Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The Benefits of Quiz,Quiz, Trade
At the middle school staff meeting, we practiced the activity quiz, quiz, trade. I always worry a little bit about effectively modeling and practicing such a chaotic activity. However, the 7th grade English department tried it with our Honors English as a way to teach irony. Students each got a picture with something ironic on it. They thought about why it was ironic and then began to quiz, quiz, trade. It went fabulously! It saved me the time of having to give many class examples because they were able to teach each other. I think perhaps it might take more than one run through in a regular class to make it flow that smoothly, but the kids left yesterday feeling excited about English. Anything that can do that, I'm on board for!
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I have also used quiz-quiz trade to pre-teach vocabulary. I like that it gets students up and moving and they actually remembered what the words mean! I worry too with chaotic activities, and I am trying to do a better job of modeling and setting up expectations before hand so the students can still have fun, but keep it in control. Anyone have any other fun vocabulary activities?
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