SET INDUCTIONS

(Anfangsaufgabe/Anfangsaktivität/Denkt mit!)

(Refers to establishing a certain mind set in a classroom, in anticipation of what is to come. Also known as anticipatory set, warm up,
attention getter, etc. It gets students ready to learn, ideally using some strategy that will lead into the lesson. The set induction should
take no more than 2-5 minutes.)

Set Induction
Set is a mental state of readiness
Induction brings it on
Set Induction gets learners thinking and ready for the lesson
Anticipatory Set is another name used

Set induction should:

Contain a statement of the learning
Relate the objective
Involve the learner in the learning

Daily Warm-Up:

The need for predictability remains high at the beginning of the lesson, especially if the teacher is using the target language exclusively. Follow a fun regimen of
daily routines.

Create a poem or chant describing daily routine. The students can gesture as they recite target language rules such as "I sit down", "I watch", "I listen", etc. This
warm-up activity takes less than one minute, yet it serves a dual purpose of reviewing familiar material and reminding students of the expectations.

Next, it's calendar time. Produce a magic wand pointer to review the days of the week and count the numbers. Each day, systematically choose a special "magic
wand student" to point to the calendar as the other students respond chorally.

Finally, greet students individually and ask, "How are you?" This can be done in a variety of ways.

Examples and Ideas:

Objects (using pictures, statues, variety of relevant objects, experiments, video clips, etc.)

Teacher (can dress up, act something out, use physical motions, write something on the board and not say anything at all, do anything
out of the ordinary.)

Guests (can come in and do any of the above)

Audio (this can be music, instruments, speaking in another language, simply quoting something unusual and/or relevant, reading an
excerpt of something unusual and/or relevant.)

Students (change seating arrangement, do an out of the ordinary group activity or boredom busters, skits, questioning the students re:
something very relevant or totally irrelevant to them.)

Be creative and always save your ideas in a file to be used at another time. (See below)

Set Inductions (Warm ups, hooks, attention getters, bell ringers...)

#1
New Persona:
Teacher comes into classroom
using a „new persona“, i.e. strict
teacher, movie star, visitor who
cannot speak English, etc.
#2
Teacher Act:
Teacher comes into classroom
wearing boots and short skirt to
illustrate a grammar point
depicting a boot. (Good for
Spanish teachers)
#3
Kitchen Pot:
Teacher comes into classroom
with a big pot. She pulls out the
adjective endings that are „in the
pot“ and gives to a student to
superimpose over German
adjective ending chart.
#4
Sweeper:
Teacher comes into classroom
with a broom and sweeps.
Then she tapes signs with
subordinate conjunctions on the
broom handle to illustrate that
now the verb goes at the end of
the sentence.
#5
Lost Love:
Dating skit to fit with a song about
lost love. Guy is sitting & reminiscing
about having this great relationship,
two people act out all the things they
did together. Then another guy
shows up and steals the girl because
he does something better.

