HS substitute ideas - Urgent need help quickly :)

YummyMommy ↓

Tue, Jan 18 2011, 3:24 pm

Need ideas for age-appropriate activities for substituting HS girls for 2 days, Limudei Chol. Teacher does not want me to continue with her curriculum so need something light, a contest or project or discussion topic or something else. I could give them a study period, but the classroom I am using is in a different part of the building and they will probably say they didn't know they had to bring material etc.

Need ideas ASAP. So please respond as soon as you can...

de_goldy

Tue, Jan 18 2011, 3:27 pm

How about a debate?
In the first period give them a topic (or let them choose from a couple of topics), divide them into teams, let them choose the speakers and chair person. If they don't know how a debate works, explain to them. Give them time to prepare, second day have the debate.

If it's a big class, you could have more than one debate.

↑ YummyMommy ↓

Tue, Jan 18 2011, 3:48 pm

de_goldy wrote:

Wow, that's a great idea! I love it...

It's a small class, so I don't think we'll get to more than one.

Do you have any ideas for topics, actually I can probably pick some controversial (but age appropriate) topics off of Imamother...

chocolate chips ↓

Tue, Jan 18 2011, 4:29 pm

If you want to do writing with them a cute idea is to take in a really interesting book and read them the first (or first two) and last (or last two) chapters then give them 20-30 minutes to rite a couple of paragraphs/draft an essay of what they think happens in the middle. At the end you can tell them what really happens (obviously is easier if you have read the book).

I did this once with 12 yr olds and they loved it!

↑ YummyMommy

Tue, Jan 18 2011, 11:17 pm

chocolate chips wrote:

Sounds great and like something I'd really like, but the books I read that can be discussed Smile

with HSers aren't all that interesting... and no time to read b4... although that's def something I'd love to HAVE to do...

AlwaysGrateful wrote:

Wow, careful which topics you pick. Imamother seems a bit too edgy for HSers recently...

Def true!

I have a couple of ideas for topics, and am really excited to organize a debate! I just have to work out the rules Smile

am busy googling as we speak.

Rodent

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 12:24 am

I once did a Design a Country activity when no work was left and I had to come up with something in the 5 minutes before class started. They had to determine the climate and resources of their country, how it would trade etc before designing a map (to scale, with symbols key and main locations on it. Determine the size/area of the country, and between major cities etc. They had to design a flag and write an explanation for what it represented, plus native costume, and Flora/fauna emblems, currency. They had to write up a history for the country, how it came to be, explain the cultural norms etc, industries, climate, government systems etc. At the end of the day we used the board as the "world map", determined what would be close to the equator, far away etc, what joined other countries (some worked together to join their countries together for continents) and stuck them there for the teacher to see their world when she came back the next day.

It was easy enough to expand or end depending on the time we had. I did it with younger kids (Year 6) but it would have suited older kids better to be honest (I'm high school normally). It also combines a number of learning areas.

↑ chocolate chips

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 12:10 pm

Rodent wrote:

That is sooo cute!

I remember when I was in elementary school from about age 6-8 I think it was, we had a 'geography/english' project we worked on twice a week. Basically we had a huge project book (had lines at bottom part and space to draw/stick on top part) and we made an island. The first page was a map of our island and we had to name our island. We made up a family for the island and each lesson we would add something else. so one day we learnt about shopping and stores so we had to make stores and draw pictures and write what they would sell etc.
Im sure my mum has my project book somewhere. It was such fun! was the highlight of my school week.