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Bring a fork, knife, spoon, bowl, plate and chopsticks (if you have them) to class, and mime eating some different dishes, letting students guess what they are.
Then let your students take a turn.
Bring a cellular phone (real or toy) to class, and pretend to receive calls throughout the class.
As the students can only hear one side of the conversation, they must guess who is calling you an ...
Begin by telling your students about an internal struggle between two sides of your personality (bold side vs. timid side OR hardworking side vs. lazy side), providing a brief example of what each ...
At the end of class, erase the board and challenge students to recall everything you wrote on the board during the class period.
Write the expressions on the board once again as your students cal ...
Ask your students if there are any songs running through their heads today.
If anyone says yes, encourage the student to sing or hum a little bit, and ask the others if they can identify it.
Ask students to write one question they would feel comfortable answering (without writing their name) on an index card.
Collect all of the index cards, put them in a bag, have students draw cards ...
Ask students to present to the class a gesture that is unique to their own culture.
Provide an example by demonstrating the famous 'OK' gesture with your thumb and index finger, or any other.
This is a form that can be used to keep all students' grades organized by categories. I think it is also a way to make sure we develop the important aspects that need to be taught when teaching ...
Ask students to name as many objects in the classroom as they can while you write them on the board.
This can be made slightly :) more competitive by splitting Ss into teams and giving the ...
Ask a student to demonstrate a dance, and assist the student in explaining the movements in English.
Hint: for this to work well, you need to be ready to show an example - teach them some of you ...
Grab that tape recorder and a blank cassette, find a story you enjoy, and make your own story tape!
Each student can read for a while, or can take on the part of a particular character.
Make the ...
Hidden picture ( you can use one from any textbook - the only thing is that it must be relevant to the topic to be discussed).
Teacher shows Ss a small part of the picture - students in groups di ...
I went to the supermarket to buy a kilo of apples...
Each person repeats and adds more food. The chain goes round the class.
Also works well with ABC revision (apples, ....bananas, .... cherries ...
Mime what you had for breakfast / lunch / favourite food.
Write the answers on the board.
You (the teacher) should always be the first to mime something, don't be afraid to make a fool of ...
Writing warmer.
Visualise a PLACE while you suggest its description.
They use their picture to write a composition. (Useful to describe a Person, too.) (- instrumental MUSIC is also effective.) ...
Quick phone calls about anything.
Student A calls (well, pretends to call!) any student (Student B) about anything.
When the conversation is finished, Student B calls any student (Student C) abo ...
Write a word on a postIt note and stick it to the back of one of the students, have him/her come to the board.
CLASS GIVES CLUES IN ENGLISH and volunteer guesses.
Cut sentences of story into words HAND OUT IN CORRECT ORDER.
EACH STUDENTS READS THEIR WORD AND THE NEXT STUDENT REPEATS FROM THE BEGINNING.
The process gets harder as students have to remember ...
This is a warm-up activity that would probably take up to five minutes of your time. The idea isn't mine, but I liked it very much and decided to make the instructions and to share it with you. It ...
This is a brainstormer ws you can use as a warm-up activity when speaking about plans for summer holidays travelling.
Ss have to write down 3 destinations, 3 packing lists for these destinations, ...
a. A man with a pack on his back went into a field and died. (PARACHUTIST)
b. A man walked into a bar in Texas. He asked for a glass of water. The barman pointed his gun at him. The man said "Tha ...
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