Little Room
Submitted by: Matt Baumgartner Borrowed or inspired from: A not-fully-prepared-activity I created last year Date added: 10-25-07 Edited by: Fiona Steele
Brief Outline: Paired students must look at a picture of a given room and ask the other “How many ______ do you have?” Materials Needed:
- LittleRoom worksheet - both A and B worksheets are included in the word document.
- And for variation: glue, scissors and cut-outs (see worksheet)
Preparation Needed:
Print worksheet A on colored sheets of paper, and B on white sheets. For variation, also bring scissors, glue, and cut-outs to class.
Detailed Explanation:For the basic activity, bring the prepared worksheets to class. Once students know and understand the grammar point, pair them up. One student in each pair gets worksheet A and the other B.
Each worksheet has a room on it, and room A is different from room B. Students janken to see who asks questions first.
Students complete their side of the worksheet by asking, "How many Xs do you have?".
Teaching Suggestions:
This activity has two variations that vary the game greatly: the main variation being mostly a drill, and the second being more of a game in which the students have much more control. Which variation to use depends on the level of your students and the time you have. To do the variation without using all of a class, split the variation into two classes- in the first class spend 10 to 15 minutes gluing the cut-outs to the rooms, and in the next class do the activity. Furthermore, don’t spend so much time on the preparation as in the actual activity.
Variations and Options:
- The basic activity leaves no creativity for the students- it’s just a look and tell activity in which the students must look, tell and then write what their partner says. The variation give the students a lot more creativity where they can decide for themselves how many things they want in their little room. However, the second variation takes more time to do.
Tips or Cautions:
- Don’t let the kids see each other’s sheets. Also, be sure to school the kids in the fact that just because a picture doesn’t have a frame doesn’t mean it’s not a picture. AND, they kids must COUNT the objects in the room, and not just say “CD” instead of “4 CDs”.
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