Type of activity
Writing and speaking. Individual and
group work.
Aim
To review past tenses.
Task
To create a story by completing sentences and
inventing details.
Preparation
Make one copy of the worksheet for each student.
Timing
20 minutes
Procedure
1 Divide the class into groups of three to four
students. Explain that they are going to write
a story about going on a blind date.
2 Give one copy of the worksheet to each
student. Give the students a few moments to
look at the different stages. Then ask them to
complete the first sentence. Encourage the
students to be imaginative and amusing.
3 Ask the students to fold their worksheet back
so that what they have written is hidden and
the next unfinished sentence is visible. Ask
them to pass their worksheet to the student
on their left.
4 Ask the students to complete the sentence
that is now at the top of the worksheet, fold
their worksheet back and pass it to the
student on their left as before. Repeat this
until all the sentences have been completed.
5 When the last sentence has been written, ask
the students to open out the completed story
and read it to the others in their group.
6 Ask the students to choose the most
interesting or amusing story in their group,
which they then read to the whole class.
The class listens to the stories and votes
on the best.

....GOOD.

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