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Instant Conversation #1 - Alien Cocktail Party
The is the first in a series of "Mad Lib"-type role plays I call Instant Conversations. In it, the students write the answers to simple questions, using vocabulary they�ve recently learned - not realizing they�re creating something for the upcoming role play.
In Alien Cocktail Party, the students are creating alien characters for themselves, whi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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Instant Conversation #3 - Clothes
The is the third in a series of "Mad Lib"-type role plays I call Instant Conversations. In it, the students write the answers to simple questions, using vocabulary they�ve recently learned - not realizing they�re creating something for the upcoming role play. In the Clothes Instant Conversation, the students are designing a very unusual item of clo...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 9
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Who Are You and What Do You Know? #1 - Death at the Circus
I had been searching for a long time for some simple to set up yet challenging "Whodunit"-type conversation puzzles, and finally came up with an idea of how to do them myself, by basing them on lateral-thinking problems. They�ve been really popular with my teenage conversation classes. This, Death at the Circus, is the first in a series. There are ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Speaking Activity: Making Driving Safer
After a tragic crash in which a young driver from our region was killed, I decided to create a lesson about how driving can be made safer. In groups of 3 or 4, students are given 20 safer-driving suggestions, and their job is to speak English with their partners and rank them from best to worst. This lesson is ideal for students who are just starti...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 7
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Family Find Out Who
Type: Full-class mingle
Ability: Elementary
Time: 30 minutes
This is pretty self-explanatory. I usually start off by drawing my family tree, and it might be helpful to have the students do the same before beginning, as it�s not always easy to count off cousins and aunts and uncles off the top of your head.
Pass out the cards, one per studen...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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