Vacation Cam

ps

Teaching without a

course book

Anne H

endler

Objectives

•S

how the benefits of teaching w

ithout a course book in a cam

p setting.

•S

hare activities and ideas that can be used in vacation cam

p programs

Cam

ps are Aw

esome

1)O

pportunities to use language

2)M

otivated students

3)G

ramm

ar is decentralized

4)C

onnection to students, their interests and reasons for learning E

nglish

5)You can do lots of activities that are m

ore difficult in a regular class period

Brainstorm

ing

•H

ave you ever taught in a camp?

•W

hat are some activities you can do/

would like to try that are too difficult to

work into your regular classes? (D

iscuss w

ith a partner or small group)

Som

e of my ideas:

•R

ole Plays (A

irport, Post office,

Restaurant, S

hopping, Auction, H

ospital, etc)

Ideas

•A

mazing R

acehttp://ratnavathy.w

ordpress.com/2012/11/28/our-very-ow

n-amazing-race-2012-a-lesson-plan/

•Im

age courtesy of http://livesmart360new

s.com (via ratnavathy's blog)

Ideas

Linking Classroom

shttp://gem

malunn.w

ordpress.com/2013/04/22/korea-brazil-exchange/

Korea-B

razil Exchange

http://observingtheclass.wordpress.com

/2012/11/22/my-expert-students/

Korea-G

hana and Korea-R

ussia E

xchange

Ideas

•C

ooking Class

Ideas

•S

ongs / Story telling / D

rama

Ideas

•C

omic S

trip Art (S

tory-telling)