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.pdf1000 Ideas and Activities for Language Teachers – Sean Banville
HELP PLAN:
Write the things you need to do to implement your plan in the first column. Put possible problems and suggestions in the second and third columns.
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•Change partners and report on your plans. Give each other with feedback.
•Return to your original partner(s), report on the feedback and revise your plans.
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SURVIVAL PLAN:
Create a survival plan. In pairs / groups, decide what you must do in the weeks and days before you have to survive, or the things you need to do from now to survive.
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•Change partners and report on your plans. Give each other with feedback.
•Return to your original partner(s), report on the feedback and revise your plans.
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PSCHYOANALYSIS:
In pairs / groups, agree on and write down the answers to the items in the first column. In the second column discuss and write down the meanings of these answers. In the third column, provide real life examples of what you write down in the second column.
What these things say |
Examples in real life |
about the person |
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Favorite color
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Recurrent dream
_________________
Thing most afraid of
_________________
Favorite bird
_________________
Favorite animal
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Secret hobby
_________________
Unusual habit
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Change partners and report on your psychoanalysis. Decide on who has the better interpretations of the person’s character and actions.
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THEIR DAY:
In pairs / groups, agree on the kind of schedule the person in the article might have.
TIME ACTIVITY
00:00
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22:00
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Change partners and compare schedules. Decide on which schedule is probably nearer the truth.
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JOB INTERVIEW:
Interview three different people about who is more suitable for the job of
______________________. Write two extra questions in the spaces below.
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your life would help |
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Change partners and decide on which of the people you interviewed you think should get the job.
Talk to the interviewees about their answers in the interviews.
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HANGING OUT:
You are a good friend of the person in the article. Write down what you would do and where you would go together.
Vacations
Shopping
Evenings
Weekends
Sports
Relaxing
Special
Other
In pairs / groups, tell each other what you wrote. Tell each other whether your ideas are good or not.
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WHAT MY FOLKS KNOW:
In pairs / groups, talk about how much you think your family and friends know about the theme of the article and how interested they are (or otherwise).
Level of interest |
Level of knowledge |
Partner
Parents
Siblings
Grandparents
Best friend
Workmate
Other
Change partners and report on what your previous partners said.
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EMERGENCY PLAN:
In pairs / groups, create a ______________ plan. Agree on what to do in the event of ______________________________.
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After you have finished, change partners and tell each other about your ideas. Give each other advice on how to make your plans / ideas better.
Return to your original partner and incorporate the advice you received into making your plans better.
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MY TEAM:
Your task is to assemble a team of people you know to perform the task set by your teacher. In pairs / groups, introduce your team members and explain why you think those people would do a good job.
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With your partner(s), decide which person ranked number 1 would do the best job. Do the same for the other ranks until you have the five best people.
Change partners and introduce your respective teams.
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TURNING POINTS:
(a) Write down three major events in your life that greatly changed the course of your life. (b) Make notes on why these turning points were positive or negative. (c) Make notes on how you think your life might be different if these turning points hadn’t happened.
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In pairs / groups, talk to each other about your turning points.
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