Hi,
For the following exercises you will need about 6 flashcards (FCs)with things unknown to Ss. Pieces of clothing work well here, like tie, bow tie, collar, etc. and a piece of rope or something like that (optional)
1. Show each flashcard, say a word, Ss don �t repeat yet, they only have to show where the thing is worn. As you �re doing it, put each flashcard on the floor/table (Ss must see them all)
2. A volunteer comes to you and points 1 flashcard. They you walk past all of them and when you are near the one pointed by the S, the group must shout STOP. Then you stop and say the name of that flashcard (again they don �t repeat).
3. Pick the FCs from the floor/table show one by one and say the words again, Ss repeat this time.
4. Sit in a circle if you can, show a FC, volunteers call the FC and show where you wear that thing. When they get the name right, you put the card picture down on the floor/table. When all the pics are on the floor (Pic down), show where you wear a certain thing and Ss try to guess the position of the FC that you mean (e.g. you mime a tie and they have to guess where the picture of a tie is)
5. Pick all FCs from the floor/table. Show a FC and say a word, if the name you said is correct they clap their hands, if it �s not correct(show tie, say bow tie or something) they say "boooo" and give the correct answer.
6. Put a piece of rope on the floor (or just tell stodents to stand in a row one behind another facing you). Put FCs on both sides of the rope. Say a word, students jump on the side of the rope where the picture is (if a hat is on the left, they jump on the left, much space is not necessary here, but make sure they understand that they don �t have to run to the picture, just on the side where the pic is).
7. Divide Ss into 2 teams, the stand in 2 rows one behind the other facing you (I think it �s called Chinese Whispers or grape-vine something). The first from each team comes to you, you tell them a name of a thing (e.g. boots), they come back to their team and pass that word to the next person (whispering in their ear), they continue passing the word whispering until the last person in the team hears it. Then they call STOP, they come to you, they pick a FC with that thing and they say what it is. If they are right, they team gets a point (possibly give each team a different word. Otherwise they are going to kill each other to get to the flashcard:))
8. You can also take a white sheet of paper, cover a FC and start to reveal it very slowly, Ss have to guess what it is asap.
9. A different exercise which works well with numbers: Ss count from 1-10. At the beginning they crouch and they slowly stand up (number 10 is jumping and shouting) and of course they do the opposite from 10 to 1. They may also start counting whispering and finish it shouting (they love it!)
Hope to have been of some help.
Hugs,
Kasia
