Display
Board Activity
Friends, giving extra
practice without overshadowing other subjects is often a matter of concern for
a teacher like me. Here is another activity that I tried recently with my 9th
and 10th grade students. I found it fruitful. Hence, I am sharing
it. I prefer calling this activity as Display Board Activity. Like the name
suggests, Display Board plays an important role in this activity. Display Board
could also be a notice board often used to put up notices or another similar
kind of board outside the classroom.
Objectives:
1)
To give extra practice of vocabulary and
grammar
2)
To help students prepare for exam
oriented questions
Procedure:
1.
On a particular day and date, I put up 8
to 10 questions based on vocabulary and grammar on the Display Board (notice
board, as you may call it)
2.
I give my students a week’s time to copy
it down and solve it.
3.
They can copy these questions during
lunch break or any other short break. (The idea is to not to hinder the regular
classes)
4.
During the whole week, students may take
my guidance (if they feel the need).
5.
After exactly a week, I put up ANSWERS
too. For example: If I had put up questions on 7 July 2015, Tuesday, I will put
up answers on 13 July 2015, Tuesday.
6.
Students check their answers with mine
and make corrections if necessary.
7.
With answers for previous week’s
questions, I also put up next week’s questions based on grammar and vocabulary.
Advantages:
1. Students
get extra practice.
2. It’s
not compulsory. Hence, students, who think need the extra practice only may
take it up. (It’s less burdening, as it isn’t compulsory)
3. Students
get ample of time to solve it.
4. Students
can do it at their leisure.
5. Students
get a sense of achievement when they see their answers are correct!!
6. Teacher
is free from evaluation process(often considered as time consuming)
Disadvantages:
1. Below
average students may not be interested in this.
2. Sometimes,
students may take down questions but may not attempt for answering them or may
even keep them incomplete.
3. There
is least scope to check if the students’ answers are correct or not. Hence, no
monitoring is possible.
