Some experiences to organize group activities in warming - Up for the grade 10 students

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA
TRƯỜNG THPT NGA SƠN
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SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM
SOME EXPERIENCES TO ORGANIZE GROUP ACTIVITIES IN WARMING - UP FOR THE GRADE 10 STUDENTS 
 Người thực hiện : Nguyễn Thị Bảy
 Chức vụ : Giáo viên
 Đơn vị công tác : Trường THPT Nga Sơn
 SKKN thuộc môn Tiếng Anh
 Năm học: 2016 – 2017
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.INTRDUCTION....2
II.CONTENTS.3
1. Organization of group activities.3 
2.Organizing group work in warm-up...3
a.Preparation4
b.Step performance..4
c.Demonstrations..5
III.CONCLUSION.15
IV.REFERENCES..16
 I. INTRODUCTION
 The teaching of foreign languages ​​in general and English in high school is being taught by teachers and lecturers of foreign languages ​​and teaching methods suitable to help teachers can compare. Compare, contrast and adapt teaching techniques to gain experience so that you can make informed decisions in choosing the right techniques for your needs and goals. 
 As we all know, the former teacher-centered approach is teacher-centered as the communicator of knowledge, and the passive learner is the learner. This method is less effective education, it is no longer suitable for the current development of our country. Now the requirement of innovation teaching method is to promote the positive of students, students must know self-initiative and creative, occupy the master of knowledge. To fulfill this requirement, the teacher must be the person who has the role of guiding, directing and organizing the activity of the student. Therefore, the exploration and use of new methods always requires each teacher to have.
 Group work is the main activities in teaching English at school.Group work, a new teaching method, has been adopted by many teachers in student practice that helps students move toward active learning, against passive behavior. In the present way, English requires students to practice communicative skills or to speak strictly speaking. Through the years of teaching in the new method, I have learned from myself: teamwork contributes to increased communication and cooperation among students. Organizing group activities in the beginning of a new lesson is one of the most important steps in a focused session. This will help them to be active and active, attract all participants, save time for new entries and also facilitate teachers to work as private instructors. Moreover, from the very beginning they understand a lot about the new lesson they are about to learn. Starting from the theoretical and practical premise, I decided to choose the topic: "Some experiences to organize group activities in warming-up for the 10 grade students "
 II. CONTENTS
1. Organization of group activities. 
 Group learning is a form of instruction which places students in an active learning environment in which students are grouped actively. Group collaboration helps them develop and develop their work skills - Communication skills. Group activities enable students to learn from each other, to promote their role of responsibility and social wellbeing on the basis of collaborative work. Through group activities they can work together. For students to practice the skills of teamwork is very necessary.It enables students to have the opportunity to exchange, learn from each other, help each other , helps children to have the opportunity to develop fully.
    * Implementation steps, control a group operation:
  - The 1st step: T introduces the requirements what students have to do.
  - The 2nd step: divide class into groups.
  - The 3rd step: give instructions - check Ss' understanding
  - The 4th step: Ss work in groups. T goes round to check and take notes.
  - The 5th step: When most groups finished, stop the activities. Each group report their answers
   - The 6th step: T feedback
 2.Organizing group work in warm-up 
 As for the lead in the new lesson, in addition to the teacher's proliferation of methods, such as asking students to look at the pictures (asking, answering, etc.) In a direct form, the group approach in the lead-in to the new lesson creates a lively atmosphere and mobilizes all students to work together. They will be more interested in themselves when they exploit the content that they will learn about. Teachers are also very gentle when introducing new lessons and certainly more or less effective lessons. The warm-up design part is based on the following tips
+ Game: Games help children create psychological comfort, gentle when entering the game.
The game design must not exceed the allowed time (4-5 minutes) should request fast, neat, unexpecte
+ Brainstorming: Give students a keyword, asking students to work out as many relevant words as possible within a certain time limit. The group with the right words wins the prize. This activity helps them to consolidate their vocabulary.
+ Discussion: Teachers give discussion, students think in group and then choose individual to present oral presentation to the whole class. From there, the teacher takes an introduction to the content of the new lesson.
+ Ask and answer: Ask some questions about a particular subject through specific pictures or objects, asking the students to give their personal opinion. The questions are simple, easy to understand to avoid the psychology "see fear of false". Encourage students to raise questions regarding the topic raise
a.Preparation:
 Good preparation is good for practice. To carry out group activities in leading the new lesson, ask the teacher to prepare:
+ Pictures: photocopy pictures in textbooks, draw new paintings in the spirit of lessons, find more paintings on the Internet, newspapers ...
+ Extra table: Some items are available.
+ Study tickets: Listening test, vocabulary test.
b. Step performance in class
+ Preparation time: 5 to 7 minutes / lesson. (Warm-up)
+ Steps to follow:
- Divide the group: Depending on the content of the lesson, divide into as many groups as possible.
