Activity Menus, Protocols, & Templates
Activity Menus
Activity Protocols (mostly in Spanish)
Acuerdos comunitarios - A list of four, simple norms in Spanish that teachers can use to build a classroom community that supports meaningful conversation
¿Por qué usar protocolos? - A definition of protocols and a brief explanation in Spanish of how they facilitate meaningful discussions
School Reform Initiative Protocols - A list of activity protocols teachers can use to facilitate productive discussions and debriefs of readings with students or staff (including several in Spanish)
Spanish Free-form Mapping - Instructions in Spanish for collaborative, free form concept mapping after lectures or readings
La tiza habla - An explanation of the "chalk talk" protocol in Spanish
La Última Palabra - An explanation of "Save the Last Word for Me" protocol in Spanish
Activity Templates: General
Brain Dump
Activity Templates: Observe & Reflect on Culture
Back-to-Back, Face-to-Face
Buzzword Bingo
Describe & Draw
I see, I think, I wonder
Logic Puzzle
Money Observations
Mystery Picture
Reciprocal Teaching (Reciprocal Teaching Student Handouts from NBSS)
Sequence (Cultural events, images, text)
Show & Tell
Snowballs
Spot the Differences
Turn & Talk
STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE LEARNING
Active Learning Strategies
Active learning strategies give students opportunities to make connections between themselves and the content they are learning by DOING something with the content. These strategies are especially effective when they include physical movement.
Continuum of Active Learning Strategies - A 1-page PDF of a continuum of strategies that work well in large university classes
Residential to Remote: Active Learning Strategies by Instructional Modality - A chart that shows how to adapt different active learning strategies for remote , synchronous, remote asynchronous, and physically distanced classes
Cooperative Learning StrategiesCarrousel or Gallery Walk The QR Code Gallery Walk - A blog post in English from Wesley Hilliard explaining how he used QR codes to pique students' interest in Che Guevara
STARTALK Activities: Independent Learning - Gallery Walk - A 4:07 video of students in an Arabic class participating in the activity
Four CornersSTARTALK Activities - Four Corners (Mandarin Chinese) - A 4:52 min. video of students participating in the activity in Chinese (with English subtitles), accompanied by explanation of the activity in English from teachers
How to use station method in ESL class! - A 4:46 min. video of ESL students and their teacher participating in a 4 corners activity based on places in the city
Human GraphingVote with Your Feet - A PDF with instructions for the activity
Vote with Your Feet - A 1:41 min. video in an ESL classroom that shows how to use this activity as a reading and oral response activity
Vote with Your Feet Demonstration - A 5:26 min. video of a teacher using this activity as a competition between himself and his students
Inside/Outside CirclesInside/Outside Circles - [Done in rows]
A 1:30 min. explanation with video footage of students participating in inside/outside circles done by rotating desks in a secondary French classroom
STARTALK Activities - Inside Outside Circle (Mandarin Chinese) - A 4:03 min. video of a Chinese teacher explaining the activity with footage of students participating and reacting to it
Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Inside Outside (IOC) Pada Anak Usia Dini - A 30 min. video that shows how to incorporate inside/outside circles into a content-based lesson on internal organs in an elementary class in Indonesia
Learning Centers/StationsChat Stations for Class Discussion - A 5:31 min. animcated professional development video that explains how to use chat stations
Inquiry-based Learning Strategies
Digital Choice Boards Templates - Free download from Teachers Pay Teachers
Using the Inquiry Model in a Core French Class
Structured Opportunities to Move & TalkCootie Catchers
Dice Games
Juego para practicar los pasados - Free download in French and Spanish
Information Gap ActivitiesCircumlocution Speaking - A 1:49 min. video that explains and demonstrates a circumlocution game played in pairs with a picture worksheet
Interactive MixersArt Buzzword Bingo - An example of a Buzzword Bingo mixer worksheet in Spanish
Special Needs Zoom Buzzword Bingo - Two different examples of how you might use annotation tools in Zoom for formative assessment of content and vocabulary, followed by oral responses
Interactive Opinion Surveys
Scavenger HuntsOnline Warm Up Game| Scavenger Hunt | Teach English Online Demo | Learn English Zoom| Show and Tell - A 4:37 min. video that demonstrates how to do a scavenger hunt with secondary ESL students on Zoom
Sorting ActivitiesHow to Do a Card Sort - A 2:08 min. explanation of different ways to use the activity
SnowballsSnowball - A 1:43 min. video demonstration of how a teacher might use the activity to practice body parts vocabulary
