SAT…FUN???
For the first SAT lesson to be appealing, fun would definitely boost the students’ energy and motivation towards a material they consider important, yet somehow challenging.
During summer students were asked to start getting familiar with the SAT material including SAT words they have to study as a preparation for the SAT exam. Back to class, different activities tackling students’ memory skills were introduced. The Patching Hexagon Words was a game where students competed against each other to reach the finish line after guessing the meaning of SAT words. In another game, the class was divided into groups, where members of each group were provided with a different list of SAT words along with their meanings written on separate cards. Each group had to match the words with the suitable definitions as fast as they could and with the least number of mistakes in order to be considered winners.
In both activities, the whole atmosphere was charged with a competitive spirit that rendered the tasks more enjoyable.
Hiba Chamandi – Mona Majzoub
Grade 11 English Teachers