1. Workbooks for independent work
As with extended notes and fastening exercises, notebooks for self-study increase the student's responsibility for their knowledge and give you more time. It can be used to deal with the kind of bad behaviour that is common on Friday afternoons.
If you shift most of your work to students, they will develop independent learning skills. You will be able to pay more attention to those who need additional support in their studies.
Children need to be moved - then they will see for themselves that the more responsibility they take, the greater their personal progress.
2. a hexagon with interesting questions
In the late 80's on American television was popular quizzes in which participants were to move on the hexagonal playing field. If they answered correctly, they could choose which hexagonal question they wanted to move on with.
What if you organize a class on the same principle? Pupils will also be able to practice theoretical or practical material, but will be guided by their own interests.
3. "Tomato methodology
Perhaps you have heard about the "tomato technique", when classes are divided into sessions of 20-25 minutes, and after them there is always a five-minute break to restore attention.
It is useful during the preparation for the decisive exams, and it will help us to wake up students who periodically fall into lethargic sleep in the classroom. If you want to repeat the material at the lesson, do the following: within 15 minutes, the student must repeat the material himself, then five minutes to check the repeated material at home or another student, and then the same amount of rest.
Before using this technique, be sure to remind your students of the rules of effective repetition!
4. Students as teachers
Pupils can replace the teacher in the classroom with their peers - in good hands, this technique will give a good result. Many studies have shown that it is easier for a person to learn and then remember the material by explaining it to someone else.
This method can be used both in small groups and in large classrooms, so that more students can try their hand at teaching. Warn everyone in advance about your intention to give them time in the classroom for a few minutes so that they can prepare their lesson and do it well.
5. Decision-making exercises
Often it seems that students capture material on the fly, but when it comes to putting that knowledge into practice, they find it difficult. In this case, try to create an exercise in which you need to show not only your knowledge, but also your understanding of the material.
For example, in a geography lesson, my students have been making their own plan for an international emergency response and resource allocation between different parts of the world. The main thing is to set clear boundaries and describe the rules they should follow to create a real plan. In this way, students will use their knowledge and creative thinking to find specific life situations.
6. Short presentations
Admit it, oral presentations deserve more time than we give them. Why not use the desire to chat in class that comes at the end of the week for learning purposes?
Students can prepare a presentation on a narrow topic, talk about what they are currently learning, do some research in class, and present the results immediately.
Be clear about the time you devote to the practice before the children start working.
7. Training for the future speaker
It is important to learn to speak in public at all times so as not to have difficulty preparing for debates or presentations. Practice short presentations in each lesson.
This will help to develop many skills. Public speaking skills, confidence, literacy, and a good knowledge of the subject are four things to train regularly. It is also important to explain to students that the vocabulary they use for their presentation depends on their audience and the environment in which the presentation takes place, formal or informal.
8. News methodology
Along with the skills of public speaking, do not forget about the equally important point - awareness of current events. Yes, we don't like to listen to bad news, it's almost always bad news.
An interesting methodology will help to interest children in events that they think have nothing to do with them. Pupils get into groups - news teams - and prepare an overview of a story.
Take time to present information and the importance of fact-checking, and do not allow too much access to the Internet!
9. Quest on a specific topic
This is a good fallback to keeping students busy at the end of the school week, regardless of the subject. Quest can be simple or difficult - you decide for yourself.
Pair students up, give them a context and a list of things they need to find - let them work with their full confidence. In this form, it is easier to learn the theoretical material, and the practical task will allow to involve all the attention of the students.
All you have to do is hide 20-30 things in the classroom and come up with assignments related to your subject.
10. Advertising campaign
Let the students make up a real advertising campaign themselves, draw a poster or write a text, and then convince the audience of the correctness of their idea.
This is a dual purpose. First, the students will learn to anticipate the counterarguments that may meet their point of view. Secondly, they will learn to base their idea not only on a specific, in-depth knowledge of a particular industry, but also to present it in a form in which it will be understandable to a particular audience.
https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/09/15/16/56/teacher-3679814_960_720.jpgIn this way, you will make sure that your students start to think about how to use their knowledge in practice, rather than just learning the theory automatically.