A 1-Minute Teaching Tip: The Snowball Fight - A 1:57 min. explanation for using the activity to help learners write essays or stories
Snowball Fight - A 2:56 min. explanation for using the structure to help students match vocabulary to definitions
Buzzword Bingo
- Art Buzzword Bingo - An example of a Buzzword Bingo mixer worksheet in Spanish
- Special Needs Zoom Buzzword Bingo - Two different examples of how you might use annotation tools in Zoom for formative assessment of content and vocabulary, followed by oral responses
Describe & Draw
I see, I think, I wonder
Logic Puzzle
Money Observations
Mystery Picture
Reciprocal Teaching (Reciprocal Teaching Student Handouts from NBSS)
Sequence (Cultural events, images, text)
Show & Tell
Snowballs
- Snowball - A 1:43 min. video demonstration of how a teacher might use the activity to practice body parts vocabulary
- A 1-Minute Teaching Tip: The Snowball Fight - A 1:57 min. explanation for using the activity to help learners write essays or stories
- Snowball Fight - A 2:56 min. explanation for using the structure to help students match vocabulary to definitions
- Indoor Snowball Activity - A 1:12 min. video of a teacher modeling the activity in Chinese and guiding children through the activity in Chinese and Spanish (gross motor skills focus rather than a language focus)
Spot the Differences
- Spot It Game [from O's Fun Planet]
- Spot It Stories [from Blue Orange Games]
- Worksheet from Canva
Turn & Talk
STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE LEARNING
Active Learning Strategies
Active learning strategies give students opportunities to make connections between themselves and the content they are learning by DOING something with the content. These strategies are especially effective when they include physical movement.
Continuum of Active Learning Strategies - A 1-page PDF of a continuum of strategies that work well in large university classes
Residential to Remote: Active Learning Strategies by Instructional Modality - A chart that shows how to adapt different active learning strategies for remote , synchronous, remote asynchronous, and physically distanced classes
Cooperative Learning StrategiesCarrousel or Gallery Walk The QR Code Gallery Walk - A blog post in English from Wesley Hilliard explaining how he used QR codes to pique students' interest in Che Guevara
STARTALK Activities: Independent Learning - Gallery Walk - A 4:07 video of students in an Arabic class participating in the activity
Four CornersSTARTALK Activities - Four Corners (Mandarin Chinese) - A 4:52 min. video of students participating in the activity in Chinese (with English subtitles), accompanied by explanation of the activity in English from teachers
How to use station method in ESL class! - A 4:46 min. video of ESL students and their teacher participating in a 4 corners activity based on places in the city
Human GraphingVote with Your Feet - A PDF with instructions for the activity
Vote with Your Feet - A 1:41 min. video in an ESL classroom that shows how to use this activity as a reading and oral response activity
Vote with Your Feet Demonstration - A 5:26 min. video of a teacher using this activity as a competition between himself and his students
Inside/Outside CirclesInside/Outside Circles - [Done in rows]
A 1:30 min. explanation with video footage of students participating in inside/outside circles done by rotating desks in a secondary French classroom
STARTALK Activities - Inside Outside Circle (Mandarin Chinese) - A 4:03 min. video of a Chinese teacher explaining the activity with footage of students participating and reacting to it
Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Inside Outside (IOC) Pada Anak Usia Dini - A 30 min. video that shows how to incorporate inside/outside circles into a content-based lesson on internal organs in an elementary class in Indonesia
Learning Centers/StationsChat Stations for Class Discussion - A 5:31 min. animcated professional development video that explains how to use chat stations
Inquiry-based Learning Strategies
Digital Choice Boards Templates - Free download from Teachers Pay Teachers
Using the Inquiry Model in a Core French Class
Structured Opportunities to Move & TalkCootie Catchers
Dice Games
Juego para practicar los pasados - Free download in French and Spanish
- Roll & Retell (Rubric)
Information Gap ActivitiesCircumlocution Speaking - A 1:49 min. video that explains and demonstrates a circumlocution game played in pairs with a picture worksheet
Interactive MixersArt Buzzword Bingo - An example of a Buzzword Bingo mixer worksheet in Spanish
Special Needs Zoom Buzzword Bingo - Two different examples of how you might use annotation tools in Zoom for formative assessment of content and vocabulary, followed by oral responses
Interactive Opinion Surveys
Scavenger HuntsOnline Warm Up Game| Scavenger Hunt | Teach English Online Demo | Learn English Zoom| Show and Tell - A 4:37 min. video that demonstrates how to do a scavenger hunt with secondary ESL students on Zoom