- Through a number of pictures, sub-tables, study cards, teachers set requirements for students to make.
 ( Source: Some methods to work for a group – Causinet – Roger- The publisher of Paris – 1945,The method of teaching English in high school – The publisher of education )
c. Demonstrations
 Here are some group activities organized in the introductory section to new lessons for reading – English 10.
* Example 1: Unit 1: A day in the life of ...A : Reading (Page 12,13 English 10)
"Group activity in the form:GUESS THE ACTION
 Time: 8 - 10 minutes
+ Teacher divides the class into 4 teams
+ Teacher prepares the pieces of paper on which the names of the items are available
activity. In turn the students on the board describe each action without the use of words, the other students will guess what the name of the action is.
+ The team that correctly predicts many actions will win
Activities: 
1. get up 
2. do morning exercise 
3. brush my teeth 
4. have breakfast 
5. go to school 
6. take a short rest 
7. play football 
8. listen to music 
9. take a shower 
10. watch TV 
11. do my homework 
12. read book 
13. suf the Internet 
14.go to bed 
+ Finally, the teacher will give some questions to lead to the new lesson
- What do your parents do? 
- Where do they work? 
- How do they work everyday?
 Example 2: Unit 2: School Talks - A: Reading (Page 22, 23-English 10)
"Group activity in the form: CROSS WORD
Teacher draw on the alphabet board, hand out the students' letters and questions for students to work in groups of 3 or 4 students.
Request: Fill in the blank by completing sentences or answering the questions
E
N
G
L
I
S
H
T
E
A
C
H
H
O
L
I
D
A
Y
B
O
X
L
O
V
E
L
I
B
R
A
R
Y
Questions: 
1, What is the most popular language in the world?
2. A teacher often........... students lesson.
3, You often have a summer... after the school year finishes.
4. What is it? (picture of a box)
5. People can’t live without it. 
6, You often go to the .. to borrow books
 The teacher calls a number of groups and writes to the prediction table of some groups (group 3, group 2). When finding the keyword teacher introduces the topic of the new lesson
Example 3: Unit 3: people’s background- A: Reading ( Page 32,33 Eghlish 10)
"Group activity in the form:: MATCHING
 Put the famous person’s names below in the right box
Give some famous persons’ names in the column A and their job in the column B
Singers
Writers
Scientists
Nam Cao
Michael Jackson
Celine Dion
Isaac Newton
To Hoai
Marie Curie
- T asks Ss to divide group of four
- T invites one student to play the game
- T asks some questions about some famous people and Marie Curie
1. Can you name and tell some scientists and their specializations?
2. What are their job?
3. Where are they?
4. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?
5. What do you know about her?
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 4: Unit 4: Special education – A: Reading ( Page 44,45 English 10)
"Group activity in the form:: FIND THE WORD
 Time: 6 - 7 minutes
+ Teacher divide the class into 4 teams
+ Teacher gives 9-letter crossword hidden by six small squares,
Teams select and open squares in turn. Each square has pictures and keywords
attach.
Teams will select numbers and find keywords in each picture
+ Based on the keywords the teams will find from behind the squares. Which team
Find the right word and the fastest will win.
1. The Braille Alphabet: Key word: A, T 
3. The dumb: Key word: U 
5. The blind: Key word: I 
2. The deaf: Key word: E 
4. Body language: Key word: O, N 
6. Add and subtract: Key word: D, C 
Key word : EDUCATION 
+ After that teacher gives some questions
- Can you list some activities you do everyday? 
- Are these activities difficult for the disabled people? 
- How can the disabled people read and write and how can they 
communicate with other people? 
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 5 : Unit 6 : An excursion- A: Reading ( Page 62,63 English 10)
"Group activity in the form”: GUESS THE PLACE 
+ Teacher divides the class into 4 teams
+ Teacher has ready information about 6 places
In turn, 6 students read up information about places, teams will
Listen and guess what that is.
+ The team that guesses the most will win.Information: 
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus. 
b. A wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi. 
c. Mountain resort with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong lake, pine 
forests, waterfalls 
d. On the left bank of the Huong River, 6 kilometres from Hue City. 
e. Lies in Huong Son, My Đuc, Ha Tay Province (Now Hanoi), famous for 
places to visit: Trinh Pagoda, Thiên Tru Pagoda, Huong Tich Cave. 
f. 160 kilometres south west of Hanoi, tourists go there to study butterflies, visit 
cave, hike mountains and look at the 1,000 – year – old tree. 
Places: 1. One Pillar Pagoda 
2. Ha Long Bay 
3. Đa Lat city 
4. Thien Mu Pagoda 
5. Huong Pagoda 
6. Cuc Phuong National Park 
+ After that,teacher give some questions: 
- Have you ever visited these places? 
- Which place would you like to visit? Why? 
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 6 : Unit 7: The mass media – A: Reading ( Page 74,75 English 10)
"Group activity in the form”: LUCKY NUMBER
 1 2
 What is it ?
