Example of Word Jumble using different colors. The reason for this is if students do notice you writing, you can’t block the area and they may notice the order of the words. The most difficult part of using the whole board is writing the words in a random order. If you have different color markers or chalk, write each sentence in different color. Finally, ask the students to arrange the sentences into a dialogue or to create a role-play based where they must use these phrases. Ask the students to change pairs (or move between groups) and check their answers. The Activity: Students work together in pairs or small groups to order the words and reconstruct the sentences. There is a number in the bottom right-hand corner to indicate the number of sentences inside the square (a number 1 circled in red means there is 1 sentence). I have divided the board into quarters in this example, because I have four example sentences. Word Jumble in a gridĭivide the board into a grid. All you need a board and something to write with. The sentences can be original, they can be taken from a course book, or they can be a way to introduce corrections. Word Jumble can be a good zero-prep activity, you only need a few sentences. It can be a useful activity as a first step to introducing key phrases or a dialogue. I have used this activity a few times and I have tried several different ways of presenting it.
In ‘Five-minute activities’ (Penny Ur & Andrew Wright, Cambridge University Press) it is called Jumbled Sentences. It appears in several activity books and I have come across it in various course books as well. Word Jumble is a great activity to introduce example sentences and it allows students to think about sentence structure.
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