[Klee]

37 - to play hangman

38 - to write anagrams

39 - to play tic tac toe

40 - to write questions for the listening exercises

41 - to write student's names to keep running totals for those who refuse to speak in English and leave their home language alone for 2 minutes much to the distraction of their own learning and the rest of the class

42 - to write rhymes/poems

43 - to play class word associations

44 - to play spot the differences (if you're there prior to the class and have any art skills whatsoever!)

45 - to show skeleton essay structures

46 - to explain tag questions in different colours

47 - to practice numbers and letter pronunciation (eg. 6 six 36 thirty six, 736, 7364,...adding numbers to each side)

48 - to draw a clock - amazing how many high advanced students still struggle to tell the time

49 - to write the date (and ask how to read it in British and American)

MY FAVOURITE - 50 - to write a quote of the day/word of the day/impossible riddle of the day

51 - to write group numbers and information before a test.

[puddyd]

52. I write an 'S' in the top left hand corner to use for error correction of one of the commonist mistakes, and then only need to point there and it makes ss think and reduces TTT
53. I also draw a line down the left and right side of the board - on the left I write their lesson plan in point form and on the right I write their homework.

[jakda]

53 - Use happy and sad faces. In classes of young students you can draw two faces at opposite ends. Like this..


Pablo
Jessica


Sara

Pablo and Jessica are behaving well and Sara has done something wrong. I was dubious when someone told me to do this but it works very well. My students are always trying to get a happy face and their bahaviour improves when you give them a sad face.

Don't overuse the sad face, if you do, it soon loses it's power!