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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

A BROKEN TELEPHONE

This is a good pre/post-activity that can be easily adapted to nearly any story you can think of. First of all, you have to divide your class in groups, 2 to 4 depending on the amount of pupils and the way you normally work with your group. Here you have some tips for that. Once it is done, choose a phrase which has something to do with the story, e.g. "Goldilocks was very hungry and she walked into the kitchen". Tell the phrase to the first person of each group so they can whisper it to the next. The last student has to say it aloud. If he or she is right, they would have won the round. After every round, the students who had received the phrase from the teacher will have to go to the back of their group, ensuring a proper rotation.

Its main advantage is that, besides being an amusing game enjoyed both by children and adults, it can be adapted to any level and background and therefore it should be challenging and motivating without being frustrating.

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