This is an updated version of the presentation I gave last year at TESOL. This was presented at the spring 2012 IACEA Conference in Springfield.

1. Find Your Voice
IACEA 33rd Annual Statewide Conference
March 8. 2012

2. Flashcard and Picture Activities
 Complete the Sentence
 Sorting and Matching
 Picture Stories
 Picture Descriptions
 High Town/ Big Town

3. Surveys
Table Surveys
Ask and Write Surveys

4. Games
 Board Races
 Dominoes
 Jeopardy

5. Games
 Board Games with pictures
 Board Games
 Guess Who
 Sentence Auction
 Alibi

6. Activities
 The Odd One Out
 Making Predictions
 Comparisons
 Sentence Transformation
 Conversation cards

7. Activities
 Communication Dictations
 Ratings
 Dear Abby
 Sentence Frames

8. Questions?

9. Complete the Sentence: When/ While Cards
While Jimmy was While Albert was
swimming lying on the beach
While we were While you were
washing the dishes cleaning the
windows
While Mr. and Mrs. While Dr. White
Johnson were dancing was playing the
piano
While I was writing While my sister
some letters was preparing
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10. Beginning Adjective and Noun Cards – for presentation
House Box Hard Dry
Boy Student Old Fast
Girl Serious New Slow
Table Amusing Young Square
Women Clean Big Round
Men Dirty Small Beautiful
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Car Fat Tall Ugly

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12. http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/graphics/kitchen.gif

13. google images
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http://www.ukactivitybreaks.com/Adverts_pics/Image_1172_1.jpg

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15. Table Survey – Personal Information
What is your _____________________?
It’s ______________________________.
First Last Phone Address City State Zip code
name name number
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16. Find someone who…
Can you__________________?
Drive a truck Use a calculator Type Read a map
Use a computer Repair machines Use hand tools Use power tools
Use a cash register Change a tire Repair sinks and Fix cars
toilets
Cut hair Lift heavy things Take care of plants Cook
Write sentences about your classmates: Example: Kavita can drive a truck. HuSen can
use a calculator.
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17. Class Survey – Short answers
Are you able to Do you like to take Do you want to Can you fix electric
work with care of sick work in health problems?
numbers? people? care?
Can you drive? Do you want to Are you able to use Do you have good
work in an office? a computer? people skills?
Are you usually Are you usually Would you rather Would you rather
punctual? dependable? work day shift or work alone or with
night shift? others?
Write about your classmates’ answers.
Example: Steve is able to work with numbers.
Carmen likes to take care of sick people.
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18. The Odd One Out Game
Which of the following doesn’t belong. Please state your reason. After you
have made your reasons,
the class will compare their reasons and if you have a unique reason, your
group will get 1 point.
(1) walk play listen TV
Reason:
(2) house quickly bicycle car
Reason:
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19. What would happen if . . .
With your partner decide what would happen if these events happened? Also
decide whether or not you think it’s a good idea or a bad idea.
What would happen if the price of gasoline was raised 300%?
What would happen if the polar ice cap melted?
What would happen if the drinking age was lowered to 14?
What would happen if there was no rain for five years?
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21. Now change “eagle” to “eagles” making all of the necessary changes.
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22. What are you What are you What do you do What do you
wearing today? doing right now? every Sunday? drink every
morning?
What is the What time do you What do you What do you do
teacher doing usually go to bed? usually do after every day?
right now? class?
What do you What do you What do you What is the
usually do every usually watch on usually do on teacher wearing
night? TV? Friday? today?
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23. 1. Chinese people usually celebrates the New Year in February.
2. Do elephants lives in groups, or do they live alone?
3. The male lion is very lazy, and sleep for about twenty hours a
day.
4. Babies doesn’t have tears when they cry until they are several
weeks old.
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24. September at 8 pm on
Monday in 1992 at
midnight on January 1st in
winter at the museum on
February 11th in summer at
the theater on May 15th in
Spain at half past six on
Saturday night in the morning on
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25. Who What When Where How
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27. IT Board Game
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