Task #1


Task #1
1. Eyes-closed, each S picks up a card from the deck of fruit names. (5’)
2. Then, the task to do is to imagine that they are that fruit, and to write a small biography, using the simple tense. (20’) E.g.:
Hello, my name is Jack, the Lemon (LOVE the actor;-), and this is the story of my life. My dad was a big and bright yellow from a lemon tree in a quiet Andalusian patio in the South of Spain. I was a little seed inside him, that got planted in a small pot. I grew up little by little, then got transplanted to a bigger pot. Then I grew flowers, which the birds loved to visit…
3. When everyone is finished, teacher collects the biographies and reads them out lout. The rest of the students need to guess who wrote each biography (not exchange them, because they might recognize the handwriting). (15’).
4. T then hands the biographies to different SS, who need to write a short continuation to the story, and share it with the rest of the class and give it back to the original writer.
5. Each original writer will then read this continuation for the rest of the class and say what they think about it. (15’).

Comments

  1. Juan UribeMay 9, 2016 at 1:45 PM

    Silvia,

    Students are allowed to change perspectives and play with the language in this delightful activity. Language comes with lots of creativity and humor. This is affective language learning!

    You can have students reading each other's compositions as a suggestion.

    Hugs,

    Juan

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  2. Silvia Montufo UrquízarMay 10, 2016 at 9:05 AM

    Thank you, Juan:-)

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