Invisibles Listening Activity

I learned this activity from Miriam Patrick, and this is her take on Ben Slavic's Invisibles activity. This is something which I do as a warmup, and it is a really good listening comprehension activity.

Preparation

1. Create a document with categories, such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, places, etc. and fill those categories with learned target vocabulary. 4-6 words per category are good.

Example:

Directions - Day 1

1. Project “Invisibles Choices” on screen.
2. Tell students to pick 1-2 words from each category to create a picture. I suggest that students draw in pen (not marker), because pencil does not always show up well when scanned or when a picture is taken of it
3. Have students turn in pictures to you.

Directions - Days 2 and 3

1. Take pictures of 3-4 pictures with your camera phone or scan them. and transfer pics to a ppt slide. 
2. Have students grab a whiteboard, marker, and rag.
3. Pick a picture and read description of picture in the target language.
4. Have students draw what they think they are hearing.
5. Ask students to show you their pictures. Pick a few to show the class and describe in Latin.
6. Project actual picture on screen. 
7. Begin again with a new picture.

Observations

1. Because there was choice in what words students could draw, there are lots of different combinations.
2. It is always fun to see students begin to realize that you are describing their pictures - a sense of pride comes over them!
3. It is a great warmup or brain break activity done over 2-3 days, and it is a very easy listening comprehension activity.