What time of the day is it? 

Aim:

To show, through time, activities typical to a certain time period in the day.

Level(s):

Elementary - Intermediate         

Language focus:

Time vocabulary

Time:

15 – 20 minutes.

 

Procedure:

1. Students work in groups of three. Each group takes one of the profession cards.
2. Groups discuss their character, and decides on a time of the day for that person. They must than agree an action appropriate to their character at that time of day.
3. Groups practice their mime. They join other groups, and one person from each group performs their mime. The other groups has to guess the person, the activity and the time based on the mime they see. Groups then comment on each other mime.

 

Preparation:

Write the names of the professions on cards.

Variations and/or additions:

More advanced groups can be asked to add two more elements to their mime.

Note to the teacher:

Encourage the students to engage in the discussion.

Received from: Drama techniques by Alan Maley and Alan Duff (2013)

Seller and the buyer 

Aim of the activity:

-The aim of the activity was to use the correct forms of ‘some’ and ‘any’ in a conversation between a buyer and a seller.

-Another aim of the activity was to work on your speaking skills, because we had to speak to each other.

 

The activity:

-Divide the class into two groups: one group are the buyers and one group are the sellers.

-The sellers have small pictures of the things they have in their store (the teacher divides the pictures among the sellers.)

-The buyers have a piece of paper on which they can find things that the seller is selling. There are only pictures on the piece of paper.

-The sellers have to find their own place in the classroom for their ‘store’.

The buyers walk around the classroom and ask questions to the different kinds of sellers.

 

For example:

Buyer: Do you have some umbrellas?

Seller: Yes, I have some umbrellas.

Or

Seller: No, unfortunately I haven’t got any.

Source: ELO

 

A nice introduction

Aim: getting to know one another through repetition and the exchange of simple personal information.

Level: elementary and above

Language focus: Eliciting information; gerund/to-infinitive

Time: 10-15 min

Procedure:

1. Students stand in a circle.
2. Teacher starts by introducing him/herself: I am… and I like + gerund/to-infinitive. Student next in line firstly repeats information on teacher (This is … and he/she likes + gerund/to-infinitive) and then gives information about him/herself (I am …and I like…).
3. Finish when all students have introduced themselves.

Preparation: You don’t have to prepare much for this activity. You only have to move some tables to make space for the activity.

Variations/additions: You can divide the class in two groups or in one group. It depends on how big the group is.

Notes to the teacher: 

You can make the activity less complicated by either using a gerund or to-infinitive.

Objectives

Students will:

• Learn to recognize proper nouns.
• Work together to use their knowledge to build lists of proper nouns.

Materials Needed

• large sheets of chart paper

 

Hot seating

• Aim: Students guess what character the person in their own, small group is portraying by asking questions. 

• Level(s)

  Intermediate and above    

  Language focus:

  Asking questions 

  Time:

  15  minutes.

  Procedure:

  The class will be divided into groups of 3 or 4 people. One person is selected to portray a character given by us. The rest of the group will have to guess who this character is by asking questions. The person portraying the character will have to do this in character.

  Preparation:

  Make a list beforehand of characters to portray.

  Variations and/or additions:

  You can make this game a little easier by perhaps choosing professions instead of characters. So instead of becoming Batman, someone becomes a policeman. 

  Note to the teacher:

  Stimulate the students to improvise.Markers or crayons of several different colors

 

Positive or negative?

Aim:

After this activity the students know which words from their vocabulary list are negative and which are positive.

Level(s):

Intermediate

Language focus:

Meaning of words, positive or negative.

Time:

20-25 minutes

Procedure:

1. The students pair up in teams of two.
2. Each team gets a word they have to act out. They students have 3 minutes to prepare and decide if it is a negative word or a positive word.
3. We make a big circle.
4. Each team performs the word they had to act out.
5. The other students have to guess if the students have a word that is negative or positive. The one who guessed it right writes it down on the board. Now they have to guess what word it is. The one who guessed it right writes it down on the board.
6. Discuss why they thought that. Is it right?

 

Preparation:

Write down the words from the course book assignment (vocabulary list) on a piece of paper.

Variations/additions:

The students have to use the word in the right context. 

Note to the teacher:

Make sure that everyone feels save and make sure that everyone is engaged in the activity.

 

Park Bench

Aim:

Students get to use the knowledge that they already have in a creative way.

Level(s):

Intermediate and above                                   

Language focus:

Vocabulary , describing characteristics

Time:

10 - 15  minutes.

Procedure:

1. Place three chairs in front of class to make a bench.
2. Pick three students and they all have to come up with their own character.

3.The three students cannot tell each other who they are.

4. The students have to guess who the other are.
5. Once a student thinks that he knows who someone is. The student can try describing the character without saying their name.

 

Preparation:

The student prepare the characters they want to be.

Variations and/or additions:

You could also play this game with the with the entire group.

Note to the teacher:

Make sure everyone takes a turn, also the quiet ones.

Received from: ( https://www.dramanotebook.com/drama-games/park-bench/)