This is a conversation practice game. The main goal of the activity is to make students find a way to place the odd picture into the story.
It also can be used as a writing activity, It’s up to you.😃
Once Upon a Time – Lesson Plan
Age: all ages
Level: intermediate
Goals:
- develop creative speaking/writing
- sentence-construction
- vocabulary assessment
Duration: 10-15 conversation; 20-30 writing
Materials: flashcards
Instructions:
- Set the flashcard in a pile on the table.
- The teacher instructs the students that they will create a story together, and according to the picture on the cards the story will continue on.
- The teacher picks the first card, for example, a cat. Then he/she starts the story…( here is you can work on the verb tense you need ). Simple present: I love cats. My dream is to have a brown cat. Simple past: my cousin Josh had a black cat… Future: Next week is my birthday I will get a white cat…
- Then, the next student picks the next card and he/she has to fit the picture, whatever it is into the story.
- The class goes on until all the students had their turns, as many times as the teacher thinks it is necessary.
Closure: It’s interesting to end the story in a fun and unexpected way. The students love it when the story goes crazy, like a fantasy movie. But, if it gets too tangled in the end, I always say…and my cousin woke up and got relieved because it was just a dream. You can vary this activity using it as a writing exercise. For sure, both ways, writing or speaking it’s great to develop creativity.
It’s a super fun class. Enjoy!😍