 4 5
- Teacher asks students to work in group of two and choose the number.
- Teacher gives some questions
Questions:
1.It was invented in 1925
2.We can listen to the news but we can’t see it
3.It contains information and pictures 
4.We use it to find information quiclky, chat with friends and send email.
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 7 : Unit 8 : The story of my village- A: Reading ( Page 82,83 English 10)
"Group activity in the form”: BRAINSTORMING
-Teacher asks Ss to work in groupd of three or four and make a list of words related to the “country”
 COUNTRY
Expected answer: 
1.The farmers are harvesting the crop
2.They are working hard
3.It’s good crop/ bumper crop
4.Good farming methods , good varities, modern technology used, people work hard
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 8: Unit 10: Conservation – A: Reading ( Page 104,105 English 10)
"Group activity in the form”: GUESS WHO I AM 
Teacher divides class into 4 teams
+ Teacher selects 2 students up the board, read the information in the paper
The teacher is prepared (they can use the action to describe if you are
I can not guess the meaning of the word), the teams will guess what the animal is
+ The team that guesses the fastest and the most right wins
+ Then the teacher will lead to the new post
Information: 
1. (5 letters) I have a long body but no legs, no hands and I am very 
dangerous. 
2. (5 letters) I am called “The King of the jungle” 
3. (8 letters) I am very big, I’m willing to help villagers to move 
heavy things by my trunk. There is a funny story related to me and 5 blind foretunetellers. 
4. (6 letters) I move very quickly from this tree to another tree, my 
favorite food is banana. 
5. (8 letters) I move slowly, when I move I carry my house on my 
back. There is a fable story related to me and a rabbit. 
6. (7 letters) I have a long neck, my favorite food is leaves, I am 
related to a famous milk advertisement for children. 
Animals: snake, tiger, elephant, monkey, tortoise, giraffe 
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 9:Unit 11: National Parks – A: Reading ( Page 112,113 English 10 )
"Group activity in the form”: WHO IS QUICKER?  
+ Teacher asks students to work in groups of 4 people
+ During 3 minutes, the groups write many names of the national parks
Join in Vietnam
+ After 3 minutes, the team that writes a lot and will win
List of national parks: By August 2010, the country had 30 national parks
Ba Be, Bai Tu Long, Hoang Lien, Tam Dao, Xuan Son, Ba Vi, Cat Ba, Xuan
Thuy, Cuc Phuong, Ben En, Pu Mat, Vu Quang, Phong Nha - Ke Bang, Bach
Ma, Nui Chua, Bidoup Nui Ba, Phuoc Binh, Chu Mom Ray, Chu Yang Sin, Kon KaYok Don, Lo Go-Xa Mat, Tram Chim, Ca Mau, U Minh Ha, U Minh
Upper, Phu Quoc, Con Dao.
 + Teacher has students watch a clip (about 2 minutes) about Cuc National Park
Method and ask some questions to lead to the new lesson.
- Do you know this national park?
- Would you like to visit this national park?
=>Lead in the new lesson
Example 10:Unit 12: Music – A: Reading ( Page 124,125 English 10 )
"Group activity in the form”:
- Aks students to close the books. Give a diagram asd ask Ss to put the suitable words about kinds of music in the box
Music
-Teacher gives some questions
+ Do you like music?
+ What band do you like best?
+ What singer do you like best?
+ What sort of music do you often listen to?
+ Can you name some singers or band who play pop music?
=>Lead in the new lesson
 ( Source: English 10- The publisher of education , Design class 10 English lessons - Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi, Lesson plan)
 III.CONCLUSION
 Through the process of applying the above method I realize that students are more eager, more flexible in practice, mastered the way of studying and doing effectively; Students are more excited with school hours, more active hours, and the quality of their classes has increased.
 When organizing group activities, teachers work as facilitators and consultants so all activities take place in a gentle way, saving time. On the student side, the teacher must choose each group to focus on all the students so that they have the opportunity to help each other in their activities and to promote the team spirit of the students. 
Group activities often make the classroom so vibrant that it is inevitable that noise may easily affect adjacent classrooms, but the results of student comprehension are high. 
 I hope that “Some experiences to organize group activities in warming – up in the 10 grade students ” can help the students and the other teachers in their teaching and learning English process. Because I can not avoid some mistakes in my writing, your opinions will be useful for me to perfect it.
 I would like to thank.
The confirmation of the principle
Thanh Hoa, May, 25th 2017
I promise not to have copied
 Signature
 Nguyen Thi Bay
 IV.REFERENCES
1.“ Some methods to work for a group” – Causinet – Roger- The publisher of Paris – 1945)
2.“ English 10- The publisher of education 
3.“ Design class 10 English lessons”- Nguyen Thuy Minh , Luong Quynh Trang – The Publisher of Ha Noi )
 4. “ The method of teaching English in high school ” – Nguyen Hanh Dung – The publisher of education)