(p.98) LET'S TALK 7 - Can you ~?

These ideas were brainstormed at SDC Jan 2017 in a lesson crowd-sourcing seminar. Many thanks to Joshua Gourdie, Matthew McClellan, Sarah Blackwell, Sara Shaw, Jian-xin Tay, and John Scanlan. 

Although the examples are for 2nd year grammar, they can be adapted for 1st and 3rd years as well. 

1. Go Fish: Instead of asking "Do you have ~" to get cards, ask "Will you~?" /"Can you ~?" / "Could you/would you~?" 

At the beginning of activity, walk around class with large cards and ask crazy questions to students.

Next hand out worksheets and have students interview each other with dialogue in pairs, stressing that they must complete actions.

 

Dialogue

A:                       Hello?

B:                       Hello?

 

A:                       Will you ______________ please?

Attached are two sets of flashcards that can be used for “Can you ~?” Go Fish. There are 13 cards in each set.

Students look at pictures of animals and answer the question, “Where is the~?” using the prepositions in, on and under.

For the last 2 questions students get to draw their own animal to write about.