Activity: I love
my…because…
Either in teams or
individually get students to come up with a list of 10 reasons why
they love a particular thing. For example, I love my mum because….,
I love my bed because…, I love my pet because…, Discuss the various
reasons.
Activity: Dictionary
race
Split the class into teams and
give each team a dictionary. They must race to be the first team to
find a given word. Once they have found the word they must read the
definition. First team to do so scores a point. Good way to
practice basic dictionary use skills as well as thinking about how
to spell a word based on the sound.
Activity: Super hero for a
day
Ask students if they could be
any superhero for a day who
would it be and why.
Discuss.
Activity:English is
important
Write the phrase “English is
important because…” on the board, and in group ask students to
brainstorm a minimum of six reasons why English is
important.
Activity: Synonyms &
antonyms
Pick a word. Brainstorm
synonyms and antonyms. Create a sentence using the original word.
Interchange words to see in context. Repeat for another
word.
Activity:Where should I
go?
The teacher tells the student
to imagine that he/she is a tourist in town, and wants some
suggestions as to where to take a trip. Ask students in groups to
plan a day trip, including details of any transport needed to go
there, or directions of how to walk, admission costs if relevant,
where to have lunch, why they should go to the places suggested.
Encourage students to use multiple attractions within the
town.
Activity: Guess the
year
Write some world events and
the years that they occurred in jumbled order on the board. The
students must match the event to the year and form a sentence,
stating the year correctly.
Activity: How are
you?
Brainstorm with students
different ways to answer this question, to avoid constant use of
the answer “I am fine”. Make sure that students understand that if
asked by a stranger or a passing acquaintance, it is a polite
question, or a means of breaking the ice, it doesn’t necessarily
mean that they really want to know how you are. And, in such a
circumstance, “I am fine” is the most appropriate answer. But, that
if asked by family of close friends, there is a wide range of
different answers that can be used, to really fit the question. (I
am great, I am happy, I am okay, I am not
well…etc.)
Activity:Define
yourself
Individually, students must
think of no more than 6 words to define themselves. They must then
tell the class their 6 words and explain why they have chosen these
particular words, if they are not obvious
Activity:Complete the
features.
Ss must complete facial
features by listening and verbal descriptions. They must draw a
face. For example he has short straight black hair, brown eyes and
big nose. She has long curly blonde hair and blue eyes. Features
that are not mentioned can be drawn in any by Ss. At the end of the
exercise (may be 5-6 descriptions) have Ss compare their
images.
Activity:Spelling
games
Ss are to work in a
small groups. Read words out loud, Ss are to write down and spell
correctly. At the end of the list, groups must switch papers to
mark. Read out the correct spelling for each. Group with the most
correct answers wins.
Activity:Basic
role play.
Ss work in small
groups. Give each group a different basic scenario. They must
devise a role play to present the rest of the
class.
Activity:Write a short
newspaper article
Provide Ss with a regular
occurrence. In groups, Ss must sensationalise the activity and
create a short newspaper article.
Activity:Biographies
Ss must think about
key events in their own lives, and prepare a chronological list of
what information they would use if they were to write a biography.
Ss take it in turns to present their key events life story (in no
more than three minutes) to the
class.
Activity:Design a user
guide.
In small groups, Ss are to design a step by
step user guide for a common appliance. Ss must then swap the user
guides and groups must provide peer feedback.Feedback must include
use of language and accuracy, clarity, any missing
information.
Activity: Action
stories
Choose a short story that has
many repetitive words within it. Group Ss and assign each group a
word. They must devise an action to perform when they when they
hear that word. Read the story to Ss, who must listen carefully in
order to be able to jump up and perform their team action every
time they hear the word in the story.
Activity:Matching the word
to the image.
Have a selection of pictures
on one set of cards and the corresponding words on another set of
cards. Shuffle the sets together and put in a pile on the floor.
Split the class in half , team one and team two. A person from each
team comes to the pile. Shout two words. Ss must match the pictures
to the words. Perhaps one student will match both, thus getting 2
points for their team. Perhaps both Ss will match one with each
team gaining a point. Repeat with another
Ss.
Activity:Suddenly
Go around Ss, each
student is to add a sentence to create a tall tale. Teacher starts
the story with a simple phrase, such as, " I went to eat lunch".
The next sentence, and each subsequent sentence, must begin with
the word "suddenly".
Activity:Feel the
music
Let Ss to listen to a piece of
music that either has no words , or where the words are in a
foreign language not spoken by class members. Tell the Ss to
describe how they felt when they listened to the music and what
they think the music is about.
Activity:Fortunately&
Unfortunately
In pairs, Ss must
come up with scenarios where they can use both the words
fortunately & unfortunately together. For example,
unfortunately it was raining last night fortunately I had an
umbrella.
Activity:I remember
when
In groups, Ss must come up
with a list of 10 things that are different today than they were in
their childhood. Compare lists and create a master class list of
how time have changed.
Activity: Create a story from
images
Show Ss several images from
the magazines , newspapers and personal photographs. Tape these
images to the board where they are in clear view. In groups, Ss
must write a short story, based on the images they that see. They
can use the images in any order. Encourage Ss to be a as creative
as possible. Have groups take it in turns to order the images
according to their story and then read their story to the rest of
the class.
Activity: Ways to cook an
egg
In pairs, have Ss think of how
many different ways they can cook an egg. They must describe how
this is done, and what they would serve the cooked egg
with.
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