Warmer and filler Why Warmer and Filler to

Warmer and filler

Why Warmer and Filler • • - to introduce a theme - to relax students after a hard day's work - to wake students up after a hard night - to wait for late arrivals - to provide a break in the lesson - to provide humour - to provide oral fluency practice - to finish the lesson on a light note • - to briefly review something from a previous lesson

BOOKS • Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners by Penny Mc. Kay & Jenni Guse CUP 2007 • Five-Minute Activities by Penny Ur & Andrew Wright CUP 1992 • Lessons from Nothing by Bruce Marsland CUP 1998 • Keep Talking by Friederike Klippel CUP 1983 • Grammar Games by Mario Rinvolucri CUP 1984 • More Grammar Games by Mario Ronvolucri & Paul Davis 1995 • Language Activities for Teenagers by Seth Lindstromberg CUP 2006

Some Ideas LEVEL: PRE-INTERMEDIATE 1 AND ABOVE TIME: 10 - 15 MINUTES THE “ LONELY ” STUDENT Procedure: 1. A good student is asked to sit in front of the class with their back to the whiteboard. 2. The teacher writes a word on the whiteboard. (for example: computer) 3. The rest of the class have to call out related words NOT the actual word or derivations of it ! 4. The “ lonely ” student must try to guess the word written on the whiteboard using the related words as clues. 5. Maybe do this three or four times with an enthusiastic class.