VOCABULARY WORKSHEETS
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Target language: Past continuous
1. Write on board: Mrs. McDonald was found dead in her house on Tuesday at eight in the morning. You have to find who killed her and why.
2. Explain to students they are going to prepare a play and perform it (split them in 2 or 3 groups) while one group performs the other watches them. The audience has to guess who the murderer is. (Here you have 2 options, depending on the level, although it works well with pre-intermediate students too.)
3. Preparation: give students enough time to prepare this and help them at this stage, if necessary, especially using the past continuous, e.g. what were you doing yesterday at 7 o’clock etc. (Don’t give them any help during the performance.)
4. When they are ready, the students perform while the other group or groups watch and listen carefully to decide who the murderer is.
5. Just before the end of the play the performing group stops and asks their audience who they think the murderer is, inviting them to ask any additional questions or for clarification. (At the end I always start clapping for the others to do the same and thank them for their performance.)
6. If the audience guesses right, give them points or a round of applause.
7. Change performers and repeat from point 3.
8. Of course, teachers can use their own imagination or better still get the learners to invent the characters and alibis.
My personal comment: I always ask for feedback, up to now they have always really enjoyed it. I’m always amazed at their imagination, I think the best one was when one group had decided it was suicide! Enjoy and good luck!
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