How To Keep Your Groups Attention

• Use nametags or tent cards in order to call the students by name.
• Give praise to good answers, participation, and volunteers.
• Keep the pace lively.
• When possible, alternate speaking with activities or demonstrations.
• Vary the pitch of your voice.
• Move around and make eye contact.
• Participation counts; Use activities, questions, demonstrations, role-plays, and give-a-ways, ask students to summarize points, break the class up and move them around.
• Use humour and stories. Share your own experiences!
• Talk in short sentences and everyday words.
• Use coloured markers, slides, props, products, cartoons, music, photos and drawings, and index cards.
• Be enthusiastic!