Metacognition and language activities

There are many options using language and its structures for metacognition. These can allow your students to explore language in a fun and creative way. More than anything these activities will get students to think about the nuances of language and how it is used. Other skills practiced include creativity, writing skills, word stress and sentence stress.

• Jokes - Write a joke on the board and get students to review the meaning of the joke and tell the joke, As a follow up you can get students to tell the joke.
• Riddles - Tell students a complicated riddle and get them to find the answer. This will also improve their logical thinking and lateral thinking.
• Limericks/Haikus - Students read a limerick or Haiku and check meaning, pronunciation and structure. They then create their own about a topic. These can also be great for practicing gerunds and infinitives or idioms.