do anybody suggest any  stong message to my students to make them real thinkers?
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Contest or game? Give them challenges but also give them rewards for it.
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In what area are you providing support?  I'm assuming ESL?  From there, we need a little bit more information about their langauge level.  What benchmarks do you use to determine their level and according to those benchmarks where are the students?\n\nBefore you teach them, you might want to brush up on your own punctuation.  "Idea's" = "Idea is".  "Ones" = "several of the number one".  It concerns me that your own poor language skills might rub off on these young, impressionable students.\n\nYou can always find extra materials based around what they're doing in their other classes.  If they're studying plants in Science, get them to design a crosswork puzzle about plants, writing the clues themselves.  See if you can find some relevant newspaper articles about current events that interest/affect students.  My students from Eastern Europe are usually excellent at speaking and listening, but show poor writing skills.  Peer editing is great for this.  Give them a question or writing prompt and have them write for ten or fifteen minutes.  Then they can swap papers and correct one another's work.  After you can discuss the changes that they made and why.  If you're looking for worksheets (which should be a last resort) try some of the links below (which require registration).  Don't throw a grammar worksheet on them if their program of study is structured around themes.  It's too insulting.
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I agree role play is a very effective way to teach...\n\nsome additional suggestions:\nHave each student play both sides of any "scene" and then open the discussion up to comments from the entire class.\n\nYou could have a list of things to be discussed and have the first student draw a topic... who ever "answers" can be the next to draw a topic.
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Try asking older students what they think.
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Food. Offer breakfast or something to have students meet their mentor over breakfast. Then have them pair up and do a scavenger hunt around the school (the first team to find all of the locations wins something). Make it a competetion and offer food...that always seems to get my students into it.
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Think about some trick or magic of the subject and use an interesting persuade wording such as Mathematics or Science plus a bit art acknowledgment; drawing, painting etc.
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It seems like a constant battle to keep my students from text-messaging each other in class.  Their concentration is on their message and on appearing to be working, not on actually working.  It's a battle I'd rather not be waging.
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Go from the general to the specific.  On the first day explain what's involved in Botany.  Maybe you can have some plants that catch their attention and how the plants may affect the 5 senses(many plants are medicinal, some just decorative). Ask them if they have ever planted or helped to plant something in their garden or at school and let the students know that they have already behaved just like botanists(explain what it is...vocabulary!). Invite them to be better botanist by planting or cleaning something that very first day, and/or have them learn something that day that they can share at home.\n\nGood Luck
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Make everything relevant to them with hypothetical questions and scenarios.  This'll require a lot of effort (and creativity) on your part, but if speaking on a subject with significance, pose the question, "What if..." then make it relevant to them.\n\nI taught high school English to "underprivileged" kids, so I always went back to hip hop music, urban culture, $h!t that I'm down with anyway-- so we had a lot to relate on.\n\nBut I might pose a question like, "Ladies, if this kind of thing happened today, what would go down?"  Immediately, high school girls have a response, and the guys get drawn in to defend themselves, and you just keep looping back to the concept so they make the connection.\n\nYou've gotta know your kids, though.  That's tantamount.  You've almost got to be them.  Most adults bring up what THEY think is related, or what THEY think kids should be into, often times being the exact opposite of reality.  Make the sacrifice, though.  The kids will learn, and they'll respect that you're down with them.  Maybe you don't wanna talk about hip hop, but if it helps them, then it's what's up.\n\nGood luck.
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Role playing is a good technique.\n\nYou can use informal writing at the beginning of class to determine preconceptions students hold about a topic and then have them share their opinions.\n\nCrossword puzzles can be devised and used to help your students learn the vocabulary of the subject.\n\nStrive to create a warm and open atmosphere and mix in a little humor.
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See what they want to talk about, and ask them about that. But make sure you don't ask too personal questions.\n\nAsk challenging questions. Say something absurd or ridiculous (such as: "cows can fly") as if you really meant it, and wait for their reaction. You can also add a justification to your statement, that will be as ridiculous as the statement itself.\n\nMake them talk about what they know best. Don't tell them to do some research before the discussion: Propose discussion topics that will prompt them to do the research even if you didn't ask them to do it. A teacher in my country (Argentina) says that we make a mistake by asking them to solve questions they had never even thought about. We should first show them the problem, make them ask the questions, and help them find the answers. That way, it is their question, and they will probably not stop untill they have an answer for it.
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if the class is new to itself and the sts dont know each other then either do some fun questionnaires or try a throing ball game where you shout out the sts name before throwing it to them to get them all used to each other. if its only you that is new then teacha few ordinary lessons first, dont lose their respect by trying to be too fun at first, let them see that you are a teacher first and then as you get to know then and they you, you can reward them with some fun games.
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How about how to start a revolution. \nYour teacher would love it if you start quoting Revolution for the Hell of it by Abbie Hoffman. You could also play some 60's music. I know that sounds dumb but it seems cool to me.
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Give them plenty of opportunities to get up and move around.  Cooperative groups work well.  You must remember to model for them the things you want them to do.  Patience is key and so is structure. They are very anxious to please and will thrive with your excitement about their learning!  Weekly themes work very nicely- both for you (it's easy to plan), and for them (they keep focused).
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PUT THEM OUT SO THE ONES WHO WANT TO LEARN CAN. IF YOU A STUDENT GO TO OFFICE AND TELL SOMEONE THEY R GETTING IN YOUR WAY OF LEARNING
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I've found that incorporating group activities is a good way to break the (sometimes) monotony of a class, and it gives the students a chance to apply the concepts you've been discussing.\n\nYou can also try bringing in outside materials - guest speakers, films, music, etc., that can be used to illustrate whatever you're teaching.\n\nAnother way is to have the students teach particular chapters or concepts; it forces them to learn and sometimes having students teach will keep their peers' attention better!\n\nA straight lecture for an hour or more does no one good. Good luck!
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I received from a friend a "survival kit for teachers" last year; it had several items with a clever explanation for each of them.  For example she put in a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that reminds me that I'm just a little part of the big picture, a band-aid for when my students' hurt and my efforts don't seem to work, an eraser to start each day on a clean slate, etc.  I found a site with some different ideas you could use for this http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/survivalkit.html