First Literacy
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Recall Activities

Warm-up Review

1.  Dictate question that review material from the previous classes. For example:

Ø  What are three parts of the hand?

Ø  What are three internal organs?

Ø  How many different ways can a person pay for something in a store?

Ø  What are three healthy foods and why?

Ø  What are three tips for having a good interview?

2.  Students write their responses and hand in.

3.  Corrective feedback: After handing in their answers, students answer questions orally as a class.

Total Recall

1.  After studying notes or a book, students close their books and put away their notes.

2.  Students write down everything they can remember of their learning.

3.  Students open the book or notes and check their work. They highlight errors and areas of omission.

4.  Corrective feedback: Students close their books/notes and correct the highlighted areas.

Word Recall

  1. Call out a category (past tense irregular verbs, kinds of clothing, colors, etc. ).
  2. With a time limit of 3-5 minutes, students write a list of words that fit the category. They can work individually or in pairs.
  3. Corrective feedback: Students call out the words and you write what they say, or they write them on a board, and the class corrects them together.

Word Recall with DiCE

  1. Write on the board a topic category for vocabulary, grammar students have learned. (past tense irregular verbs, past participles, types of weather, etc).
  2. In pairs students take turns rolling one di. The student has to say that number of items for the topic category. For example:

Category: Weather Words

A: [Rolls di to four] Rain, wind, hot, humid

B: [rolls di to two] sunny, cloudy

  1. Write a new category on the board every few minutes.

Word Recall with a Picture

  1. Show a picture that contains items that can be named or described by language students have recently learned.
  2. In pairs students write a list of words about the picture.
  3. Corrective feedback: Students call out the words and you write what they say, or they write them on a board and the class corrects them together.

Ticket to Leave

Before leaving class, students write on a slip of paper something they learned in class today. They hand you the “ticket” as they leave the classroom.

·  You can be specific or open ended.

·  Some teachers just say “Tell me about one thing you learned in class.”

·  Other teachers request a number of specific items. The prompt can focus on language features or content. For example:

Ø  3 new words you learned

Ø  3 past tense verbs you learned

Ø  2 ways to ask for help in a store

Class recap and reflection

  1. Erase the class agenda.
  2. Ask: What did you learn in class today?
  3. Have students reconstruct what they did in class as you write their ideas on the board.

4.  Ask: What was most important for you today? Why? What do you want to practice more? Students respond orally or write their responses on slips of paper.

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