I �m going to have my class observed by the headmaster (standard procedure once a year).

I �ll have it with a class of 8-year-old kids, lesson will be connected with food vocabulary. The focus of the headmaster is to see how I check student �s achievement during the lesson so basically how I check if they �ve learnt the words etc.

Have you got any good ideas or activities or type of activities for such a class?

I �d be grateful for any ideas:)

You could offer them to read sentences where words are substituted with pictures.

You could also use role-play of a situation at the market when a customer buys food from a seller (pairwork)

A writing activity could be a task when they have to work individually (it could be something to check grammar/vocab. etc) after completing you could ask them to swich and check each others mistakes and raise a hand and consult you if they think they found a mistake.

I once used this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNpBYtcILv0 for a listening activity when each student had a couple of flashcards of the items used in the song and while they were singing, they had to raise cards with pictures for the words which they heard in the song.

just some ideas...

I would make a big assessment chart with their names and double sided sticky tape strips next to each student �s name (btw you have to remove the protective layer when your chart is on the wall/board in front of the class, right before the lesson starts) and I would stick paper cut-outs of red apples, pears, apples with a worm for each excellent answer/answer with minor mistakes/wrong answer respectively. That would give them extra motivation and you �ll be able to give them fair marks at the end of the lesson. The students with all red apples get excellent marks, those with just a few green pears  and all the rest red apples get good marks and so on. Students who have only apples with worms i.e. haven �t provided a single correct answer could be encouraged to try harder next time.

If you choose to use this idea, you should spend a couple of minutes at the beginning of your lesson to explain to your students what it is and how it works.

I used it a couple of times with primary classes and they enjoy it greatly.

Sophia

(please give us some feedback afterwards, it would be great to know how it went:)

All the best

Brilliant!

 http://teach.classdojo.com/register you need to register for the site but it �s free. During the lesson you can give points to students and they get cute avatars.

How to use it in class Tutorial
 : http://www.classdojo.com/videos/student

 

 

 

Food interactive games: http://orlywiner.wikispaces.com/Food+Games

Orly

My lesson was a bit postponed but finally it �s over:)

I used many of your suggestions:

Thank you Sophia, the idea of using a big assesment poster and sticking different fruit was a great success.

I also used idea of Gulsah who shared her cut-paste worksheet. 

We did also some food racing and an online interactive game.

It went really well.

The headmaster really pleased and the children also.

Thank you for your help and support:)

hugs,

Karolina