Timothy Baril

Students are given a bunch of cards with questions on them. In groups they have to listen, recognize the question, find and take it. Same as real Karuta. But, they only get one point to get the question, and read the question. They get another 2 points for answering the question. If they can’t answer, [...]

Assignment:
Commercial. Draw a pic of product, show, etc. Then, in English, write the ad for it.
Result:
Students rarely wrote in English. Too much time spent talking in groups, or trying to think and often failing to do so. Students are too unaccustomed to be creative, and too shy. Groups of 6 are too big. Yet, [...]

Activity
3rd Years
Split into groups of 6. Each group writes a sentence starting with a provided starter sentence. Then they pass their paper to the next group and write another sentence. Repeat in order to create a different story on each paper.
Groups of 6 are too big. Many students don’t participate. While the chance to [...]