My favorite bail out move! A listening game!
In case you don't know what a bail out move is... it's an activity that the teacher can do with little to no prep in case they need to "bail out" of their lesson that isn't working well, or it can be used if you have a few minutes of class left and don't know what to do with it. My favorite bail out move is a listening game/circumlocution game that I learned from Luke Worthington (who learned it from one of his professors). It's super easy, requires little prep, and the kids get ALL OF THE INPUT! 1. Give the students a small sheet of paper. 2. Have them separate it into categories (place, thing, food, animal, clothing, person, etc). You could cater these categories to what you're trying to focus on in class if you wanted...or not! 3. Under the category title, the students should write an example for it in L1 or L2 (animal: tiger, person: Ariana Grande, etc). 4. They should cut or tear their paper into small cards that have one categor...