“Ready to Go” Activities for

the ESL Classroom

•Lida Rojas • English Teacher

• Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota

• &

•Pamela Netinho• English Language Fellow

• Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota

Learning Objective:

• Be introduced to

listening, speaking,

reading, and writing

activities that take

little to no advance

teacher preparation

and can be easily

implemented into

the ESL classroom.

Source: ISBN 1-882483-82-0

Zero Prep for Beginners

ALTA English Publishers, Inc.

1775 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 110-275

Palm Springs, California 92264 USA

altaenglishpublishers.com/product/zero-prep-for-beginners/

All the Words We Know page 68

Great activity for the first day of class!

Disappearing Vocabulary page 70

FASHION SHOW

Elegant / Casual

FINDING OUTDIFFERENCES

MY CHILDHOOD

MY CHILDHOO

D

Toys

TV programs

FavoritegamesFood

Friends

School

The Hokey Pokey

americanenglish.state.

gov/resources/sing-out-

loud-childrens-songs

Classroom Activities

Lyrics

Audio as MP3

The Hokey Pokey with Additions page 89

Wallet Talkpage 76

FAMOUS PEOPLE

ROLE PLAY

First name: Sarah First name:

Middle name: Jessica Middle name:

Favorite music: Jazz and soul Favorite music:

Friend’s name: Robert Downey Friend’s name:

E-mail: jess-park_701@qkl.us E-mail:

First name: Robert First name:

Middle name: Douglas Middle name:

Favorite music: hip hop and

rap

Favorite music:

friend’s name: Kristen Stewart Friend’s name:

E-mail: patt/dou_1930@ptk.us E-mail:

Student A Mrs. Parker

Student B Mr. Pattinson

First name:

Middle name:

Favorite music:

Friend’s name:

E-mail:

Questions

Answers

DRAWING FOR TALKING

PEOPLE’S AGES

Student A Student B

Student A Student B

The Dates Game

Alternative to dice…

number a 6-sided pencil!

Arithmetic Fun page 93

Concentric Circle Talk page 32

What We Know page 98

Taking Surveys page 23

Name of

Student

Favorite

Food

Favorite

Color

Favorite

Place

Favorite

Person

Favorite

Activity

Who Am I?

Questions