A warm-up in class is very
important because it makes a situation more excited or animated; in this case,
talking about how the teacher develops in the class. In addtion, a warm up can
be the review of the last class: moreover, teachers can have control of their
student's knowlege about it.
Warms up such as "Yarn
Web," "Last Name Adjective," "People
to people" "All
you can write" were nice and entertainment because they motivated
the class; furthermore, those warm-ups made a good environment between the students.
"Yarn Web" is a cool warm-up because students learn more
about their classmates becoming friends when they share the same likes;
additionaly, it is a amazing warm-up because students are focus on what their
classmates are saying, and they are seeing the way that the yarn is taking
while they are throwing to their classmates that shares something in common.
Personally , I would use this warm-up for all the ages.
"Last Name
Adjective" is a funny warm up, and it makes students laugh a little bit. In
that way, students feel motivated. I like the idea to use the first letter of
our last name for writting an adjective. In my case is Gomez, so I decided to
write "gorgeous". The teacher gave us a recicle paper, but insted of
that I would use pink papers for girl, and blue color for boys because
those colors will call students attention even more than use it with
simple white recicle paper. This activity can be apply to all students; it does
not matter the age.
"People to
people" is a amazing
warm-up. Personally, I loved this one because students have a great
time; moreover they learned about the name of parts of the body. Also, it
encourages to work as team with your couple. I would not change anything about
it. It can be use for all the ages, but it work better to students, who are in
basic english for learning the parts of the body.
"All you can
write" is a good warm-up because
it is nice the idea that students work as team for writing all the words that
they know about the letter that the teacher gives; however, something that I
would change about this activity is the time; I would give less time for
writing the words; moreover, I would allow only the representative to
write on the board not all the team because it creates a mess. Of course, the
rest of the group can help but they must sit down in their desk since there,
they can help to the students, who is writting on the board. On the other hand,
I enjoyed this warm because we had a good time with our classmates, having fun,
and laughing.
To conclude, warms-up are
very important in any class for giving motivation or reviewing the last class.
