ESOL Activities

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SCHOOL-WIDE ACTIVITY:

Latonya Baldwin

In this activity, every class level will be responsible for selecting, researching and presenting a different country. In the research, they are to find out where the country is locate, what is, if any, the official language of that country, religion, type of educational system job market, types of food eaten there and if any holidays are celebrated there.
This would be the perfect opportunity for older class levels children to teach and share information with the younger one’s as they work together in teams.
Procedure:

1. In each classroom (grades 1-5) write the names of 7 different countries three times on a sheet of paper. Mix up the countries and have each student to draw a name from the hat. After everyone has received a country have them to group together according to the country that they pulled out of the hat. (same countries together)
2. Have everyone that have a country, meet in the cafeteria the next morning before classes (all grade levels) and group together according to their country. There should be at least 20 -25 students per country for grades 1-5 (depending on the number of students that each class has).
3. Have a mediator or group guide (teacher) meet with each group (country) and explain to them that are to collect information regarding that country. Break down the groups into sections: internet information group, drawing and coloring of flag and map of country, food selection, etc.
4. Allow the children to meet both during class time and before or after school to gather, put together and study their information that they collect.
5. During the week of Christmas break, which is the largest celebrated holiday in America, have the children to put on a school-wide presentation of their countries. Each group should put together a presentation of their country through music, song, dance, poetry, puppetry, or any other way they choose to present their ...