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TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book Activities Activity 43: Vocabulary chart Patrycja Łuczak – Poland Age: All 10–15 minutes Large classes? Yes Mixed level? Yes Materials: Blackboard/whiteboard, chalk or board pens. Organisation: Group work, whole class. Aim: To revise vocabulary. Description: This activity involves a team competition, which can be interesting and motivating for children as well as encouraging co-operation. Children revise vocabulary by finding words that start with a given letter. Each letter has a score and the children in teams compete to see which team can get the highest score. Procedure 1. Decide on an area of vocabulary that you wish to revise, for example, jobs. 2. Draw a chart on the board with 12 squares, numbering each square as illustrated below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3. Ask the children to give you some letters of the alphabet to write in the squares, for example: 1 2 3 4 D O A B 5 6 7 8 K E I N 9 10 11 12 J W G Z 92 © British Council 2012
TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book Activities 4. Divide the children into teams of five or six. Each team in turn has to give the name of a job beginning with one of the letters in the chart. If the word is correct, the teacher writes it on the board and the team scores the number of points given in the square. For example, if a team says the job builder, they get four points, while for journalist they get 9 points. The team with the highest score wins. Notes The chart can have any number of squares you like. You could write the letters in the order the children give them, or write the more difficult letters in the squares with the higher scores. You can allow each letter to be used only once, or you can allow each letter to be used as many times as you choose. Alternatives: • Instead of asking teams to call out words in turn, they can be told to write down as many words as they can beginning with the letters within a time limit of, for example, five minutes. • You can ask the team to spell the word for you to write on the board, deducting points for incorrect spelling. • Teachers of young learners in Japan suggested the following two activities for large classes. a. Divide the children into teams, and give them time to decide on a job for each square. Then play the game. b. Divide the children into teams. Teams must race to find a word for each letter. The first team to have a word for each letter wins. No resources? This activity does not require any particular resources. This activity comes from a methodology course held at the Richard Language College, Bournemouth, UK. © British Council 2012 93
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