Students

stand in a circle. The teacher throws a ball to a student who then introduces

himself and says his favourite game or activity. He then tosses the ball to

another student who repeats the procedure. Give each student a chance to

introduce him/herself.

The

teacher starts off by saying: "Yesterday I went to the park." The

first student must include what the teacher said and then add something they

did, e.g. "Yesterday I went to the park and ate some pizza." The

second student must include what the teacher and the first student said and

then add something else, e.g. "Yesterday I went to the park, ate some

pizza and went for a swim in the sea."

The

teacher asks students to say what news stories they have read about recently.

Several students contribute and the teacher encourages students to ask each

other questions about the stories they have read.

Students

work in groups of three. They brainstorm and make a list of the advantages and

the disadvantages of living in a big city.

The

first student says something about himself, then changes that to make a

question for another student. For example, "My favourite colour is blue.

What's your favourite colour?" This can be another circle activity, and it

works with large groups of students, too.

Divide

the class into two teams, choose a category, and ask each team to think of an

object in that category. The teams ask each other yes/no questions. Whichever

team guesses the objects with fewer questions, wins.