Hashtag Improve Your Life in Four Words – ESOL Game
This is a fun ESOL game inspired by the recent Twitter hashtag: #ImproveYourLifeIn4Words
Method:
- SS (students) work in pairs or small groups. They access the hashtag on Twitter and select ten (or more, or fewer) tweets. T (teacher) monitors and helps.
- They write the four-word phrases onto a sheet of paper, then delete one of the words from each phrase. SS could focus on deleting words from a particular word class, e.g. verbs, adjectives, or prepositions, etc.
- Next, SS exchange their paper with another pair or group, who have to complete each gap with one word only – or more than one word, if you want the game to be easier. Then both pairs of groups come together and compare their answers with the original tweets.
- Twist: SS have to suggest more than one word that could possibly fit, e.g. five words – the funnier the better!
- The whole class come together and different groups present their work to the class.
- Final quick-fire round #1: T (or a student) collects all of the four-word phrases and reads them to SS going round the whole class in a circle. The reader omits the final word and the student has to say the first thing that comes to mind, e.g. “I would buy…” “Sausages.” / “Bread.” / “A pizza.” – and so on. You could make it competitive by putting a five-second timer on each student – if they can’t think of anything, they sit out, and the game continues until there is one student as the winner!
- Final quick-fire round #2: T (or SS) collect a number of four-word phrases from the hashtag on Twitter. Play the quick-fire round, as above, but this time SS must come up with the real final word from the tweets. You could play it competitively too, as above.
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Example (with tweets below):
Education gives children __________. e.g. headaches
Pledge to go __________! e.g. green
Learn to love __________. e.g. homework
__________, then laugh more. e.g. eat
Laugh whenever it’s __________. e.g. raining
Think about others __________. e.g. sometimes
Go to bed __________. e.g. late
Watch the Penguin __________. e.g. film
A Weekend In __________. e.g. Grimsby
Read more, sing __________! e.g. less
#Education gives #children choices #ImproveYourLifeIn4Words pic.twitter.com/yOYzPDNfAR
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