TN-Back_to_school_Gimn.pdf

Teacher’s Notes

Back to school

by Magdalena Kondro

Type of activity: group work

Focus: the second conditional, vocabulary connected

with different cultures; listening and speaking skills

Level: elementary – intermediate; lower secondary

Time: 30–40 minutes

Preparation: Make a copy of Student’s Worksheets

1–3 for each group of 3 students. Cut the worksheets

up into cards. Optional: Make a copy of Student’s

Worksheet 4 for each group of 4–8 students and cut

it up into cards.

4. Students A and C then repeat the game, discussing

about the questions meant for Student B, after

which Student B reveals his/her reactions. Once

they have ﬁ nished, the game is repeated with

Student A and B talking about Student C. The

player with the most points at the end wins the

game. Congratulate him/her on his/her

psychological skills, i.e. the ability to predict his/

her classmates’ reactions.

Extension

Students use the cards to play another psychology-

based game. Divide students into groups of 4–8,

making sure no one works with the same partners as

before. Each group has one complete set of question

cards from Student’s Worksheets 1–3 and a set of

answer cards from Student’s Worksheet 4. Each

player is given three question cards, and the

remaining cards are placed face down. The answer

cards are also placed face down in a different pile.

Explain the rules:

- One player takes an answer card without showing

it to anyone. He/She decides which person is

likely to give that answer to one of his/her

questions. He/She then asks the question to the

chosen player.

- If this person’s answer matches the answer card,

the asking player gets rid of both the question

card and the answer card.

- If the answer does not match, the asking player

puts away the question and answer cards but must

take another question and answer from the face-

down piles. Then it is another person’s turn.

- The winner is the ﬁ rst person to get rid of all his/

her question cards.

Procedure:

1. Play Hangman with the term challenge by writing

dashes for each letter on the board and getting

students to call out different letters . If the letter

is part of the target word, write it over the

appropriate dash. If it is not, draw the gallows,

etc. When students guess the term, elicit its

meaning, e.g. something difﬁ cult that needs a

lot of skill and determination, especially

something that you have never done before . Ask

students for examples of challenging situations

that travellers face on holidays abroad, e.g.

related to food, greetings, language, customs,

transportation. Find out if students have any ﬁ rst-

hand experience of such challenging situations.

2. Explain that students are going to play a

psychology-based game connected with

challenging travel experiences. Pre-teach the

following words: cockroaches, available,

chopsticks, haggis, to hitchhike, hidden, ice cold,

security checkpoint, B.A.S.E. jumping, fjords.

Divide students into groups of three and ask the

members of each group to take the roles of

Student A, B and C. Give each group a copy of

Student’s Worksheets 1–3, cut and separated into

Student A’s, Student B’s and Student C’s cards.

3. Students B and C place Student A’s cards in a pile

face down. They take one card at a time, read

the question on it, and individually decide how

Student A would act in the given situation. They

need to choose a deﬁ nite yes or no answer and

justify their opinions. When both have stated

their opinions, Student A reveals how he/she

would act in the situation. There is no point in

lying, as the Student A gets no points for revealing

his/her reactions. If Student B or C (or both)

guessed correctly, he/she gets a point. The game

continues until there are no cards left for

Student A.

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