Help with some games, please

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Help with some games, please

MissMelissa12

Help with some games, please

Does anyone have ï¿½ï¿½GREAT gamesï¿½ï¿½ or ice breakers that I can do to ï¿½ï¿½introduceï¿½ï¿½ the simple past tense to my students ( range from 16-20).

Iï¿½d appreciate it!!

Miss Melissa.

2 Feb 2009

jeonlaghari

All you have to do just make few question strip what they did last week end. for example went to concert, got a perm, or bought new cd of your favorite singer. let them know little bit of rules of past simple and let them do conversation.. hope you find it al right.

2 Feb 2009

puddyd

Dear Melissa,

You can lead in by slowly drawing a stick figure and eliciting info from the ss about the guy

eg - First draw a circle > ask what it is >put a smile in the circle > elicit smile, happy> draw a body and short hair > elicit ï¿½a manï¿½.Get ss to give the guy a name and some possible adjectives about him. Donï¿½t write anything on the board at this stage , only his name.Now, draw money bagsï¿½.elicit rich and happy.Ask -

Why is he rich? Elicit different possibilities: eg- CEO , inherited etc.. until u get to ï¿½ He is famous / important >>Why?Rub out money bags and draw a guitar---Elicit ï¿½ He is a pop singer .Ask-Do you know any other famous pop singers?Ss to think about lifestyle of popstarsï¿½what they eat, drink, drive, do etc.. Make flash cards for a Bottle - Ask-what do u think he drinks ï¿½ Champange, Evian water etc- DRILL: He drinks champagne

Audience- fans/ girlfriends- drill :he has many girlfriends

A sports car , maybe a Ferrari, heï¿½s got a red Ferrari

Holidays- exotic holidays ï¿½ what about his houseï¿½..Castle - he lives in a castle

Etcï¿½

Now: Ask ss what are some problems u can encounter when u r rich and famous?

Show flash cards of the drugsDrill : He takes a lot of drugs

Draw a sad face and ask NOW???adj to describe him.Draw a jail around him

Why is he there?SS In pairs 5minutes ï¿½ Ss to discuss his probs in jail

Take flash cards again and ask ï¿½ what do u think he drinks now? Drives now? etc

Stick them up on W B as u finish drilling.Get ss to now:

Give u one sentence that describes how his life has changed from present simple to the past.eg;u point to the flash card and elicit

Starting in the past to now with

He d---- lots of champagne and now he drinks water

Point to pics and try to elicit the past form of drink and fill in the blanks.Do them all and then : tell them he is now dead coz he took too many drugs like Elvis.

Lead in to was and were and write the Structure on board :I, he , she , it - was ...etc

He was famous and rich

There were many girlfriends fans

He was in jail He was on drugs

There were many unhappy fans when he died

His Ferrari was red

My ss love it every time it do it and itï¿½s a good recycle of present simple and a lead into the pas , so there is flow.

Take care, I hope you understand it . You can do any story , but remember to takeit from the present into the past. Enjoy it

Regards

2 Feb 2009

Mar (itxasobcn)

Wow...

2 Feb 2009

dennismychina

Hi Melissa,

Have a look at this site, there might be something you like.

http://www.lingolex.com/jstefl.htm

Iï¿½ve ï¿½played ï¿½ï¿½ match the telephone callï¿½, for want of a better name, quite successfully on a number of occasions. Iï¿½ll have a look see if the original sheet is on a disk somewhere. But basically the phone call is split into two and printed. The students must read out the question ï¿½ eg. Hello is john in? ï¿½ and the ss with the matching card ie. - No Iï¿½m sorry heï¿½s gone (he went) fishing with his dad ï¿½ finally wakes up and reads it out. They then pr up and ask, or I prefer them to shout across the room, a made up question such as - Hey john how was the fishing yesterday? and "John" replies. - It was bla di bla did blaï¿½ï¿½.

Mmmmmm!!!!!

2 Feb 2009

andreaewa

There is a great set of cards made by Zoila here (La Luna)
to introduce was were.

http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=88219#thetop

http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=88226#thetop

http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=88262#thetop

http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=88307#thetop

http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=88308#thetop

http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=88310#thetop

I played with the cards in two teams. 1 team chose a person to ask and they also chose the person who answers from the other group. we counted points for correct sentences and then we played a memory game in pairs where they had to remembrer who answerd and what the answer was, so ther we had speaking listening reading and writing. and it was great fun!!!
I did not explain grammar at all and they coul use was and were perfectly.
Of course you know your students and you may create more sentences you think they will like.

2 Feb 2009