Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand." “Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand." Chinese Proverb Successful activities to aid long term working memory

Retain. Revise. Recall. Repeat.

Regular informal testing. - Combating the forgetting curve Interleaving grammar points and high frequency language (opinion phrases, time phrases, different tenses) and retrieving. Regular informal testing. Revisit the key structures over and over again in different contexts/topics. Plan in advance for common errors and misconceptions.

Can you still…? Numbers 1-20 10 colours

Creo que bebí es pasado Verb Gymnastics Recalling patterns (can be exploited in different ways) Creo que bebí es I drank Bebí Bebo Voy a beber Comemos Come Comió Tomó Toma vamos fuimos Vamos a ir Voy a ir 0:37 0:38 0:36 0:41 0:35 0:40 0:39 0:32 0:30 0:29 0:31 0:42 0:33 0:34 0:46 0:52 0:51 0:53 0:54 0:56 0:55 0:50 0:49 0:45 0:44 0:28 0:47 0:48 0:43 0:25 0:08 0:07 0:09 0:10 0:12 0:11 0:06 0:05 0:01 End 0:02 0:03 0:04 0:13 0:14 0:23 0:22 0:24 2:00 0:26 0:21 0:20 0:16 0:15 0:17 0:18 0:19 0:27 0:57 1:39 1:38 1:40 1:41 1:43 1:42 1:37 1:36 1:31 1:30 1:32 1:33 1:35 1:34 1:44 1:45 1:55 1:54 1:56 1:57 1:59 1:58 1:53 1:52 1:47 1:46 1:48 1:49 1:51 1:50 0:58 1:29 1:08 1:07 1:09 1:10 1:12 1:11 1:06 1:05 1:00 0:59 1:01 1:02 1:04 1:03 1:28 1:13 1:23 1:22 1:24 1:25 1:27 1:26 1:14 1:21 1:16 1:15 1:20 1:17 1:18 1:19 No estoy seguro (No) estoy de acuerdo

5...4...3...2...1 Suggest different topic areas to aid interleaving jueves, 23 de mayo Chilli challenge: Put all the words in a paragraph IN YOUR EXERCISE BOOK, WRITE: 5 town adjectives 4 personality adjectives 3 key verbs to describe your town/ person 2 places in a town that begin with the same letter 1 cognate

5,4,3,2,1 Making links: martes, 12 de marzo un kilo de cincuenta ¿qué desea? tomates sesenta zanahorias dos kilos de manzanas medio kilo de lechugas doscientos limonada patatas veinte ¿algo más? Making links: Group the words into categories Be ready to explain your choices Or be more prescriptive an tell them how many groups and words per group to find

un kilo de cincuenta ¿qué desea? tomates sesenta zanahorias dos kilos de manzanas medio kilo de lechugas doscientos limonada patatas veinte ¿algo más? This is the teacher’s grouping Do you have the same? What is the connection?

Mi Pueblo: Busca el intruso viernes, 14 de junio 1 Find an odd one out for each set of sentences. EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICE IN ENGLISH. There are several possible correct answers for each set For a chilli challenge, try to find more than one answer per set Me gusta mucho mi pueblo porque es bonito Odio mi pueblo porque es muy aburrido Me encanta mi ciudad porque no es turística Me gusta mi pueblo porque es animado 2 En mi pueblo hay museos y monumentos históricos No hay supermercado en mi pueblo Hay muchos parques y espacios verdes En mi pueblo hay una playa magnífica Retrieving and making links: 3 Mi ciudad es muy antigua Mi ciudad es bonita Mi ciudad es bastante aburrida Mi pueblo es muy animado

Y8 HIGHER Through choice, you can help students self-differentiate their learning so work is more appropriately challenging. You can also combat student apathy, helping students connect with their strengths and interests and giving them more autonomy, power, and control over their work, which boosts their intrinsic motivation. Giving choice

ANSWERS HIGHER Giving immediate feedback

Beat The Teacher Class v teacher, played using whiteboards

Normalmente, juego al Understanding grammatical context golf

Me gusta el fútbol

Me gusta cantar

La semana pasada, yo ……… una película al cine

La semana pasada, yo vi una película al cine

Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand." “Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand." Chinese Proverb Successful activities to aid long term working memory