1. Short Activities to Use Anytime, Anywhere, at Any Level MFLA FALL CONFERENCE 10/10/2015 HOWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUSANNE SUTTON UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY (UMBC) SSUSANNE@UMBC.EDU

2. In the Language Classroom in College…  Classrooms…  Learners …

3. Guidelines for Short Activities ~ They must be…  Quick  Easy to prepare and to explain  Adaptable to class content  Engage all students (on some level)  Quick in set-up of learners (partners or small groups)

4. Please sit in “language groups”

5. Activity 1 – “Association” A 1

6. Association/Assoziation Activity  ABCD  Letter  10 Things  Countdown  Acrostic Preparation/Material  Think of relevant topics A 1

7. Association LET’S PLAY A 1

8. Examples You have one minute… 1. Name 10 things that... fly. 2. Ten things that you… can do during the summer. 3. Find a word for each letter… M A R Y L A N D 4. Countdown… A 1

9. Activity 2 “Hot Chair” A 2

10. Hot Chair - “Der heiße Stuhl” Preparation/Material  NONE except for list of expressions Activity 2 A 2

11. Der heiße Stuhl LET’S PLAY A 2

12. Modell:  blackboard/ die Tafel  blue/blau  leg/das Bein A 2

13.  cook/ der Koch  female life guard/die Bademeisterin  Architect/der Architekt A 2

14. Variation: “ Reverse Hot Chair” A 2

15. Reverse Hot Chair – “Ist es…” Preparation/Material  list of expressions or pictures displayed A 2

16. Model Student 1 (reads to his group): Colors/Farben A 2

17. Modell: Students 2, 3,4.: red? blue? yellow? Student 1: No! No! No! Studenten: black? green? Student 1: Nein! Ja!! A 2

18. Reverse Hot Chair LET’S PLAY A 2

19. a profession/ein Beruf A 2

20. female physician/die Ärztin A 2

21. Shop or business in the city/ Geschäft in der Stadt A 2

22. pharmacy/ die Apotheke A 2

23. Grammatik… eine von neun Präpositionen… 9 A 2

24. under/unter A 2

25. Activity 3 “No-Questions” A 3

26. No Questions/ Nein-Fragen Preparation/Material  None A 3

27. No-Questions LET’S PLAY A 3

28. Activity 4 Student-Info A 4

29. Student-Info/Studenten-Info Preparation/Material  None A 4

30. Student-Info LET’S PLAY A 4

31. Activity 5 “Who Am I?” A 4

32. Who am I? / Wer bin ich? Preparation/Material  Picture of a person on display A 4

33. Who Am I? LET’S PLAY A 5

34. Meine Biografie… A 5

35. Activity 6 “Cocktailparty” A 6

36. Cocktailparty Preparation/Material  A “small talk” prompt A 6

37. Cocktailparty LET’S PLAY A 5

38. “What did you do on the weekend” A 6 slep t playe d practice d visite d Ich habe…. gearbeitet. Ich bin nach…gefahren geschl afen gespiel t fernges ehen getrof fen gegess en ate drank

39. Activity 7 “Odd One Out” A 7

40. Odd One Out/ Was past nicht? Preparation/Material  Slide with “odd one out” list A 7

41. Odd One Out LET’S PLAY A 7

42. Modell: run swim sleepjump 1.KochBäckerTischlerArzt 2.BankTankstelleStraßePost 3.dem wemeiner das 4.Schweiz BelgienÖsterreich Italien 5.Munich Bern BerlinVienna 6.window tablechairarmoire 7.cars sheepkniveswomen 8.went sleptattendedbought A 7

43. Activity 8 “Who wants to be a Millionaire” A 8

44. Who wants to be a Millionaire? Wer wird Millionär? Preparation/Material  Download “Millionaire” template (google will yield many)  Prepare x number of questions A 8

45. Who wants to be a Millionaire? LET’S PLAY A 8

46. Frage 1 Frage 1 Which of these is NOT a German composer? B – Johann Sebastian Bach A – Ludwig van Beethoven C – Richard Wagner D – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A 8

47. Frage 2 Was lernen wir über das Geschlecht (gender) von Lampe in “eine Lampe”? B – Lampe ist maskulin A – Lampe ist plural C – Lampe ist feminin D – Lampe ist neutrum C – Lampe ist feminin A 8

48. Frage 3 Germany’s political system is a…? B - Monarchy A - Democracy C - Dictatorship D – Society of Losers A - Democracy A 8

49. Frage 4 Which of these films has NOT won an Academy Award (“Oscar”)? B – Amour A – The Lives of Others C – It’s A Wonderful Life D – Pan’s Labyrinth C – It’s A Wonderful Life A 8

50. Activity 9 “Our Story” A 9

51. Our Story / Unsere Geschichte Preparation/Material  Bring small items in a cloth bag to class e.g. toothbrush, pen, stuffed animal, toys, safety pin…) Be creative! or  Have students pull an object from their backpacks. A 9

52. Our Story LET’S PLAY A 9

53. Activity 10 “Line Dance” A 10

54. Line Dance Preparation/Material  Set of Yes/No questions A 8

55. Line Dance LET’S PLAY A 8

56. Your Activities? Ideas? Suggestions? A 10

57. “Short Activities to Use Anytime, Anywhere, at Any Level” Powerpoint is uploaded at http://2015mflafallconference.wikispaces.com/ SUSANNE SUTTON UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY (UMBC) SSUSANNE@UMBC.EDU