Дизайн урока и планирование с нуля / Lesson Design and Planning from scratch. Technology integration. Марина Юрьевна Грабарь

      In this game, one person tells a short story about themselves or someone they know or heard about. Usually, it is something funny or crazy. It can be a true story, or something made up. Example: Josh tells a story about his Uncle Leo who sleeps in the nude. One day Uncle Leo was sleepwalking and he went outside and took his dog for a walk. The next-door neighbor was coming home late from work and saw him! She called the police and he got arrested for being naked in public. Everyone around the room has to say whether they think Josh’s story is a fact (true) or fiction (made up). Josh reveals the truth when everyone has guessed. Members can take turns telling a story.

      This is a fun writing warm-up. Everyone has a piece of paper and writes the first sentence or two to start a fairy tale (not one that already exists).Example: Once upon a time there was a frog that had no legs. He wanted to get married, but there were no female legless frogs in the land. After one minute the leader will say «SWITCH». At this time the writers have to put down their pens and pass the papers. They cannot finish their sentences. Then, the next writers will continue the story. After about ten minutes you will have as many silly stories to read as you have club members. The leader should warn the writers that they will soon have to wrap-up the story during the last two minutes so that each story has a conclusion. Read all of the stories out loud for a good laugh. You can extend this activity by trying to edit each other’s writing and spelling errors.

      In this game, which is based on the famous game show Jeopardy, everyone writes down ten answers to questions about themselves. After writing down the answers, people have to form pairs or small groups and try to find out what the questions are. Example: (answer = purple) «What is your favorite colour?» «Blue.» «What colour do you hate?» «Green.» «What colour is your underwear?» «Purple!» You can stop at three guesses if you want, or keep going until someone in the club can guess the question.

      In this game, the club is split up into two teams. One member from each team sits facing the group. The leader holds up a word (or writes it on the board if you are in a classroom) for all of the team members to see except for the two players in the hot seats. The teams must try to get the person in the hot seat to guess the word or phrase. The first person to guess correctly gets to stand up and a new member from their team takes the hot seat. The person on the other team has to remain in the hot seat until she gets an answer first. You can keep score or just play for fun. This game can also be played in pairs. One pair member closes their eyes while the leader shows the word to the other pair members. The first pair to get the word right gets a point. Warning! This is a loud game because people tend to get excited and yell!

      This is a listening and pronunciation activity that always gets people laughing. The leader first must think of a sentence or phrase and whisper it to the person beside her. That person will then whisper what she heard to the next person. Each person can only say, «Can you please repeat that?» one time. When the message reaches the end of the chain that person must speak out loud. Oftentimes the message will be completely different when it reaches the end. Try to find out where the chain broke! In a big group, you can send the message two ways and find out which team comes closest to the real message. (A famous example is the army message that started as «Send reinforcements, we’re going to advance» and ended as «Send three and fourpence, we’re going to a dance.»)

      The idea of this activity is simple: students go around the school to hunt for Pokémons trapped in the QR world! Each QR code contains a Pokémon with varying points depending on its level or tier, and a corresponding question or task. Of course, students must be able to answer the question, or do the task successfully in order to earn the points of the Pokémon they had caught!