LIST OF TECHNIQUES

READING
Pre- Redding: Motivate sts, relate them to text (activate)
Pre- Teach
Stimulation
Prediction of content and purpose - title
- pictures
- bubble (key words)
TECHNIQUES
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Divide text in 2 and change information with your pair

Highlighting different varieties (word or concepts: individual or in pairs)
Reading Comprehension different varieties (e.g.: with drawings)
Skimming and scanning
Reading aloud (sharing comments)
Sequence stories
Read and draw (children)
Silent reading
Jigsaw reading

MATERIALS
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Poems and songs (lyrics)

Stories, textbooks, etc
Working with evidence: newspaper, documents, advertisements, internet, etc...

SPEAKING TECHNIQUES
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Oral quiz
Drama activity
hot seat
Roleplay
jury game
Debates (fixed roles)
Storytelling
Choose one character
Guessing Game St. answer Yes or No
Invent broadcast (television)
Oral brainstorm
Miming

MATERIALS
Photographs, pictures, paintings, etc. (stimulus)
VIDEOS- Vocabulary, speaking, writing, etc. Pre-watching, historial context,
visual images in their minds.
EVERY NOW AND THEN, REMEMBER TO COMPARE PAST AND PRESENT
(IMP. IN A HISTORY CLASS)

WRITING
(remember the process of writing drafts, etc.)
Pre-writing/While/Post
TECHNIQUES
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Stories from prompts-key words on bb

Cartoons or other visual aids as stimulation
Imagine you are a ...(different roles) AIM: Empathy
Write a letter telling him/her your experience (AIM: Empathy)
Editing a class newspaper
Editing mini-books with different stories, e.g.: life of a peasant, knight, monk,
etc.
Change books with other students
Building stories with objects or sounds
Stories from songs

VERY IMP:
Creative writing with information provided in the textbook
E.g.: 1) Dialogue between 2 soldiers fighting in the trenches.
Or: Write an article for a newspaper explaining your reasons for being a pacifis
2) Interview, complete cartoon
3) Diary entry
PROJECT WORK: e.g.: oral history. Write your conclusions, family tree, find out
history of school buildings
VOCABULARY
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Bingo
Crossword
Fill in the blanks
True or False
Visual Aids
Picture Dictionary
Brainstorming
Tic Tac Toe
Categorizing (clothes, food)
Object Race
Dictation
Competition on bb
Maquette
Hangman

GRAMMAR
e.g.: Passive Voice: ask sts find out info and write sentences like: This monument was
built...
or practice (used to)
My grandmother used to play with water during carnival
Comparatives (Guiness Records), If clauses