[EnglishLanguage 884] Re: International Potluck IdeasDiane Snell dsnell at racineliteracy.comWed Dec 13 15:58:56 EST 2006
Hi, We held a potluck dinner for both ESL and Basic Education adult students last winter. We played "People Bingo". Staff made up the bingo card based on the people who signed up to attend. "Directions: Talk to different people and ask them one question on the bingo card. If that person says "YES" ask that person to sign that box. Find a different person who can answer "YES" for each square. Try to fill all of your squares." We put statements like: has driven a tractor, can eat with chopsticks, has seen the soap opera "Rebelde", was born in Racine, plays a musical instrument, etc. This was a good ice breaker and got our ESL students talking with native English speakers. We also played a game called "Life with the Wright Family". If you do a google search on Life with the Wright Family, you can find the story and the instructions. When I looked, the second result had the instructions. Everyone stands in a circle and each person as a bean or something to pass. Every time they hear the word "right, wright, write", they pass the bean to the right. When they hear the word "left" they pass the bean to the left. This worked for all levels because they had to listen only for "right" and "left", but didn't have to understand the entire story. By the time we finished the story, everyone was laughing. Our best prizes were gift cards donated by one of our local grocery stores. Enjoy. Diane Diane K. Snell ESL Education Coordinator Racine Literacy Council 734 Lake Avenue Racine, WI 53403 262-632-9495 www.racineliteracy.com -----Original Message----- From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Ginger Dempsey, LVNRV Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:11 AM To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov Subject: [EnglishLanguage 871] International Potluck Ideas We are hosting an International Potluck for our ESOL students and tutors and are in need of some ideas for games/activities. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks for your help! Ginger Dempsey ESOL Coordinator, LVNRV ---------------------------------------------------- National Institute for Literacy Adult English Language Learners mailing list EnglishLanguage at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguage Message sent to DSNELL at racineliteracy.com.
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