22/04/2023

Why is Creativity Necessary in the English Language Classroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiM6uwG26rE


Here's the link for my talk.


And here are some of the activities I mentioned:


My cat / husband is a .................. cat/husband

Go round the class and each student needs to supply a different adjective to fill the gap. Do it alphabetically to add to the challenge.


Talk for 30 seconds on a topic 

Encouraging students to not just stick to a true fact but to think and talk 'outside the box'.


Show a picture with people in it. Ask students to (a) describe what's happening (b) what do they think happened before this and (c) what is going to happen next


Drama / role plays e.g interview the person they have just read about in their course book


Gapped stories - give students a short story (based on the previous unit) and leave out the adjectives and adverbs. Students work in pairs and fill them in.

e.g.

Once upon a time there was a ....................  girl who lived in a .................... village.  Her mother and father were very .................. She liked to play in the ................... with her ..................... friend, who was called .......................

One day they found a ........................... and they took it to the police station. The policeman was very ......................... and told them they could keep it. They were very ..................................


Poems

Introduce a poem, ask students which lines they liked, how it made them feel etc and then get them to write their own version with a frame.

e.g.
I don’t like people
who can’t listen
who never read books
who smoke while I’m still eating
and who gossip about others.
I like people
who are energetic
who love children
who fight against stupidity
and who care about the fate of our planet.

FROM:  Writing Simple Poems, Holmes & Moulton, CUP



I don’t like people
who can’t ........
who never .......
who ...........................
and ..................
I like people
who are ..............
who love ...................
who fight against …………..
and who care about .................



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