Creative Activities In Class

                                                         Creative Activities in Class

1.In pairs think of suitable creative punishments for these crimes.

Compare your ideas with other pairs.

Paul stole a classmate’s mobile phone.

Wendy copied from Oliver in an exam and then said oliver had copied from her.

Sam vandalised the lockers in his school.

Catherine wrote lies about her teacher on her blog.

 

2.In a group discuss why social networking sites are the best form of communication on the Internet (or not the best) and why. Think of pros and cons about using a social network. Prepare a report on a social networking site, why it is good or bad. The report can be presented to the rest of the class to discuss or put on the wall.

 

3. Put students into groups of five. Elicit to the board all the linking words. Then give each student in each group either an adjective of emotions, feelings or a dramatic synonym, for eaxample delighted, overjoyed, pleased, relieved, thrilled, anxious, broken-hearted, desperate, furious, devastated, scared, tense etc). In groups students construct a story, first orally, using all the words at their disposal and as many of the linking words on the board as possible. When they have completed their construction, they write it down. Groups then swap stories for correction and comment. Get feedback from the whole class and decide, as a whole class, which story was the best.

 

4. In small groups students imagine they are university Ss and it is the first week of university. They are all members of the same organisation or club and they have to try to ‘sell’their club to the rest of the class. Give Ss time for preparation. Students give their presentations and at the end elicit from students which club they most prefer.

 

5. Dos and Don’ts

Most accidents happen in the home.

1.   Write some Dos and Don'ts for the home.
2.   Now work in your group. Collect everybody's ideas and write a

 list of rules for safety in the home.

 

6. Betty is a rich woman. Last Saturday someone stole her jewels.

Who was the thief?

1.Draw a plan of the house.

2.Chouse 4-5 suspects. Write their stories.

3.See if the other groups can find the thief.

 

7.Fire disaster at sea.

 Work in your group.

Write a story together to fit the headline.

 

8.Make a quiz about your own country.

 

9.Plan a party for your friends.

1.   Decide why, when, where and what time.

2.         ) Write the invitation to your party.

 

10.Plan your party. You've got only 20 dollars. What will you buy?

 

11.Interview one of your acquaintances. Write his (her) life story.

 

12.Some foreign visitors are coming to your town. They want to

 go to cafes and restaurants.

1.   Collect some information and pictures on "Eating out" in your

 town.

2.   Make a list of fast food places and restaurants. Describe which

 kind of food they can buy there.

3.   Explain what they should do to get a meal.

 

13. Invention

-Decide on an invention you want to make

- Draw pictures for it

-Write a short play about what happened when you tested the invention. Invention

1) Work in groups. Think of an invention that would make our lives safer, more interesting or more exciting.

2) Draw some pictures of your own invention and label it.

3)  Design an advertisement to sell your invention. Describe what your invention is for, what it's made of, why it's good and give a price.

 

14. Many animals are in danger. Many will soon be extinct.

1) Work in groups. Find out about some other animals in danger.

2) Write an article about them.

3) Make a poster about them.

 

15.Design a poster. Describe your animal, explain why it is in danger and suggest ways of saving it from disappearing.

 

16.Tour round a town.

 1.Draw or find a map of your town.

 2.Mark a route for a guided tour round the town.

 3.Write some information about parts of the tour.

 

17. Places of interest

Make a guide to places of interest in your town.

1. Give the name, the opening time, the admission price,

 where it is.

2. Write the information in your magazine.

 

18. Transport in your town.

Some visitors are coming to your town. Explain how to travel

around your town.

1. Find out what forms of transport there are.

2. Make a leaflet explaining the information for your visitors.

 

19. My route to school.

1. Draw a map showing your school and your homes.

2. Each member tells the group how they come to school.

3. Mark each person's route on the map.

 

20. A World tour.

 1. In groups plan your holiday. Think about the six places you are going to visit and why you want to visit those places, your route how you'll travel, how long you'll stay in one place.

 2. Make a poster. Draw a map of your route and include details about where and why you are going to the places you've chosen.

 

21: Find out about a record breaker from your country. Write about

      him/her.

22. School rules

1. What do you think of the school rules?

2. Write a list of what you must and must't do at your school.

3. If you were the Principle, what would you change?

 

23. My broken leg.

Imagine you have broken your leg. Make a list of all the things you couldn't do.

 

24. Foreign correspondent (Present Perfect Passive.)

You are the foreign correspondent for a British newspaper.

Every day you have to write down the ten most important stories in the news in your country. Make a list of the ten stories for today.

Use the Present Perfect Passive.

a) a big shop has been destroyed by fire.

b) A missing pop star has been found... etc.

 

25. In groups think of reasons for and against martial arts in schools. Tell the rest of the class what you think - do they agree?

 

26. In groups write your own messages in Morse Code. Can the other students guess?

27. Describe a place you would most like to live (spend a vacation). Draw a picture to show it.    

 

28. Choose a pop star, group. Write an article about him/her.

Collect photos, information, lyrics and letters.

 

29. Look at the headline.

Work in groups. Make up a story or a role-play to correspond

the title.

 

30. Listen to the story. Finish it and say what you think happened next.

 

31. Write an ending for the mysterious story.

Draw pictures to illustrate your story.

 

32. Find an interesting story in your newspaper online, or on the TV news. Write it in English.

 

33. Find a boring story in your newspaper online and try to make it exciting.

 

34. Read the beginning of the story and think of the end.

 

35. Read the end and imagine what may be the beginning of the story.

 

36. Read the middle of the story, think over the beginning and finish the story.

 

37. Using a picture make up a story or a role-play. Give a headline to it.

 

                                                              CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS

 

1. SHORT WRITINGS:

Titles

Write the title of a story/your life story

Captions

Write the caption to a picture.

Your Senses

Use a picture and have different students describe what they think they could see, hear, smell, touch or taste (ex. an Italian restaurant-hear: conversations from other tables, clink of dishes, noises from the kitchen...)

What Would You Do?

Answer conditional questions - What would you do if...

Quotes

Expand upon and explain a quotation.

ex. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes

it so. -Shakespeare

Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

-Socrates

If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear

it, does it make a sound? - Unknown

* Native American Names

What's your Native American name and why. ex. They call me Handsome Devil.

2. DIALOGS:

Poor Mr. Peebles

Poor Mr. Peebles is sick. Choose one of the following situation and prepare a short dialogue involving Mr. Peebles.

1.  Mr. Peebles calls his boss to tell him that he is sick. The boss is angry and thinks that Peebles is lying. Peebles is afraid and tries to explain how sick he is. The boss excuses him, but tells him to come to work the next day.