
Objectives
The learner can spell.
Material
- Blackboard
- Paper & pen
- Several sets of cards with words of up to ten letters
Preparation
- Prepare the sets of cards (see materials)
Instructions
- Sit in a circle.
- Repeat the alphabet together.
- Let a learner choose a card and spell the word, backwards. Correct if necessary.
- Let the others guess the word.
- Write the word on the blackboard and spell it all together, both forward and backwards.
- The learner chooses another word, till everyone has had a turn.
Variant
- Form small teams.
- Give every team a set of cards.
- In turn the learners take a card and spell the word backwards.
- When spelled correctly, the learner earns a point.
- The first to guess the word, is the learner on the left of the speller, the second is the second on the left, and so on.
- When guessed correctly, the learner earns a point.
- If a learner spells a word wrongly, let the others after the guessing correct him/her. This way, difficult letters get attention.