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Belowisalistofwarmer/cooler/filler/gameactivitiesinnoparticularorder.

Aimsofwarmersandgames: tointroduceatheme

torelaxstudentsafterahardday'swork

towakestudentsupafterahardnight

towaitforlatearrivals

toprovideabreakinthelesson

toprovidehumour

toprovideoralfluencypractice

tofinishthelessononalightnote

1. PersuasionPersuadeeachotherthattheirfavouritecolour,animal,film,etc.ismoreimportant,better,

etc.

2. Spotthedifference2pictures thesamebutwithafewdifferences.Withoutlookingateachother's,describeand

findthedifferences.

3. WordassociationGoroundtheclass,eachstudentgivingadifferentwordconnectedwiththepreviousone

given.

4. WorddisassociationSame

as

previous

idea

but

with

no

connection

between

the

words

can

be

tricky.

Students

challengeeachother.

5. InvisiblewritingWritemessageonpartner'sbackwithfinger.Studentsneedtoguess,canpractisevocabulary.

6. CollocationsSortoutwhichareright/wronge.g.highperson,tallbuilding,HappyBirthday.

7. Cutupstoryorconversation putinorder.8. Matchheadlinesandarticles.9. Findconnectionsbetweenwordse.g.television,lakeandpen.10.CallmybluffGivethreedefinitionsofaword&guesswhichisright.

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11.Brainstormallwordsconnectedwitharea12.20questionsSaywhetheritisananimal,vegetableormineral&Ssguesswhatitisinonlytwentyquestions.

13.What'smylineGuessthejob&canonlyanswerYesorNo.

14.TraincompartmentEachstudenthassentence.Mustuseitnaturallyinconversationwithoutothersnoticing.

Winneristheonewhogetstheirsentenceinfirstandifyouincorrectlyguessyoulose!

15.Weekend5wordsfromeachstudenttodescribetheirweekend.Adifferentstudenttellsclasswhat

otherdid.Originalstudentverifies.

16.Pictionary

Interpretationofpictures,doodles.

17.Mimewhattheyhadfordinnerlastnight.18.MoaningMimeacomplaint,asaguest,inahotel('HotelReceptionist').Restoftheclassarethe

receptionist.e.g.Thesheetsaredirtyandyou'vefoundfourcockroaches.

19.What'sthesituationStudentsdiscusswheretheymighthearthesentencee.g.'Apint,please.'

20.Brainstorm...allwordsthatmelt,aregreen,etc....

21.GroupingPutwordsintolexicalgroups.

22.OddmanoutGivegroupofwordsanddecidewhichisdifferente.g.hat,tie,bus,trousers.

23.FamouspersonalitypartyStudentshavenamesonbacksandbytalkingwithothersguesswhotheyare.

24.DifferentusesStudentsthinkofasmanydifferentusesfordifferentobjectse.g.abrick.

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25.CharadesMimeafilm,bookorplaywithatimelimit&teamsguess.

26.VocabrevisionTesteachotheronvocabularyfrompreviousclass/week.Couldmimethem.

27.Guessthewordwithyes/noquestions.28.PicturedictationOnedescribesapicture&theotherdraws.

29.Desertisland5thingsyouwouldtake,goodforpractising2

ndconditional

30.Mimeanidiome.g.'topullsomebody'sleg'

31.ClothestouchStudentswalkroundroomandhavetotouchsomebodyelse'sclothingwhentold,e.g.Toucha

whiteshoe.

32.Anagrams33.FunctionsMatchsentencewithfunctionaldescription.

34.ExercisesIfthey'reinneedofliveningup.Studentsfollowinstructions.e.g.Touchyourtoes.Runonthe

spot.

35.BlindmendirectionsOnestudentwitheyesclosedfollowsdirectionsofotherstudent.

36.MimestoryTheteacher/astudenttellsastory.Classmimesitwalkingaroundthestorytellerinacircle.

37.Describingtheobject'A'istaken,witheyesshut,toobject'B'putsAshandonitandAhastodescribeitandgiveita

name.

38.Whichpicture?'A'hasafewpicturesand'B'hasone.BdescribesitandAidentifieswhichoneitisofhis

pictures.

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39.JumbledsentencesMixuporderofwordsinasentence.Studentsunravelandputincorrectorder.

40.Guessthetown,city,countryOnestudentdescribesandtheothersguess.

41.AmericanwordsStudentsmatchupBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishwords.

42.Prefix/suffixbrainstormingGiveonlytheprefixorsuffixe.g.dis_________,_________ness andstudentsthinkofall

wordsthatcouldfit.

43.Spottingtheconnectionbetweenwords(couldbedictatedandstudentsshoutoutwhentheythinkoftheconnection),e.g.Sun,star,

mirror,Telegraph

44.PicturecompositioncutupEachstudenthasonepicture.Withoutshowingeachother,discusspicturesandputinorder.

45.PrepositionsoftimeMatchtimeswithprepositionse.g.at6o'clockonSaturday.

46.MemoryLookatpicturefor45seconds.Turnoveranddescribe.

47.QuotesfromfamouspeopleMatch

quotes

and

names.

48.DeductionStudentsworkoutwhatpictureis,e.g.theMexicanonabicycle.

49.LiesOnestudenttellsrest/partneraboutselfbutlies3times.Attheendotherssaywhatlieswere.

50.Survivalgamese.g.TheNASAgame.Studentshavelistofthings,choose5thingsthatwillbemostusefulfor

survivalonthemoon,inthedesert,etc

51.Writedownasmanythingsasyoucanthinkofwhichare....(chooseone:round/smallerthanaCD/beautiful/dangerousetc.),2minutes students

brainstormalone,thenwordsonboard.Usewordstoquizeachother(it'ssomethingyouuse

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