Using Texts: Adults

Parlor Games
Aim To read for detail and to exchange information Preparation Photocopy one parlor game (A, B, C and D) for each student. This comes from Reading Games by Jill and Charles Hadfield, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons ltd, 1995. Procedure 1) Divide the class into 4 groups. Group A, B, C and D. Hand out 1 copy of the corresponding parlor game to each student in that group. Students must read and be able to explain the rules to the rest of the class. Students check as a group before they re-group and explain their game (Note: B and D are easy to read/explain, but A is very confusing and quite similar to C. Read carefully yourself before you do this activity in class) 2) Re-group students into 4s, one of each game, i.e. A, B, C and D. The other students must listen and be able to follow the instructions of the game. 3) You then play the parlor game as a class or in groups to check the students explanation and understanding. Expect students to ask for clarification and reformulate their explanation. 4) Continue with the next game.

Postcards from John

Aim To read for specific information Preparation Photocopy a map for each student and a copy of the 9 postcards for each group of 9-10 students. Place the post cards on the wall or on desks in order, i.e. from A-I. This comes from Reading Games by Jill and Charles Hadfield, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons ltd, 1995. Procedure 1) Tell students their friend, John, is on holiday and he has sent them post cards from all the different places hes visiting. 2) Give students a copy of the route map. John is travelling around Asia and Australasia and will go to all of the places on the map. Look at the map in pairs and discuss which country the cities are all in and what they know about them. 1 @Lake School Email:enquiries@englishinoxford.com

3) As they discuss, send the first pair, with their maps to post card A. They must read and draw the appropriate symbol in the key next to the right city. Tell them they will only have two minutes at each postcard. Tell them the first city is Delhi. 4) After two minutes, send the next pair up to post card A, and the first pair to B and so on. Continue with the rest of the group. 5) Feedback: Check answers as a class. 6) Follow up activity with a post card writing activity. NOTE: With large classes, copy postcards for each group of 10 and have them running simultaneously, so students arent waiting around too long for their turn.

Follow on Connections
Aim To notice and use pronoun connectors between sentences Preparation For each group of 4 students; make a copy of the grid and one A3 copy of the answers to put on the wall. Make a copy of the beginning sentences for each student. This activity comes from It comes from First certificate games and activities by Rawdon Wyatt, published by Penguin books. Procedure 1. Divide students into groups of 4. Give each group a copy of the 25 square grid and place it in the middle of them. 2. Tell them youre going to give them a list of 21 sentences which precede the sentences written on the grid. Students must take it in turn to choose any sentence from the list and follow it up with the correct sentence on the grid. If they get it right, that student crosses of the square on the grid as they have won it. 3. The next player takes their turn. The aim of the game is to win 3 squares in a row. The person with the most 3 in a rows at the end of the game is the winner. If you get a free square in the corner you may get a 4 in a row. Thats just a bonus!

Read and Draw

Aim To read for specific information and consider cohesion of a part one describe the process IELTS writing task Preparation Photocopy a part one model answer (high scoring) taken from an IELTS practice test book for each student. Also, photocopy the corresponding IELTS question for 2 @Lake School Email:enquiries@englishinoxford.com

the second stage of the lesson. Photocopy another IELTS part one writing task for students to follow up with. Procedure 1) Hand out a model answer to each student. 2) Ask students to read the first paragraph only and draw a diagram to represent the instructions of that paragraph. 3) Students then check their diagram with their partners and see if they have the same information. 4) Continue with the second paragraph. Again, students check pictures in pairs. 5) Hand out a copy of the original question and check their pictures with the model answer and the question. Ask students to grade the model answer. 6) Analyse the model answer for cohesive devices such as, linking words, punctuation, time phrases etc. 7) Hand out another IELTS part one question in which students must describe the process.

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