Talking Tom – A warmer
Hello all, like me, do
you also have your first period in a particular class after lunch? Out of nine
periods my first period in 10th grade is after lunch. Hence, it
becomes a bit challenging for me to keep my students from dozing. I take
warmers often to keep students active. Following is a new warmer I conducted.
Hope you will like it.
1.
Introduce them with ‘Talking Tom’
android based app
2.
Do a quick demo with a student. (Ask a
student to speak something and the teacher repeats in a funny voice)
3.
Form pairs.
4.
Assign one of them as Tom and other as a
cell phone user.
5.
One of them speaks something (whatever
they want to but specifically only English)
6.
When one speaks the partner hears and
repeats in a funny voice (not in natural voice). The voice can be of a cat, a
tiger, a robot or whatever they find it funny to articulate.
After a dose of
laughter and fun my kids were ready for the lesson.
Extension: You may give
some specific dialogues if you want to focus on language element here.
Advantage: All the
students, including less confident students, enjoy the activity.
Disadvantage: Other
adjacent class may find it noisy. (But, for a minute or two I guess it’s
perfect)
