Vocabulary Activities

Put some cards with words written on them (back up) on the desk. Divide students into groups of two or three. Divide the blackboard into two or three sections; each section has four headlines:

Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs

Each group send first student to the desk who draws a card, read the word and write it below the right category. Next student can draw a new card when the fisrt is done. Who gets to write most words on the blackboard?

Divide the blackboard into two sections and do the same with the students. Write the alphabet on both halves of the blackboard. Tell the kids to take turns going to the board to write a word starting with the next letter. (You can have different categories: nouns, verbs, adjectives, music instruments, sports etc.) Who is done first?

A A

B B

C C

D D

E E

F F

…. …

Divide class into two teams. Divide the blackboard in two sections. Write the same word on both halves of the board and let the students take turns writing a word beginning with the last letter of the previous word. Set a time frame. Each letter written in correctly spelled words means one point.

America

Are

Elephant

Throw

Winter………

Students pair up and take turns picking a topic (a thing, an activity, a person, an animal or….) Both students relate to the suggested topic.

A: “Boys”

A: “I like them. We can’t live without boys. Life wouldn’t be the same”.

B: “I can’t stand boys. They are childish and need to grow up faster.”

B: “Vacation”

B: “Best time of the year!”

A: “A necessity in our hard working lives!”