Take Off 2 Unit 15/ Lift Off 2 Unit 15
Instructions for teachers
Give each student a ball of at least 5cm across of plasticine/ Playdoh/ modelling clay. Just one colour for each student is okay and probably best, so one packet of mixed colours might not be enough. If you don’t have enough to go around, students can work in teams instead.
Choose which of the tables below you are going to use.
The best game to play is one student making and saying a sentence from the table below for that student and everyone else to try to represent with a plasticine shape. You can then give points for the first acceptable shape and/ or the best shape to represent that person or thing and action. Possible rules:
- Students can do it flat on the table or in 3D, as they wish (but might be more likely to get points for the best shape if it is 3D)
- There is no need for students to show the other object(s) as long as the body is in the right position, e.g. sitting as if on a horse without actually modelling the horse is okay (and much quicker)
- Students don’t need to show the whole body, but they must make at least the relevant parts, e.g. they must make the hands if the action is “holding”
If the subject of the sentence is “I”, students should try to make people who look like themselves. For “you”, they can make anyone else in the classroom. Both of these are obviously funnier but more challenging than with other subjects.
Other possible games include each person making a shape for others to identify the subject and action of.
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He isShe is They are The boy is The girl is The man is The woman is The cat is The horse is I am You are Two children are The cats are
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carrying a bag
carrying an umbrella/ using an umbrella climbing/ mountain climbing cooking/ cooking dinner crying/ feeling sad dancing drinking/ drinking water/ drinking coffee eating/ eating an ice cream feeling angry feeling happy/ smiling fishing having a bath listening to music lying down/ sleeping painting playing baseball playing football/ playing soccer playing the trumpet playing the violin reading/ reading a comic riding/ riding a bicycle/ riding a horse rollerblading/ roller-skating running shouting singing sitting/ sitting on a chair snorkelling surfing swimming telephoning/ calling someone throwing a ball walking the dog walking/ hiking wearing a hat wearing a tie wearing glasses/ wearing sunglasses wearing sandals writing/ doing homework/ studying English |
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(More difficult) split off “be” version
HeShe They The boy The girl The man The woman The cat The horse I You Two children The cats
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am
are is |
carrying a bag
carrying an umbrella/ using an umbrella climbing/ mountain climbing cooking/ cooking dinner crying/ feeling sad dancing drinking/ drinking water/ drinking coffee eating/ eating an ice cream feeling angry feeling happy/ smiling fishing having a bath listening to music lying down/ sleeping painting playing baseball playing football/ playing soccer playing the trumpet playing the violin reading/ reading a comic riding/ riding a bicycle/ riding a horse rollerblading/ roller-skating running shouting singing sitting/ sitting on a chair snorkelling surfing swimming telephoning/ calling someone throwing a ball walking the dog walking/ hiking wearing a hat wearing a tie wearing glasses/ wearing sunglasses wearing sandals writing/ doing homework/ studying English |
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