Tag: have got

Teaching Physical Descriptions in your TEFL Classroom

Posted on by cvillani042191

In 3rd and 4th grade, we are practicing physical descriptions, and I did this NO. PREP. activity with them last week, and it went really well.  All you need is one sheet of printer paper for each student!

When each kid had a piece of paper, I told them to fold it in half “hamburger style,” open it, and, then, fold it in half again “hot dog style,” so they had their papers divided into 4 sections.

After they have their paper sectioned, all you have to do is describe a person for them to draw in each square!  You can say the descriptions out loud and make it a listening activity or write the descriptions on the board to make it a reading activity.  Don’t forget to make it fun by throwing in funny descriptions (e.g. a green monster with 1 big yellow eye)!

¡Buena suerte!

Teaching “Have Got” in your TEFL Classroom

Posted on by cvillani042191

My 2nd graders are working on another one of my least favorite things to teach, saying, “I have got…”  Do British people actually say this?  My boyfriend is Irish, and he says, “I have…,” just like me; whereas, he usually agrees with the “British English” in the students textbooks.

Anyway, we played a variation of the classic summer camp game, “Bob the Weasel.”  One student stood in the middle of the circle, and the rest of the students passed a musical hot potato that I have behind their backs until the music stopped.  Then, the student in the middle had the opportunity to ask 3 students, “Have you got the potato?,” and each student had to answer, “Yes, I have.,” or, “No, I haven’t.”

hot potato
My younger students love playing with the hot potato, but they always think he’s a poop!

They also started learning about “clothes” recently, so I made up another game for us to play.  I brought in a big bag of my (clean) clothes and a blindfold.  I called up one student at a time and blindfolded them.  Then, they had to pick a piece of clothing from the bag, feel it, and guess, “I have got…”  They loved this!

I hope these activities can help you spice up your own lessons!

¡Buena suerte!