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jarek2011
Poland

reading activities
 
My post yesterday was left unaswered but I do not give up so easily. Do you know any reading activities that you can be turned into competitive games? In yesterday �s post I mentioned: "Rhubarb" and "The teacher can �t read" but I am sure there is a multitude of others that you may use and want to share on the forum.

13 Oct 2012      





perma
Greece

Hi Jarek!
Actually I hadn �t ever thought of turning reading into a competitive activity so I can �t offer any ideas here, just wanted to say that the ones you shared seem a lot of fun. I �ll be trying them for sure Thumbs Up

13 Oct 2012     



EstherLee76
Peru

This is one I used to use.  It�s a scanning race.  You make up a set of questions about a text (or several texts) and then place the text on the wall or outside the wall.  The students work in pairs. Student A asks the question and Student B finds the answer on the text and reports back.  Then I switch it so B asks the question and A  finds the answer.  The first one to get all the answers correctly wins. 
I like this because it involves listening, speaking, reading and writing and it�s kinesthetic.

13 Oct 2012     



EstherLee76
Peru

I meant outside the classroom, not outside the wall.  Sorry.

13 Oct 2012     



EstherLee76
Peru

Oh, here �s another one.  It �s like "The Teacher Cannot Read". Divide the class in teams. The teachers reads, stops and points at a student.  That student has to say the next word and gain a point.  It works very well with long texts that students are not very willing to read alone.

13 Oct 2012     



spacewisdom
South Africa

Hi! I tried some activities and the pupils enjoyed them so you might find them useful
I ask the pupils to start reading at the same time and when I say stop they turn the page and then try to retell what they read . you can help them by asking questions and give a point. you can even ask them to predict what comes next if it is a story 
you can also devide part of the text into separate sentences and ask groups to reorder them and finally check from the text .

13 Oct 2012     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

Hi Jarek,
Try here
You might find something useful there.
Sophia

14 Oct 2012     



jarek2011
Poland

thank you very much for your ideas!

14 Oct 2012