[vivian9]

Some fun and engaging activities we use in my class in public schools with newcomers ages 11 to 15 include:
1. cooking -- students read and copy recipe, food nouns, direction verbs, menu, descriptive adjectives
2. introduction practice -- index cards with 4 sets of prepared questions and answers like
"Hello, my name is Jairo. What is your name?"
"I like rap music? What kind of music do you like?"
Students in two lines, facing partner, one line moves to constantly change partners.
3. lunch sack -- paper lunch bag for each student, filled with cut out food pictures from magazines, students arrange foods on paper, label, write about how the foods are prepared or eaten, etc
4. bingo -- have students fill bingo card grid with 24 words (free space) from posted list of 35. Sometimes we do nouns, sometimes verbs. Hold up picture, students cover word.