101 Bright Ideas ESL Activities for All Ages

by Ford, Claire Marie

• ISBN13: 9780201895292
• ISBN10: 0201895293
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-03
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

101 Bright Ideas is an innovative collection of activities and games for ESL students. These Bright Ideas cover a wide variety of topics, including family, school, daily activities, and many more. Some are accompanied by blackline masters to extend and enrich the lessons. Three indices--Index of Themes, Index of Functions, and Index of Structures--make integrating 101 Bright Ideas into your curriculum easy and fun.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	iii	(4)
Index of Themes	vii	(1)
Index of Functions	viii	(3)
Index of Structures	x	(1)
Introduction	xi
BEGINNING LEVEL	2	(44)
1 Remember My Name Introductions	2	(1)
2 Getting to Know You Meeting people	3	(1)
3 Tic-Tac-Toe with Verbs Daily activities	4	(1)
4 Spelling Bee General	5	(1)
5 Scavenger Hunt Colors	6	(2)
6 Monkey Say, Monkey Do Parts of the body	8	(1)
7 Gossip General	9	(1)
8 Traffic Jam Transportation	10	(1)
9 Decoding the Code General	10	(2)
10 Sorry! Numbers	12	(1)
11 Shopping Household objects	13	(1)
12 Seeing Double Household objects	14	(1)
13 Guess What? Classroom objects	15	(1)
14 Supercalifragalisticexpialidoshus General	16	(2)
15 Memory Teaser Household objects	18	(1)
16 Destiny General	19	(1)
17 Guess Where? Geography	20	(1)
18 Guess Who? Classmates	20	(1)
19 Guesstimates Household objects	21	(1)
20 Could You Repeat That Please? Classroom objects	22	(1)
21 Ten Questions General	23	(1)
22 Mixed-Up Tunes General	24	(1)
23 Cartoon Creativity Humor	25	(1)
24 War of the Words General	26	(2)
25 Word Chain General	28	(1)
26 Hangman General	28	(1)
27 Pictographics General	29	(1)
28 Charades General	29	(1)
29 Word Bingo General	30	(2)
30 Charabia General	32	(1)
31 Tic-Tac-Toe Quiz General	32	(1)
32 Word Association General	33	(1)
33 Thirty Seconds General	33	(1)
34 Find-a-Word Puzzles General	34	(2)
35 Verb Round-Up General	36	(1)
36 Time Passes Calendar	37	(1)
37 Word Games General	38	(1)
38 Happy Holidays! Birthdays/Holidays	39	(1)
39 Getting to Know You Personal Likes/abilities	40	(2)
40 Making a Calendar Calendar	42	(2)
41 Create-a-Sentence Fantasy	44	(2)
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL	46	(58)
42 Eating Out Restaurant food	46	(2)
43 Word Blitz General	48	(1)
44 This Sporting Life Sports	49	(1)
45 What Next? Morning routine	50	(2)
46 Identity Rectangles Introductions	52	(3)
47 Building Words General	55	(1)
48 Say It in Numbers Math	55	(1)
49 Interview Guide Famous people	56	(3)
50 Acrostics Personality traits	59	(1)
51 Pyramid General	60	(2)
52 Sweethearts Valentine's Day	62	(2)
53 Telephone Talk Phone conversations	64	(2)
54 Tongue-Twisters General	66	(1)
55 Verbal Baseball Personal experiences	67	(1)
56 Hidden Agenda Pastimes	68	(2)
57 Classified Ads Classified ads	70	(3)
58 Domino Effect General	73	(1)
59 What's the Difference? General	74	(2)
60 Matchmaking Friendship	76	(2)
61 What Would You Do? Future plans	78	(2)
62 Games Children Play Children's games	80	(2)
63 You Can't Miss It! Maps	82	(2)
64 Last Night Daily routines	84	(2)
65 Weather Forecasts The weather	86	(3)
66 Top Tunes Popular music	89	(1)
67 Informal English Schoolwork	90	(2)
68 Coke vs. Pepsi Soft drinks	92	(3)
69 Make Your Own Yearbook End of school year	95	(1)
70 Looking at Ads Advertising	96	(2)
71 Color and Mood Colors	98	(2)
72 MegaQuiz General	100	(4)
73 Listen Closely Poetry	104	(2)
74 Limericks Poetry	106	(2)
75 Haiku Poetry	108	(2)
76 What A Mouthful! General	110	(1)
77 Armchair Travel Travel	111	(1)
78 Film Fun General	112	(1)
79 Videotaping a Scene Restaurants	112	(2)
80 Would You Like to Leave a Message? Answering machines	114	(2)
81 New Year's Resolutions New Year's Day	116	(2)
82 Tell Me About It! General	118	(2)
83 What Should I Do? Advice columns	120	(2)
84 Definitions General	122	(1)
85 A Puppet Show General	123	(1)
86 Mix 'n' Match General	124	(2)
87 Stereotypes Fashion trends	126	(2)
88 For or Against? Controversial issues	128	(2)
89 Who's Telling The Truth? Personal experiences	130	(1)
90 Who's bluffing? Cartoons	130	(1)
91 Headlines News	131	(1)
92 Sandwich Stories Personal experiences	132	(1)
93 A Panel Discussion Personal problems	133	(1)
94 Opening Up Personal experiences	134	(1)
95 Do It Yourself Daily activities	135	(1)
96 Class President Class elections	136	(2)
97 Succeeding in Sales Product promotion	138	(2)
98 Put Yourself In Their Shoes! Difficult situations	140	(1)
99 Let's Take a Trip Travel	141	(1)
100 A Book of Shared Experiences School	142	(1)
101 Sing Along Holiday Celebrations	143	(2)
References	145