Instruction

5. Each student divides the sheet into four squares. For each square, each person will describe themselves in the form of drawings. They could be asked to draw “favorite hobbies,” “favorite place on earth for vacation,” “if you were an animal, which one would you be?” and “what are the most important things in your life?” When everyone is finished drawing, T gathers them together to share the drawings as a group.

6. The learners are going to read a text about computers in the lesson. The teacher asks them to change their seating and sit down in an order based on how much they use a computer. This requires them to move around and talk to each other.

6. The learners are going to read a text about computers in the lesson. The teacher asks them to change their seating and sit down in an order based on how much they use a computer. This requires them to move around and talk to each other.

7. Teacher gives out several strips with sentence parts from a text. Students have to put the sentences in the correct order individually, in pairs or small groups. After students assemble the scrambled sentences in order and there is a class consensus on the correct order, T ask students what they think the reading will be about.

8. Teacher gives each learner a sheet with a series of 'Find someone who…' statements, e.g. 'Find someone who has a cat'. Learners circulate around the class and complete the statements with names.

8. Teacher gives each learner a sheet with a series of 'Find someone who…' statements, e.g. 'Find someone who has a cat'. Learners circulate around the class and complete the statements with names.

9. Teacher puts a picture of a family on the board. She begins by stating, “What do you see,” then asks a more specific question, such as “What problems do you see in this picture?” “Why is this boy sad?”

Three teachers’ lesson starts

• What strategies of lesson opening do they use?
• What works well?
• What would you do differently?