Creative Activities and Ideas for Pupils with English as an Additional Language

Maggie Websteris Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Edge Hill University and is a Course Leader for Children’s Development and Learning. She can be seen on Teachers TV delivering a lecture about English as an additional language and has worked as a Bilingual Support Tutor, a Literacy Consultant and a class teacher working with pupils with English as an additional language.

• Chapter 1: How to teach pupils with English as an Additional LanguageWho is identified as learning English as an Additional Language?Stages of language acquisitionHow do you teach EAL pupils?The importance of Differentiation (GOTOS)10 Top Tips  Chapter 2: First Days and Weeks: activities and ideas for when an EAL pupil first arrives in class IntroductionLost in Translation!Bingo! BuddySimon helps to Survive the System! School SystemsSinging Solutions!Find a name!Find someone who...What’s my present?Mirror, mirrorThis is the word!Express yourself!Who’s who?  Chapter 3: Activities and ideas for social and cultural integration IntroductionPlayground gamesParachute!'Oranges and Lemons''Ring a Ring of Roses''Teddy Bear''Miss Susie had a baby!''The Farmer's in the Dell!‘What’s the time, Mr Wolf?’ Stuck in the mud!Duck, duck, goose!'Who took the cookie?'  Indoor play games and activitiesSnakes and laddersMatching jigsaw Language Snap!Happy FamiliesWord searchCrosswordStory tapes     Chapter 4:Activities and ideas for verbal communication IntroductionTalk tokensExpert groupsRemember, rememberSnowballJigsawYeah, but...Listen up!Any questions?The teacher’s dogRainbow groupsMime the jobStory cloakDescribing definitionsCall My Bluff!Animate!Talk dollsRepetition  Corner runningCircle TimeRecord my storyMysterySing to remember!  Chapter 5:Activities and ideas for written communication IntroductionThe pen is mine!Words and PicturesHunt the FishJigsaw a letterWriting framesSequencing a storySentence StartersThe writing is on the wallQuestion bombing!Moving mobilesSentence matchingMix and Match!Label the classroomVenn diagramWhat’s my word?Letter laddersWord finderDiscussing drama to help writingAdjective, noun, verbKung Fu punctuation  Chapter 6: Activities and ideas for visual aids and interactive teaching  IntroductionEnglish – Buzz off!English – Word wheelEnglish – Discuss and decide!  Mathematics – Buzz Fizz! Fizz Buzz!Mathematics – XOXOMathematics – Guess my hand!  Science – ClassificationScience – Language Lab coatScience – Make a floating compass  ICT – Crazy Talk!ICT – Interactive Teaching Programs  History – Let’s pretend!History – Archaeological artefacts  Geography – Gardening GloryGeography – Where is it from?  PE – Be a bean!PE – Peer perfect  Art and DT – Making clothesArt and DT – Drawing blindfoldedArt and DT – Squiggle stories  Music – Walking with SoundMusic – Sing out like a bell!  Religious Education – Filmed FootageReligious Education – Question TimeReligiuous Education – Loop game!  Appendix – Musical Score and lyrics o Heads and Shoulders