- Scavenger Hunt Video on Instagram from Dr. Basista]
- ClassTools: QR Challenge: Français I Chapitre 7
Sorting ActivitiesHow to Do a Card Sort - A 2:08 min. explanation of different ways to use the activity
SnowballsSnowball - A 1:43 min. video demonstration of how a teacher might use the activity to practice body parts vocabulary
A 1-Minute Teaching Tip: The Snowball Fight - A 1:57 min. explanation for using the activity to help learners write essays or stories
Snowball Fight - A 2:56 min. explanation for using the structure to help students match vocabulary to definitions
Activity Templates: Interact with Culture
Art Curator Info. Gap Activity
Carousel Walk
Choice Boards (Reading Response) (for secondary/college) (Fiction) (Tech Version)
Culturally Authentic Realia Mixer
Four Corners (put these signs in your target language)
Inside/Outside Circles
Jigsaw
Learning Centers
Picture Walk
Pattern Puzzles
Roll a ---
Scavenger Hunts (Inquiry Chart)
Spot the Differences
- Circumlocution Speaking - A 1:49 min. video that explains and demonstrates a circumlocution game played in pairs with a picture worksheet
Carousel Walk
- The QR Code Gallery Walk - A blog post in English from Wesley Hilliard explaining how he used QR codes to pique students' interest in Che Guevara
- STARTALK Activities: Independent Learning - Gallery Walk - A 4:07 video of students in an Arabic class participating in the activity
Choice Boards (Reading Response) (for secondary/college) (Fiction) (Tech Version)
- Digital Choice Boards Templates - Free download from Teachers Pay Teachers
Culturally Authentic Realia Mixer
Four Corners (put these signs in your target language)
- How to use station method in ESL class! - A 4:46 min. video of ESL students and their teacher participating in a 4 corners activity based on places in the city
- STARTALK Activities - Four Corners (Mandarin Chinese) - A 4:52 min. video of students participating in the activity in Chinese (with English subtitles), accompanied by explanation of the activity in English from teachers
Inside/Outside Circles
- Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Inside Outside (IOC) Pada Anak Usia Dini - A 30 min. video that shows how to incorporate inside/outside circles into a content-based lesson on internal organs in an elementary class in Indonesia
Jigsaw
Learning Centers
- Chat Stations for Class Discussion - A 5:31 min. animcated professional development video that explains how to use chat stations
Picture Walk
Pattern Puzzles
Roll a ---
- Dicebreakers
- Dice game
- Invento tu propio cuento
- Juego para practicar los pasados - Free download in French and Spanish
- Roll & Retell (Rubric)
Scavenger Hunts (Inquiry Chart)
- Scavenger Hunt Video on Instagram from Dr. Basista]
- GooseChase: Scavenger Hunts for Language Learning
- ClassTools: Kaitlin and Rhyan's Spanish Scavenger Hunt (17 questions)
- ClassTools: QR Challenge: Français I Chapitre 7
Spot the Differences
- Spot It Game [from O's Fun Planet]
- Spot It Stories [from Blue Orange Games]
- Worksheet from Canva
Activity Templates: Compare & Contrast Culture(s)
Concept Definition Map
Concept Sort (List, Group, & Label)
Cultural Survey Tasks
Cultural Traditions Comparison Worksheets
Describe & Draw
Venn Diagrams (2, 3, with space for summary paragraph)
Concept Sort (List, Group, & Label)
Cultural Survey Tasks
Cultural Traditions Comparison Worksheets
Describe & Draw
Venn Diagrams (2, 3, with space for summary paragraph)
Activity Templates: Critically Interpret Culture
Agreement Circles
Case Studies
Fishbowl
Grab-a-Word
Human Graphing
Idea Rating Sheet/Opinionnaire
Illustrate Proverbs
Inquiry Model (Using the Inquiry Model in a Core French Class)
Mock Trials
Opinion/Proof
Responding to Non-fiction Template
Role Play
Roll & Respond
Speed Chats
Sorting Activities
Think Dots
Think-Pair-Share
World Cafe Method
Case Studies
Fishbowl
Grab-a-Word
Human Graphing
- Vote with Your Feet - A PDF with instructions for the activity
- Vote with Your Feet - A 1:41 min. video in an ESL classroom that shows how to use this activity as a reading and oral response activity
- Vote with Your Feet Demonstration - A 5:26 min. video of a teacher using this activity as a competition between himself and his students
Idea Rating Sheet/Opinionnaire
Illustrate Proverbs
Inquiry Model (Using the Inquiry Model in a Core French Class)
Mock Trials
Opinion/Proof
Responding to Non-fiction Template
Role Play
Roll & Respond
Speed Chats
Sorting Activities
- How to Do a Card Sort - A 2:08 min. explanation of different ways to use the activity
Think Dots
Think-Pair-Share
- STARTALK Activities - Think Write Share Compare (Mandarin Chinese) - A 4:16 video in Chinese with English subtitles that shows students participating in the activity (with teacher narration in English)
- Think-Pair-Share (Template) (Video)
- Think-Pair-Share-Shift
World Cafe Method