A favourite activity of mine is called Act 3, and I must say I have used it so many times I have lost count! It is based on the popular children´s game: Kim´s Game, and really is very good for students who have a good level of English...and also a fair amount of creativity. What you do is this:
Stage 1: Place various objects (around 15) on a table, and students have to look at them for about 3 minutes and try to memorize them. They are then covered with a scarf, and in groups they try to remember them. Teacher then reveals the objects after enough time has elapsed to check students have remembered all.
Stage 2: Take away half the objects. Tell the class these objects are all closely linked in a three act play. Two acts of the play have already been performed, and act three is about to begin. They have to work out what the play is about and what has happened already, then decide on the last act. Next, they prepare a sketch of part of the last act to be acted out.
Students thoroughly enjoy the acting out!
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