Grades 1-3 Stress

[Dyl]

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I got these stress activities from various places, including Sonya's demonstration class.

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[merle]

Just used this lesson in class, and it went over pretty well!
I think the last activity can be a bit difficult in a loud class with a few extra quiet speakers.  It was successful as a group activity in my smaller girls classes, but was more difficult with the large class of all boys!

I think Activity #3 can also be done together as a whole class.

The way I did this for the big classes was assign columns of students 1 of the 5 groups of words.  Then the first row of students played the game.  The first person to make a mistake would be finished, and then we'd begin again with the person behind them taking over their place.  The team with the most students left when one team reaches 0 players would be the winner.

Alternatively, you could just play it in rows of students, and at a mistake the team gets a minus point, and then the next row of students behind them would begin the game again.

Also, in activity #2, some funnier sentences work well, especially if you let them chose.  My students liked:

1.  What are you doing?
2.  I think you are crazy.
3.  That was so fantastic.
4.  Tell me what you know.

It's also beneficial to go over what a "syllable" is, demonstrating in both Korean and English.  It's pretty easy to see syllables in Korean, and once you give them the hint of vowel sounds (A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y), it pretty easy to pick up in English.  Just as long as they don't only count vowels, but the sounds they make. 

For example:  favourite has 5 vowels, but only 3 syllables.

Anyways, great lesson idea!  Thanks for uploading it.

[hampyeong]

This is a good example of what a speaking class should look like.

For the game, I did a whole-class elimination round. One student would say a word with the actions, the next would repeat that word and add their own, and the cycle would continue until a student either made a mistake or took longer than 5 secs to say a word. The student who made the mistake would have to go stand in the back of the classroom and the student after them would start a new list with a new word. The only problem I had was the students in the back of the class making a ruckus.

[Queenlolzy]

Hey.  I made a power point presentation for the last game.  It's got pictures of everything and visual aids so that if you're using it with a class whose level is lower, you can explain the game a little easier without using Korean. 

It also saves the time of having to write it up on the board.

Hope it helps