Once Upon a Time

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!😍