I have been looking forward to this day when I could finally meet my new students. I planned for some activities ahead that would make them interact with each other. As usual first day would be a time when everyone introduces his/her name. What I did was, I gave each student a piece of tissue paper and asked them to fold it the way they wanted it. They could fold it 2-4 times with a corresponding numbers, like is they fold the tissue 2 times they would get 4 spaces, 3 times would give them 8 and 4 times would give them 16. Next was for them to write any information about themselves in the spaces on their tissue paper. So if they have chosen to fold it 2 times then they would have to tell 4 things about themselves. After writing some information about themselves, they were asked to work with a partner and exchange the paper so they would be introducing their partners based on the information from the tissue paper. The activity was fun and the students were able to speak, but one thing I realized was that majority of them were so shy to speak in front of the class and for my part I have to speak slowly and repeat some instructions using simple words. Following will be some photos of my students work...it was a great day!!!
