Sentences
in a hat
By: Susan Kay
ACTIVITY:
Whole class: writing, speaking
AIM:
To write sentences describing routine activities. To pick sentences out of a
hat and find out who wrote them by asking questions.
GRAMMAR
AND FUNCTIONS:
Revision of Student's Book Lessons 1 to 5 Present simple to talk
about habits and routines Present simple questions without a question word
Adverbs of frequency
VOCABULARY:
Habits and routine activities Time expressions
PREPARATION:
Make one copy of the worksheet for each group of three or four students in the
class and cut it up into twelve pieces as indicated. You will need a hat or a
box for this activity (or two containers if there are 20 or more students in
the class).
TIME:
20 minutes
PROCEDURE:
1.
Choose one of the unfinished sentences from the worksheet and write it on the
board. Elicit possible ways of completing the sentence.
2.
Ask the students to work in groups of three or four for the first part of this
activity. Give one set of unfinished sentences to each group.
3.
Ask the students to spread out the pieces of paper, face down and to take three
each.
4.
Ask them to complete their three sentences with information about themselves.
They should not write their names or let the students next to them see what
they are writing.
5.
The students now all work together as a class. Put the hat (or box) in the
middle of the room. If there are 20 or more students in the class, divide them
into two groups and put one hat in the middle of each group. Ask the students
to fold up their completed sentences and put them in the hat.
6.
Mix up the folded sentences in the hat and then tell the students that, in a
moment, they are all going to stand up, take one sentence each and find out who
wrote it. Demonstrate this by taking a piece of paper from the hat and reading
the sentence out. For example: In the evening I usually go out with friends
Elicit the question they will need to ask in order to find out who wrote the
sentence: In the evening, do you usually go out with friends? Ask several
students the question until you find the person who wrote the sentence. Make it
clear that even though students may answer yes to the question, you are looking
for the person who wrote it.
7.
Now ask the students to stand up and take one piece of paper each from the hat.
If they choose their own sentence, they should put it back and take another
one.
8.
They are now ready to go round the class or group asking questions. All the
students in the class do this simultaneously. When they find the person who
wrote the sentence, they should write the person's name on the piece of paper,
keep it, and take another one from the hat.
9.
The students repeat the activity until there are no sentences left in the hat.
10.
Ask the students to return to their places and count the number of completed
sentences they have collected. The student with the most sentences is the
winner.
11.
Ask the students to take it in turns to report back to the class or group on
what they found out during the activity.
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