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  • 8/14/2019 English Teaching Warmers and Games

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    Warmers&

    Games

    www.teflengland.co.uk

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    Warmers and Games

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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

    to...)