a walk outside for a change of pace and some movement. They must speak the target language the entire time. When we return we discuss and journal about what we saw.
Myself, Inside and Outside
Students can take or use a selfie to start. They must also select three images that represent them on the inside. They must then present these photos and describe why they selected these photos in the target language.
I allow them to do their presentations from their phones. They can also create a presentation and upload it to Fishbole.
Students can also do their own drawings- a good option for our artists.
Bubbles
I learned this activity my first year teaching from an excellent world language teacher. Essentially, you blow bubbles and give students a task.
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World Language Classroom: End of Year Fun
I love teaching languages. There are so many things we can do in the world language classroom to bring our lessons to life. With that said, the end of the year can be hard for students to stay focused. Below are some fun activities for your world language classroom to try during this end of the year period.
A Tour of My House
Inspired by @irishpolyglot @bennylewis and his apartment tours- a fun project for the end of the year.
The student gave us a video tour of their house, a dream house or a celebrity’s house.
OR The student gave us a photo or drawing of a house and described it in the target language without notes.
At least five rooms were described and shown. Your presentation should answer the following questions:
What does your house look like?
What things are in your house?
What do you do in the different parts of your house?
What do you like most about your house?
Use your phone, or put your photos on a Google Slide and narrate it with the app Fishbole.
Personal Soundtracks
Students select a certain number of songs (you decide) that represent them. They might select their own anthem, their favorite song, their outer self, their early childhood, their future- you pick the categories.
For each song, they write an explanation of why they chose the song they did in the target language. These are great for exploring culture in the world language classroom.
Rose, Thorn and Bud
I love roses, and find so much inspiration in them.
For this activity, every student shares a rose (something great), a thorn (something difficult) and a bud (something to look forward to) in the target language.
This works best as an icebreaker in the world language classroom. However, if you teach the novice level, this activity will be something to work up to later in the year. It also serves as a nice review of vocabulary and structures before the end of the year.
Nature Walk
I love to take students for a walk outside for a change of pace and some movement. They must speak the target language the entire time. When we return we discuss and journal about what we saw.
Myself, Inside and Outside
Students can take or use a selfie to start. They must also select three images that represent them on the inside. They must then present these photos and describe why they selected these photos in the target language.
I allow them to do their presentations from their phones. They can also create a presentation and upload it to Fishbole.
Students can also do their own drawings- a good option for our artists.
Bubbles
I learned this activity my first year teaching from an excellent world language teacher. Essentially, you blow bubbles and give students a task.