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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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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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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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Speaking Activity: Social Media Dangers Find Someone Who
This is a speaking activity in which students go around the room and try to find classmates who have experienced any of these ten dangers of social media. When finished, discuss as a whole class what the students discovered.
The two pages are the same, enabling you to print two on one sheet of paper from the print options.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 14
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Thanksgiving Complaints: What should we do?
This full-class mingle exercise is a fun conversation activity for after explaining the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Elicit the following words:
cranberry sauce
stuffing
gravy
pumpkin pie
turkey
mashed potatoes
green beans
Hand out the cards, one per student (there are 18 here; you can print doubles for extra students). Make sure everyone und...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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Who Are You and What Do You Know? #3 - A Man in a Bar
A man entered a bar, asked the bartender for a drink, and left much happier than when he came in. Why?
This is the third in my series of "Whodunit?" conversation games, based on lateral-thinking puzzles. In this one, there are 13 character cards, although the game can be played with as few as 9 students. (Two sets of cards are here in case you ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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Let�s Talk About Music board game
This is a very straightforward board game on the topic of music, suitable for higher-level students. You can edit the questions as you like. It�s generally best for three or four students per game board, and you�ll need some game pieces and a dice for each board.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 24
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Talk and Trade - Restaurant Complaints
As with �Talk and Trade: Telephone,� these cards might be considered �Micro Role Plays�- they take very little time to set up, and every student ends up doing several of them. In this one, students make various complaints to their waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
Full class mingle. Time: 10-15 minutes
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 12
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Talk and Trade: Telephone
These cards might be considered �Micro Role Plays,� in that they take very little time to set up, and every student ends up doing several of them. In it, students pair up for short role plays of many different telephone situations. When they�re finished with one partner, they pair up with a different partner and continue with a new situation.
Wh...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 12
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Travel Agent Mixed-Up Conversation
This is a mixed-up conversation to accompany a role play between travel agents and customers, in which the customers try to book all-inclusive holidays. Cut the slips, mix them up, and hand one or more to each student (there are 21 slips). Set up a table in the center of the room for students to arrange them into the proper order. When they�re done...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 29
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