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Monday, October 18, 2010

Genki English Newsletter October 2010

Genki English Newsletter October 2010
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Contents:

1. Song of the Month: Who is in the haunted house?
2. Song of the Month 2: Let's make a monster!
3. Game of the Month: Monster Making
4. And finally

Hello,

I hope you are all enjoying being back at school. October for a lot of teachers means Halloween. I find it a great excuse to not only teach all the Halloween style bat, mummy, vampire etc. but to also teach many of the other topics we teach throughout the year, but in a funky, slightly scary, Halloween way. The kids love it, and it's great fun to teach. So to help you out I have two brand new songs, and a classic Halloween game, for you!

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1. Song of the Month: Who is in the haunted house?
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This song is a time limited (get it now!) free download for VIP members.
http://genkienglish.net/hauntedhouse.htm

The rooms are the same as the "Where is Baby Monkey?" Rooms of the House song (Who is in the kitchen? Who is in the bedroom? etc. ) so it's a great chance to review, and very easy to teach!

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2. Song of the Month 2: Let's make a monster!
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Once you've done body parts (with Doctor, Doctor, Skeleton Soup, Heads and Shoulders, Make a Face etc.) and the numbers you can try this song where the kids draw the monster they hear in the song!

Adding in the music really makes a huge difference to the class.

They come up with some very funky designs!

http://genkienglish.net/letsmakeamonster.htm

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3. Game of the Month: Monster Making Game
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This game has been a classic on the site for ages. But this time ....

1. Do the song above so the kids know what to expect.
2. Play the song whilst passing 2 balls (or Halloween toys!) around the class.
3. Stop the music!
4. Whoever has the first ball has to say a "Draw " plus a number.
5. The other person has to say a body part.
6. Everyone draws this body part on their piece of paper.

This is great practice of the plural body parts and also gives the kids something funky to take home.

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4. And finally
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There are tons more Halloween ideas (the Halloween masks are a huge hit) on the site:

http://genkienglish.net/halloween.htm

and lots of new games on the blog this month,

http://genkienglish.net/teaching/

Plus keep checking back as I've got a ton of new things coming over the next few days!

See you next month,

Be genki,

Richard

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Richard J. Graham
The Fun Way to Teach.
Primary School Games, Songs and Ideas
www.GenkiEnglish.com

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