Desert Island

A1 A2 A3
You and your
partner need B1 B2 B3
to choose 5
C1 C2 C3
different
squares and D1 D2 D3
write them
down. E1 E2 E3

F1 F2 F3
You and your partner are holiday on a ship.
The weather is good and you are having a
great time.
However on your third day at sea, there is
a very big storm. The storm is so bad that
the captain abandons the ship, leaving
you behind!
As your boat is sinking, you and your partner
react by jumping into the water and
swimming to try and find some land.
After swimming for a long, long time you
finally discover an island. Exhausted, you
collapse onto the beach. You are very
tired, but safe!
 After investigating the island that you
swam to you, you discover the island has
no people on it. However, there is fish and
other types of seafood, fruit, vegetables
and unlimited fresh water.
 The following items were on
board your ship before it sank.
Compass
Knife
Diary with pen
Rope
Matches
Axe
Tent
Gun with bullets
Medicine
Whiskey
Camera with batteries
Flashlight with batteries
Blanket
Radio with batteries
Guitar
Magnifying glass
Boomerang
Toilet paper
Unfortunately, only 5 items that
were on the sailboat washed up
on the shore of the desert island.
 Remember you and your partner
chose 5 squares earlier? These 5
squares represent the items you
will have on your island.
 1 2 3
A
B
C
D
E
F
We will now go through the 18
items again. This time, write
down the name of the 5 items
you have on your island.
A1 - Compass
A2 - Knife
A3 - Diary with pen
B1 - Rope
B2 - Matches
B3 - Axe
C1 - Tent
C2 - Gun with bullets
C3 - Medicine
D1 - Whiskey
D2 - Camera with batteries
D3 - Flashlight with batteries
E1 - Blanket
E2 - Radio with batteries
E3 - Guitar
F1 - Magnifying glass
F2 - Boomerang
F3 - Toilet paper
 Now you and your partner know
what 5 items you have on your
island to help you survive.

For example:
 Answer the following questions.
Remember, you will have to share
your answers with the class.
1. What 5 items do you have.
2. Describe how you will use all 5 items to help you
survive.
3. Which item is the least useful? Why?
4. Which item is the most useful? Why?
5. If you could choose ANY of the 18 items to
have, which 5 would you and your partner choose?
Why?
 Hi everyone:
I have taken the idea from my previous worksheet -
http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=58362#thetop
The instructions are as follows:
First, put the students in pairs. You can of course put them in larger groups, but I find, the
bigger the group, the more room there is for one person in the group to do most of the work.
On the 2nd slide of the PPT, the pairs are to chose 5 of the squares (Ex A1, A2, C1,C2, E1).
Make sure that each pair has chosen their 5 squares before continuing further.
Then continue with the PPT. Slides 3-24 explain to the students why they are on a deserted
island, what is on the island, as well as the 18 items that were on board their sinking sailboat.
Slide 25 explains to the students that of all the 18 items on their sinking boat, only 5 items
washed up on shore on their island. And slide 26 explains to them that the 5 squares they
chose earlier will be the five items that they will have to use on their island.
The students kind of understand at this point, but when slide 27 comes up, they fully
understand what is going on. This is the point where the excitement level rises in classroom,
and they really get into this lesson plan. I would give them about 3 minutes to see what 5
items they get, as well as they like to discuss with their other friends what their funny
choices are.
Then I tell them we will go through slide 28-45 and they should make sure that they have the
correct spelling of their 5 items.
The last slide #47 I go through with the class as a group and then leave it up on the screen
for them to work with. You could also copy and paste the last page onto a word document
and print it out if you wanted to give it to them for homework, etc.
Anyhow, I hope that you find this interesting and that your students enjoy it. It really was an
exciting lesson in my class, and I had all the students participating, speaking English and at
the same time having FUN!
Cheers, Fletsch