7/22/2019 Icebraker Warmer Cooler
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ISD
Lecture Homework
Natlia Lukes
Pre Intermediate
Warmer:
A simple and short activity to introduce classroom language at
the beginning o the year! At
the beginning o the year I wanted my students to be introduced
to the classroom language I
e"pected them to use or the rest o the year! #his is the
activity they had to do!
In pairs they make up a dialogue including these phrases and act
them out in ront o the class$
I don%t understand
I don%t know
Pardon&
'nce more( please!
)hat does ************* mean&
)hat%s ************ in +nglish&
How do you spell&Is this ok&
Later we wrote all that classroom language on posters that we
put up on the walls!
Icebraker:
#his is a un way to make your students talk like they would talk
in a daily lie , improvising
dialogues! #hey work in groups with dierent topics chosen by you
or their class mates! It
stimulates to use the vocabulary they have( practice it and make
conversations they would in
daily lie! It is also great to have un activities in class!
In this speaking e"ercise you ask students to come to the ront
and do a little drama- dialogue!
Procedure $
.! Prepare small cards with dierent characters /e"ample( pop
band singer /0,12( a an( a
police man2 or you can ask your students to give the plot o
situation /i you have creative
students2
0! Ask a number /according to number o characters2 come in ront
and using a lottery
choose their character
1! I level o +nglish is low( give ew minutes( not more than 3(
to prepare( so they know
what they will do!
4! Let them improvise5
Cool Down:
Divide players into teams( depending on the number o students
you have! Ask them to think
about the uture and what they wish to have! #hen they will be
the inventors5 Ask them to
give name to their inventions and to make an accurate and
interesting description!!! and above
all( do not orget the price5 'nce the task( get them to e"pose
to their classmates!
Source: http$--busyteacher!org-
