1.

Chain Fairytale

Objective: Grade: third Materials: paper and pencil Procedure: This is a fun writing warm-up. Everyone has a piece of paper and writes the first sentence or two to start a fairytale (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.

2.

Draw the Picture

Objective: Grades: second Materials: paper, pencil, picture the newspaper and magazine Procedure: In this activity members split up into pairs or small groups. One person looks at a scene from a magazine or book (the leader should cut out enough pictures, or bring in enough magazines for the club). The other person has a pencil and a blank piece of paper. The person with the picture will try to describe everything he sees to the drawer. This is good practice for using prepositions of place. When the describer is finished, compare the drawings to the real thing! Whose is the closest to the original?

3.

Broken Telephone

Objective: Grade: first Materials: none Procedure: 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.") 4.

Create new words

Objective: Grade: fourth Materials: paper and pen (dictionary for checking spelling) Procedure: Pair, group or individual work. The learners should write as many words as they can using letters in the words JOB ADVERTISEMENT. They can use fewer letters but not more. Examples: men, read, red, advent, tea, a, an, the, tear etc. The teacher can decide on categories such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and learners have to write words that fall into the category or the topic is given such as PROFESSION, HOBBIES, TRAVELLING etc. and learners should write words that would fall under the topic label.

5.
Objective:

Jobs around us:

Grade: third Materials: paper and pen Procedure: Individual work leading to class work. The teacher writes the alphabet in a column on the blackboard. The learners must use every letter as an initial letter of a job. If necessary the teacher can deliberately omit letters which are not initial letters of any job. Less advanced learners can use dictionaries, for advanced learners a time limit can be set. Example: Accountant, Businessman, Correspondent, Designer, etc. In the feedback stage a complete list of jobs can be written on the

6.

Fill in words:

Objective: Grade: second Materials: dictionaries, blackboard and market Procedure: Individual The teacher writes words job advertisement on the blackboard like this: Apply (an example) B C Draw (an example) V X These letters are initial letters of words learners must write. Less advanced learners can write any words, for advanced learners teacher can state the topic area such as JOBS (examples given), INTERESTS, ENVIRONMENT. In case the teacher uses this activity as a warm up activity for the lesson that aims at making use of job advertisements in developing language and skills, such areas as WORK, PROFESSION, WORK PLACE are strongly recommended. The learners can check their words with each other or in dictionaries. This activity can be organized as a competition with a time limit.

7.

Who is this job for?

Materials: copies of several adverts Objective: Grade: five Materials: copies of several adverts

Procedure: Learners work in pair and skim job adverts to find answers to the following question: Which job would be suitable for someone who: - Enjoys traveling? - Has business experience and wants responsibility? - Can't work during the day? - Has got telephone skills? - Can't work in the evenings or at weekend? In the feedback session learners justify their ideas by forming statements such as: Sales representative is a good job for someone who likes traveling.