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Generic Games to fit all
language areas |
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1. THE ELIMINATION GAME (based
on Freeze) |
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Choose a theme for the
role-plays eg to reenact what
we do at certain times of
day or emotions |
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Say, "It's half past 7 in
the morning.". |
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Four students prepare to
act out a scene. Give them a
few minutes to prepare. |
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The four students act out
their scene. |
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When the students who are
watching think they
know the answer, they blow
the answer into their hands
and hold it there. |
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When the teacher sees fit,
the teacher shouts,
"Freeze!" and the four
actors freeze. |
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The teacher chooses someone
to release their answer from
their hands eg "Brushing my
teeth!" |
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The student who guesses
correctly can eliminate
2 actors by tapping them on
the shoulder. |
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This student then takes the
place of one of the actors
and the teacher chooses the
fourth one from the class. |
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Give the new ensemble
(group) a minute to prepare
a scene and then the game
repeats. |
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Extra Rules |
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The student who speaks the
most or the best English
during the role-play cannot
be eliminated. |
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Emotional Intelligence
Role-plays |
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These role-plays have
their own page. Go here:
http://www.autoenglish.org/drama/emotionalintelligenceroleplays.htm |
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Specific Language and
Situation Role-plays |
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1. Family
on a long car journey. |
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Key Phrases
for Sentence Building: How far is it now?; I need
the toilet; Jimmy's been sick!; Stop fighting, kids! |
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Place 4 chairs in front of
the class like a car. |
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Mummy and Daddy in the front
and the kids in the back. |
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Improvise the scene with 3
students making sure you use
the key phrases. |
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Now give groups of 4
students 3-5 minutes to
prepare their own scene on
this theme. |
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Enjoy the shows. |
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| 2. What
shall we have for dinner? |
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Target language: countables and
uncountables. |
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Key Phrases for Sentence Building: Is there any
oil?; Are there any eggs?; Is there any flour?; Is
ther any cheese? |
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As a class listen and repeat
the key phrases. |
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Explain that it is a Sunday
evening and in pairs they
are in the kitchen. |
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This is a pair work
activity. One student is
very hungry and the other is
a good cook. |
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Play out the scene with a
volunteer in front of the
class starting with, "I'm hungry. What shall we have
for dinner?" |
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Give pairs 3 minutes to
prepare their scene and then
they take turns acting out
their scenes in front of the
class. |
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3. Animal Expert Quiz |
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Key Phrases for Sentence Building: Can
lions fly? No, they can't. Just as well;
Can crocodiles swim? Of course they can;
Do tigers live in Africa?; What do
monkeys eat? |
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Put a desk at the front of
the class at an angle. This
is where the game show host
will sit. |
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Place two desks together
opposite the the host's
desk. This is where the contests
sit. |
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At first the teacher is the
game show host, to give the
students a chance to see how
the game works and to pick
up some handy language. Give
yourself a silly name like
Ivor Bighead. |
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Drill the key phrases above
to get the students warmed
up. |
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Select two students to be
the contestants and say: |
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give a big hand for
the famous giraffe expert
Professor Tall and also for
Professor Ichybum who is an
expert on monkeys. Now the
first question goes to
Professor Tall. Can dogs
swim? |
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You can ask each contestant
a question and then one
question for both. The
student who answers the
questions correctly stays
on. Now select another
Professor from the audience. |
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Once students have got the
hang of it. allow a student
to host the show.
Then you can give teams of
students 5 minutes to
prepare their own Animal
Expert Quiz and they can
choose their own silly names
for the host and
contestants. |
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4. A RECENT INCIDENT (at
school) |
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Key Phrases for Sentence Building: tell me what
happened?; What was the matter with the teacher?;
Why was the teacher angry?; He sent him to see the
head teacher. |
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Give two teams 3 minutes to
prepare a reenactment of
something that happened in
class recently. Tell them
not to use the real names. |
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5. GETTING A BUS PASS |
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Key Phrases for Sentence Building:
What's your name?; How do you spell
that?; What's your date of birth? |
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Students imagine they have
to go to the offices of the
local bus company to get
their bus pass and answer
the typical questions.. |
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6. CHOOSING FROM A MENU |
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A family is in a
restaurant and they are choosing what to eat. The
child is very fussy. eg |
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Dad: |
Do you like fish? |
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Kid: |
No, I don't. |
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Dad: |
How about salad? |
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Kid: |
I hate salad. |
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etc. |
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Then the waiter or
waitress arrives to take their order. Let it go on
from there. |
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7. Double-decker Tourist Bus
Guide |
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Give each team 5 minutes to
prepare a tour guide of
their local area. |
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One student is the
busdriver, three are
tourists from different
countries and one is the
tour guide. |
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8. MODES OF TRANSPORT MIME |
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Give teams 3 minutes to
prepare a journey mime in
which they use at least 4
types of transport. They
cannot use sound effects as
this would be too easy. |
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A team does their mimed
journey in front of the
class. |
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Now ask another team to
describe the first team's journey e.g. First they went
by bike and then..... |
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The team which came closest
to describing the exact
journey, does the next
transport mime. |
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