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Lesson Share: Discussions: What I noticed

Students discuss ten things they saw, heard, felt or smelled on their way to the lesson today.

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Lesson Share: Discussions: Number talk

This warmer has a focus on numbers, but is a great skill for learners of all levels and subjects.

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Lesson Share: Team games: The guide dog

This activity works well as a warmer and is also good for practising giving and understanding instructions.

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Lesson Share: Drama: Mime, draw or explain

A short drama activity for reviewing vocabulary..

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Lesson Share: Drama: The moving story

This activity is an effective way of involving students directly in the story and also of presenting and practising new items of vocabulary.

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Lesson Share: Energizers: The hot potato

There is no particular linguistic aim for this activity but it works well as a brief warmer and to encourage students to use mime and facial expression.

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Lesson Share: Energizers: The knot

This activity probably works best as a way of energizing a group, particularly after lunch!

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Lesson Share: Energizers: Shout!

I teach in Hong Kong, where the classes can be very quiet, and take lots of warming up. This one is great for quiet classes, and hugely versatile (no preparation!).

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Lesson Share: Energizers: Stand in line

You can use this activity as an icebreaker at the start of a new course when the learners do not know each other or simply as a warmer at the start of the day.

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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: English I've liked

This is particularly good for learners who arrive for a lesson in a hurry and full of other concerns, and benefit from having a few quiet moments to switch into English and re-establish a positive attitude towards the language.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Identity swap

This activity is good for practising questions and listening to the answers - which students don't do all the time!

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend game

Students find out as much information about their partner’s weekend / holiday as possible, then tell the rest of the class and answer questions.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Table manners

A short activity about countable and uncountable nouns.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: The lying game

Is the teacher telling the truth or lying?

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Toilet paper information

A short activity about sharing personal information.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: True sentences

This exercise can produce a lot of language from the group with the minimum amount of effort from the teacher. It is designed to practise yes/no questions using various forms of the past tense.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend

I've used this activity many times and have found that my students thoroughly enjoy not telling the truth!

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Mystery guest

The idea for this activity came from an old game show. It is important to note that it can only be done at the very beginning of the first class in a new group. It is essential that the students do not know each other.

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Lesson Share: Memory games: Flash preview

A short activity to practise reconstructing a text.

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Lesson Share: Gaps and guessing: Flower power game

A variation on the game 'hangman' for classes in which the drawing of a hanged man would be inappropriate.