#6
Memory Cards:
With memory game of lots of
pictures, teacher and students
describe the pictures according to
current theme. Ask about weather
conditions, animals, etc.
#7
Memory Match:
With memory game (or something
similar), teacher has students find
their match, either the opposite
picture, the matching or
coordinating picture and then
have students find a clue from
other student, ask a question, etc.
#8
Opening Song:
Routine and structure are
important in school. Begin each
circle time with a simple "Hello"
song in the foreign language.
Choose a traditional song from
the target culture or create your
own. Use the same song each
day in order to signal the shift in
languages and focus the
children's attention.
#9
Input of New Words and
Phrases:
Now is the time to bring out your fun
and surprises. Use props,
costumes, pictures, storybooks,
drama, songs and movement to
introduce new language
expressions and concepts.
Reinforce the weekly theme in the
foreign language lesson. For
example, if the weekly theme is
"Dinosaurs," you can count
dinosaurs, graph them, sort them by
size and color, and tell dinosaur
stories.
# 10
Guided Practice:
Short games or activities will
reinforce the new language
expressions. Students like to identify
items that they pull out of a mystery
bag, act out stories as the teacher
narrates, or challenge that friendly
puppet friend to a game of
concentration or tic tac toe. The
possibilities for guided practice are as
limitless as your imagination. Just
remember to keep the games non-
competitive and make sure everyone
gets a turn. If possible, crafts,
coloring, or small group games can
extend the lesson.
# 11
Goodbye Song:
Create closure to the day's learning
with a rhyme or finger play related
to the theme. After about 20
minutes of language immersion, it
will be time for individual
"Goodbye's" and a closing song.
# 16
Hullabaloo by Cranium:
Hullabaloo is an outstanding TPR
game. Mats with various colors,
shapes, and basic vocabulary are
spread out on the floor. An
electronic device instructs players
to spin to an orange mat, hop to a
triangle, or zoom to a food.
Cranium’s Hullabaloo can be
purchased in either English or
Spanish. Teachers of other
languages can develop their own
homemade versions of this fun,
active game.
# 12
Coloring:
Color-by-number activities are a
fun way to help students
independently read colors in the
target language. Choose from the
multitude of free coloring pages
online and create target language
color-by-number activities.
Translate the code for geometric,
mosaic surprise pictures for
even more motivation.
# 17
Total Physical Response (TPR)
Activities:
The fun and effective TPR
approach developed by Dr.
James J. Asher encourages
students to physically respond to
teacher commands. Make a
simple request such as, “Touch
something red.” Kids will love the
opportunity to be up on their feet
in search of something no one
else has found. Make the activity
more complex by telling children
to do various actions such as
jump, spin, clap, or roar like a lion
if they are wearing a particular
color.
# 13
Reading about Colors:
After aural-oral color activities, use
children’s books to introduce the
written word. Use the appropriate
target language versions of classics
such as:
 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What
Do You See? by Eric Carle and
Bill Martin [Henry Holt and Co.,
2007]
 The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric
Carle [HarperTrophy, 1988]
 Little Blue and Little Yellow by
Leo Lionni [HarperTrophy, 1995]
 Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
[Voyager Books, 1995]
# 18
Listening Comprehension
Games:
Speaking is not required at the
early stage of language
acquisition, so focus on listening
instead. In the Fly Swatter
Game, provide two players with
a clean fly swatter and an array
of color visuals spread out on
the floor. Call out a color and
see who can swat it first. Keep
score to determine the champion
swatter. Color-Shape Bingo and
the game of Twister (Hasbro)
are other motivating color-
themed games.
# 14
Speaking Games:
Once kids are comfortable
hearing and identifying colors in
the target language, it’s time for
them to speak. Spread out a
path of colored paper stepping
stones and send kids on a
"Rainbow Walk," reciting the
colors as they walk the path.
Play games of Candy Land
(Milton Bradley) in small groups,
en-couraging players to identify
colors out loud. Go Fish and Tic
Tac Toe are other effective
partner and small group color
activities.
# 19
Introduce Colors in the Target
Language:
Use immersion techniques to
model the new colors
vocabulary. Visual aids can be
as simple as pieces of colored
construction paper, or as
complex as works of art from
the target culture. Color songs
and rhymes are effective and
culturally appropriate as well.
# 15
Graphing Colors:
Enrich language learning with a
little content. Kids can create
human bar graphs depicting their
favorite color, or the color of their
clothes, hair or eyes. Surprise
your students by allowing them to
graph -- and then eat -- the
colored candies in packs of
Skittles, M&M’s, Smarties, or
Sprees. (Just be aware of
allergies.)
# 20
Masks for Warm up:
Create paper plate masks with
happy, sad, and neutral faces.
Students hold up a mask to
respond.
# 21
Puppets for Warm up:
Bring out a mascot-puppet to greet
each student. This trick encourages
even the most timid to speak.
# 22
Inflatable Globe or Ball:
Gently roll or toss an inflatable
globe to each student as you ask
questions or greet them.
# 23 # 24 # 25
Chant: Word Jumble: Clothes Line & Clothespins:
Create a chant or a song to keep Underline the first letter for Word hung in wrong order for
the responses rolling along in those kids who struggle with students to put in order. Or verb
rhythm. jumbled words (no matter what conjugations to put in the right
the language). place with the right subject.

# 26
Announcements:
Students take turns giving
announcements, (CLV style
standing on chairs, in rhyme, giving
a greeting to wish the clas well…)
# 26
Word Search:
Students go around the room
looking for certain items listed by
teacher, then they describe the
items, what they are called, what
they are for, why they are in the
classroom, etc.