Monday, June 17
Sunday, June 16
Yellow
All these things are of a similar colour:
6, When was the last time you experienced one of them?
Thursday, June 13
Emotional
1, bomb
2, headache
3, plane
4, window
5, cloud
6, shark
7, road sign
8, hospital
9, lunch
Can you match a word above to the most appropriate emotion below?
Can you explain how the same word could be used with the other emotions?
Emotions: anger, fear, happiness, satisfaction, worry
Example: The obvious choice for shark is fear but what about a situation where there is happiness related to shark?
Wednesday, June 12
What is a Grade?
Paul Dressel (1983)
Sunday, June 9
Speed Sentence
1, where the only vowel used is E
2, where there is no E in any word
3, where each word starts with the letter B
4, with words that start with vowels only
5, with words that are 3 letters long
6, where each word has the letters in order: A B C D E F G
7, where each word has the number of letters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8, where each word has the number of syllables: 1 2 3 4 3 2 1
9, where each word contains the letter S
10, where each word finishes with S, T or D
Characters in BOLD subject to change
Saturday, June 8
Speed Words
2, that end in SS
Thursday, June 6
Wednesday, June 5
Revision Categories
or a random letter for each one.
Tuesday, June 4
Word Squares
A good one for those that finish fast or look bored.
Draw a 3 x 3 square. Place a letter in diagonally as in the example below.
_ N _
_ _ N
A N D
T E N
Alternatively
Think of a 3 letter word and place it in the grid to make words
H _ _
_ E _
Monday, June 3
Repeating
Wednesday, May 29
Question Constraint
For these questions you must use the word in (brackets) in your answer.
1, How do you usually keep in touch with your friends? (and)2, Tell me about your favourite teacher. (however)
3, What kind of things do you like reading? (for example)
4, What are you going to do this evening? (but)
5, Do you help your parents with jobs around the house? (such as)
6. What would you like to study in the future? (although)
7. How often do you go to the cinema? (well)
8. Have you ever travelled to France? (because)
9. What did you do last night? (so)
Sunday, May 26
Normal Questions. Crazy Answers.
How far...
How often...
When...
How much...
Who...
Which...
What...
Where..
example: How far is it from here to Madrid?
Next, answer the questions but using any of the following 10 random words in the answer.
head, giraffe, hat, handbag, daisy, sun, balloon, comic, holiday, handkerchief
example
It is 10,000 Giraffes to Madrid
Saturday, May 25
Wednesday, May 22
Inference
Look at the following sentences.
Think of a reason as to why they are happening / happened.
Use language of deduction.
1, Where is (absent student) today?
2, The town square is very busy.
3, Enrique is wearing shorts.
4, Abraham blew out the candles.
5, Olivia is not answering her phone.
6, Saiko is eating croquettes.
7, The English academy is closed.
8, Ana is at her favourite restaurant.
9, Taylor is getting up at 5 a.m.
2, It was not safe to play on the street.
3, I had to measure the length of my couch.
4, The man has dirty knees.
5, When he got home, he went straight to bed.
6, He didn’t go to many football matches after that.
7, John ran into the street without looking.
8, He isn’t very happy - in fact he is miserable.
Tuesday, May 21
Sunday, May 19
Slamina!
Can you define these words and use them in a sentence? Secondly, each of the words rhymes with an animal. Can you work out which animal?
Saturday, May 18
Misplaced
There each two words misplaced in are sentence. Find them correct and the sentence.
2, Is England English in spoken
3, They said us would help they with the work.
4, was the party, everyone after tired
5, this time we week next will be in Madrid
6, I have my friend cut by a hair
7, We’ll have a swim it long as as doesn’t rain
8, She got into of her car and went out the house
Friday, May 17
Numbered Sentences
Thursday, May 16
The Individual
Let's think of an individual. Someone we all know, maybe someone famous or an animal or somebody we all read about. Now, let's work on these questions:
2, What other people / objects / developments are connected to this individual?
3, What things do you have in common with this individual?
4, What questions / wonders can you form about this individual?
6, Create a question where the individual is the answer.
Based on the individual spotlight idea by Kate Jones (Twitter)
Wednesday, May 8
Friday, May 3
7 to 1
Thursday, May 2
The Colbert Questionert
Questions to ask people - taken (and slightly adapted) from The Colbert Questionert.
Apples or oranges?
What is the best sandwich?
What is the most used app on your phone?
What is your favourite / least favourite smell?
Window or Aisle?
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph / a selfie?
What is you favourite movie (at the moment)?
What number am I thinking of?
What's one thing you own that you really should throw out?
Exercise: worth it?
You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?
What is the scariest animal?
Describe the rest of your (week / life) in 5 words.
Wednesday, May 1
Tuesday, April 30
Flying Furniture
We did this poem template in class in a Mad-Lib style where I went round the students asking for the random words needed (without showing poem) and then we tinkered with it a bit at the end (showing poem)
There are days when I am Luis
and days when I am not
My heart is a smart climbing monkey in the morning
and a blue swimming whale at night
If only I could lift weights
I would be strong
If only i could let go of horses
I would be flying furniture
Fernando this poem is for you
To love you is to be flying furniture
Original Template:
Monday, April 29
The Wishing Wolf
I can’t put on shoes
I wish I had been born with feet
I wish I could move my paws
I wish I wasn’t fat
Sunday, April 28
Words into Questions
Tuesday, April 23
Ping Pong Proverbs
Monday, April 22
Banana
Your verb is EAT (it's a secret)
You must make sentences for player 2 using this verb but when you want to say the verb you must say BANANA instead
Example: Did you BANANA any food last night?
Player 2
You are going to hear a sentence including the word BANANA. You must try and guess what verb BANANA is replacing.
Thoughts
It could be made more complex by using past simple or past participle forms or that a conditional form must be used (if you BANANA more vegetables you will feel better)
Here is random verb generator to help get you started
Here is a more advanced one
Hope you BANANA a good time.
Sunday, April 21
Alternative Proverbs
What is a proverb?
1, All good things must...
2, Better late than...
3, If it isn't broken...
4, If you can't beat them...
5, You can't teach an old dog...
6, Knowledge is...
7, ...is the best medicine.
8, No human is a...
9, Practice makes...
11, The grass is always...
12, The pen is mightier than...
13, Time is...
14, Too many cooks...
15, You can take a horse to water...
16, Children should be seen and not...
17, Where there's smoke there's...
18, You can't always get...
Better late than... dirty
If it isn't broken... use it
If you can't beat them... confuse them
You can't teach an old dog... maths
Knowledge is... nature
Sleep ...is the best medicine
No man is a... ghost
The early bird... doesn't have a life
The grass is always... growing
The pen is mightier than... the pencil
Time is... over
Too many cooks... too much food
You can take a horse to water... but you'll get wet
Children should be seen and not... eaten
You can't always get... popcorn in the cinema.
Saturday, April 20
Exquisite Categories
This is a word-to-sentence game inspired by Exquisite Corpse. Complete the table below with the appropriate words (as shown in the second example). You will then have a table of words that can be made into sentences and which are willing to be played around with.