Activity: Post It Notes (Good for improving memory, pre-teaching vocabulary before listening

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Activity Post It Notes (Good for improving
memory, pre-teaching vocabulary before listening
reading, vocab building)

• Preparation and Instructions
• Look through the reading or listening
  comprehension for vocabulary that students might
  block and therefore make them disengage from
  the text.
• Teach each word (in the TL if possible) and write
  it up on the board. Do not write the English
  meaning.
• At the end, allow the students to copy down the
  words and ask them to write the English meaning
  too. They may not ask you what a word means. If
  they have forgotten they should ask a friend.
• Ask them to shut their books and give them a Post
  It note.
• Tell them when the music starts they should write
  as many of the words from the list as they can
  remember (without looking).
• After about 30 secs stop the music and ask them
  to swap with their partner and try to add to
  their list (ie the words their partner couldnt
  remember)
• Collect all the words back on the board from
  volunteers and check the meaning. Get them to
  stick the Post It note under their chair etc
• Repeat 5-6 and then get them to compare their
  lists.

• Variations Possibilities
• Words beginning with a certain letter
• Instead of pre-teaching for a comprehension task
  you could ask them to brainstorm all the pets
  they know, the school subjects etc.
• You could allow them time with a dictionary to
  find words and then feedback to the class. Then
  use the Post It notes to help the class memorise
  and learn the new vocabalary.
• They can swap Post It notes and write the meaning
  instead of adding to the list.

• Consider
• Have a responsible person in charge of the
  Post-It notes as they can be used inappropriately
  and found on someones back with an inappropriate
  comment!