1. Students form groups of three or four. Their task is to program a robot. They have to decide what the robot can do. 2. In their groups th...
Fantasy at a window
1. Put these patterns up on the board: What can you see now? Is she/he (Are they) ...ing? What is he/she (are they) doing now? 2. Go to the ...
The shortest route
1. Divide the students into groups of 8. Tell them where you live. Tell them that you would like to visit each student in each group of 8. A...
Story behind a photo
1. Ask the students to bring to the classroom photographs of themselves, or someone they know, taken some time ago; and bring one yourself.2...
By men, by women, or by both
1. Ask students to write down five things that are normally, or more usually, done by men, five that are normally done by women, and five th...
Parental control
1. Get the students to sit in a large circle.2. Start off by saying: 'At the age of eight my parents made me... but they let me...',...
Plural tennis
1. The teacher explains that the students are going to play tennis with words, counting from 1 to 30 and using plurals as tennis balls. The ...