| This ESL game is called "WORD WEBS." | | | | 1. I do one or two examples on the board. I ask the |
| I believe that most people are taught how to make | | | | students for help to think of the keywords and if they |
| Word Webs sometime before high school... but if you | | | | are nervous to answer... I will do the first one by |
| never learned how, I will teach you right now. | | | | myself so that they get an understanding of how to |
| First you would pick a Subject. For this example we | | | | make a word web. |
| will pick the word "Winter." | | | | 2. I put the ESL students into groups. For my classes... I |
| We would write "Winter" in the middle of the page | | | | usually put them into groups of no bigger than four |
| board. We would then draw a circle around the word. | | | | ESL students. |
| Next we would need to think of words that are | | | | 3. We pick a word to use as our main keyword |
| associated with Winter. So, we could also write | | | | subject... |
| "Snow," and then draw a circle around the word and | | | | 4. I give the students ten minutes to try to make the |
| use a line to attach it to the "Winter," circle. | | | | best word web. |
| From "Snow" we could attach "Snowballs," "Skiing," | | | | 5. Once time has expired... I will invite all of the students |
| "Cold," "Snowman," and any other word which is | | | | to come up to the boards and work as one group and |
| related to the circled word. From the word "Cold," we | | | | make the best Word Web on the board. |
| could link other circled words such as, "Ice," "Freezies," | | | | 6. Collect the papers and check the papers. |
| "Ice Cream," and any other word which is related to | | | | ESL students love to do these word webs because |
| the circled Keyword. | | | | they can write about anything if they are CREATIVE |
| The way that I use this game in the ESL classroom is: | | | | enough. |