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One word story
Jo Budden, British Council, Spain
This activity is extremely simple. Each student adds a word to create a group story. Despite the simplicity it can be really challenging and I would only use it with higher levels.
Preparation
Students should be in a circle (if this isn’t possible make it clear they know who they are going to follow on from) .
Procedure
* The teacher can begin by saying the first word and each student adds the next word, without repeating what has come beforehand.
* The stories can develop in any number of ways. Some groups may need the teacher to provide punctuation and decide that the sentence should end and a new one should begin. The great thing about this activity is that all students have to concentrate and listen carefully to their colleagues to be able to continue the story coherently.
* Good starting words are "Suddenly" or "Yesterday" to force the story into the past tense.
Example:
* Teacher – "Yesterday"
* Student 1 – "I"
* Student 2 – "saw"
* Student 3 – "a"
* Student 4 – "strange"
* Student 5 – "man"
* Student 6 – “who”
* Student 7 – "was"
* Student 8 – "wearing"
* Student 9 – "a"
* Student 10 – "yellow"
* Student 11 – "hat"
* Teacher – "Full stop, new sentence"
* Student 12 – "He"
* Student 13 – "was"
* Etc. etc.
* It is great for highlighting word collocations and practising word order. It also highlights problems students may have with tenses or prepositions for you to focus on in future classes.
Where shall we go on holiday?
Preparation: one role card for each student. Download the role cards below: [/b]
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1. Tell the students to form groups of 5-7.
2. Give each student a role card, and explain that they are a family planning a holiday.
3. Ask them to study their cards for a minute or two and prepare themselves for the argument.
4. Ask the family members to introduce themselves, without revealing their tasks.
5. Ask the father to open the family discussion.
6. The activity ends when they've come to a conclusion where to go.
7. You can ask the students to read out their cards at the end and compare how much of their goals they were able to reach.
Role cards for 'Where shall we go on holiday?'
Download the cards in Word for Windows .doc format
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How should we spend $100,000?
Preparation: one role card for each student; download the role cards below:
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1. Tell the students to form groups of 5-7.
2. Give each student a role card, and explain that they are a family who have just won $100,000 on the lottery.
3. Ask them to study their cards for a minute or two and prepare themselves for the argument.
4. Make sure everybody knows who's who in the family.
5. Ask the father to open the family discussion.
6. The activity ends when they've come to a conclusion how to spend the money.
7. You can ask the students to read out their cards at the end and compare how much of their goals they were able to reach.
Download role cards for 'How should we spend $100,000?'
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