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anyone... and asks students to brainstorm information they would like to discover about their peers individually (e.g.: Id like to know if anyone smokes/has pets/speaks more than a language/can play a musical instrument/does volunteer work, etc). Next, the teacher distributes a sheet of paper to each student. The students are supposed to draw a grid containing 16 squares. On each square, they should write a piece of information they would like to discover. If they have brainstormed more than 16 pieces of information, they must choose the ones they are more curious about. Next, all the students stand up and circulate to find
classmates who match the descriptions in the bingo squares. When a match is found, the player writes the name of the individual in the square. Different names must be used in each square. When a player has filled a row with names, he/she yells Bingo! (Alternatively, the goal of the game can be to fill the entire card.)
- If you are a new teacher with an established class, write on the board the answers to some questions about yourself. The students must find the questions to match the answers. - Students conduct a survey of some kind: e.g. to find out about hobbies, jobs, taste in music. - Find someone who questionnaires: This can also be useful for practicing question formation of particular grammar structures. - Students choose between two options. They stand in the middle of the room and choose between, for e.g. sweet things or savory things. Each end of the room represents one choice. They go to the appropriate end of the room and then pair up with students from the other end to discuss their choices.This can be adapted to use the four corners of the room for preferences in seasons, times of the day, types of food, learning styles. After Holidays/ Monday Morning Activities The holidays/weekend can be a valuable source of discussion/writing in the EFL classroom. Its personal, relevant and interesting and everyone should have something to say. It serves as a good first class warmer or a Monday morning and gives the students a chance to get into speaking English mode.
Stand in a circle, make a statement about what you did on your holiday/weekend; I went to the cinema. Ask; What did you do? and throw the ball to one of the students. Repeat until everyone has had a chance to speak. Chair game/ Change places. Students sit in a circle with the teacher standing in the middle. Teacher says if you went to the cinema, change places. Students change places, teacher stays standing. if you had a good weekend, change places. Teacher quickly sits down and the students change places, so one of the students is left standing to continue the game. Weekend/Holidays mine: Students have to mime activities they did during their holidays/at the weekend for the class to guess. Find someone who True/false sentences: Memory chain. Im Clare and I went to the cinema. Student A: Shes Clare and she went to the cinema, Im John and I went fishing. Continue. Students talk to partner for a couple of minutes then present their findings to the class. Correct 5: Students write five things they did on their holidays on a piece of paper. Fold papers up and them in the middle. Students pick one and read it out and other students have to guess who it was. Teacher writes about own holiday and uses it as a reading comprehension, vocabulary, exercise, grammar exercise Students can draw a picture sequence/cartoon.
Holiday/Weekend alibi. A serious crime was committed during the weekend/holidays and are suspects. Two students go out of the class and work out what they did together. The two are then brought back into the class (one by one) and interrogated. The police investigators have to find differences in their alibis. Crossword composition. Give students an empty grid and in pairs they fill it with vocabulary from their holiday. Black out the empty squares on another grid then students write clues for their words. FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) HAVE