One activity that we find particularly useful arecloze exercises, or fill-in-the-blank worksheets.
Cloze exercises are printed song lyrics with words or phrases missing.
As students listen to the song, they fill in the missing information.
Skidamarink Cloze Exercise Worksheet
They are great for students that are working on their reading and writing skills.
Its easy to make your own.
you could adjust your exercise to the skill level of your students.
Make it more challenging by leaving the words off.
There many ways that you might use this great tool with your students.
Pass out a copy of the lyrics to each student.
Play the song and have students listen for the words.
If the students are willing, stand up and sing and gesture the song together.
Are you ready to try a cloze exercise?
For more cloze exercises, seethe enhanced CDs in our Theme Series.our Resource Center for free downloads.
Every song on theAnimals, HalloweenandChristmasCDs includes a cloze activity sheet!
