Model Activities
for Language Learner Levels
Compiled by
Jill
Kerper Mora
San Diego State University
Level 1 Listening/Speaking
Activities
Level 1 Reading/Writing
Activities
Level 2 Listening/Speaking Activities
Level 2 Reading/Writing
Activities
Level 3 Listening/Speaking Activities
All levels 1 & 2 activities can be used with greater complexity at paragraph or short oral narrative level and more vocabulary words
- Jokes, riddles and word games such as Who Am I?
- Simulation activities
- Analysis of charts, graphs, tables
- Oral panel presentations
- Speechmaking to describe, narrate or inform
Level 3 Reading/Writing Activities
SENSORY DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
- Creating monologues/dialogues under teacher guidance
- Journal entries based on personal experiences
- Short descriptions of objects, scenes from photographs
- News telling using formats or templates: who, what, where, when and why
IMAGINATIVE
NARRATIVE WRITING
- Anecdotes
- Diary entries
- Captions
- Journal entry
- Personal letters
- Dialogues/monologues
INFORMATIVE-PRACTICAL
WRITING
- Telephone messages
- Postcards
- Friendly notes
- Class notes
- Memos
- Directions or steps in a process
ANALYTICAL-EXPOSITORY
WRITING
- Letters to the editor
- Letters of inquiry to a business or organization
- Speeches based on a communicative function or purpose
- Advertisements and commercials
Level 4 Listening/Speaking activities
All levels 1, 2, & 3 activities can be used with greater complexity at paragraph or short oral narrative level and higher level of critical thinking and comprehension
- Debating
- Creating and performing skits and role-plays
- Problem-solving simulations
- Short speech making to persuade based on format or template
- Skits and plays
- Oral reports
- Impromptu characterizations and role playing
- Storytelling and re-telling
Level 4 Reading/Writing Activities
SENSORY DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
- Monologues/dialogues
- Advertising copy
- Character sketches
- Poems such as haiku or limerick
- Eyewitness memoir
- Biographical sketch of self or other familiar person or literary character
IMAGINATIVE-NARRATIVE
WRITING
- Scripts
- Folk tales
- Vignettes based on a photograph or a "story starter"
- Short stories based on a format or template
- Myths based on familiar story or literature
- Autobiographical incidents
- Ballads and other poetic forms with a story emphasis based on familiar characters or narratives
INFORMATIVE-PRACTICAL
WRITING
- Essays
- News reports
- Accident reports
- Advertisements
- Report of information based on research of a topic
- Business letters (complaint, order, information, etc.)
- Interviews
- Applications
- Summaries
- Editorials using a template or format
- Reviews of a familiar movie or play using a template or format
- Eyewitness memoir
- Library research papers
- Poems to persuade, analyze, or make analogies
- Single or multi-paragraph assignments to describe, narrate, analyze, compare or contrast based on an outline or graphic organizer
- Define, support, interpret, or evaluate information from a newspaper article
Sources:
Education Department of Western Australia (1994). First Steps: Oral Language Resource Book. Melbourne, Australia: Longman.
Northcutt Gonzales, L. (1994). Sheltered Instruction Handbook. San Marcos, CA: AM Graphics & Printing.
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