Label It
Labelling is a strong approach that can be used in many ways in our language lessons
I’ve written extensively before about the power of drawing as a lesson activity. One big part of drawing style lessons, lessons from the “bottom-up” and “materials-lite” is that of labeling.
I’m sure, from our school days, we are all familiar with the typical labeling activity. Usually it is a staple on tests of all sorts.
Students can be either given an image, a picture, a diagram or asked to draw the thing under study. Then, they brainstorm, they identify and label the object. The teacher can aide as needed and the activity can lead to all kinds of discussion and go in many directions.
For lower level students, you can provide a word bank to help students label. See our full workbook like this - Look And Label
Our lesson library has many materials prepared for labeling activities. The possible “themes” and things which students can draw and label are almost endless. A smart teacher could easily design a whole course around this lexical approach and involving student emergent language. Here, I made a quick list of topics and things which could be labeled - off the top of my head.
What other things could be made into a labeling activity? Parts of a ……
Let us know in the comments!
