Warmup: Potatoes & Chips
Simple discussion questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work if your students have the ability.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Your Teacher Says: Potatoes & Chips
Fun Activity/fun debate. Teacher reads a sentence to the students. Teacher says the sentence is True or False. Students argue Yes or No!
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
What’s The Word?: Potatoes & Chips
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage quick thinking.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Word Library: Potatoes & Chips
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Collocations: Potatoes & Chips
Individual challenge.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students need to think of or search for words that collocate with the given vocabulary.
Duration: 10 -15 minutes
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Grammar Practice: Potatoes & Chips
Student Activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual task. Fill in the gaps and write some sentences
Duration: 12+ minutes depending on the students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Choose The Correct Answer: Potatoes & Chips
Multiple choice. Vocabulary & general knowledge test.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity, or a teacher-student activity in a small class.
A general knowledge and vocabulary test.
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Level: Pre-intermediate – Upper intermediate
Match Them: Potatoes & Chips
Draw a line from the word to the matching picture.
Quiz included with answers where necessary.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students need to match the words with the correct picture.
An excellent activity for the expansion of vocabulary, a bit of creative thinking, and an easy/fun quiz.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Conversation: Potatoes & Chips
Write a short conversation about the lesson topic.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual activity.
Practice grammar, write short sentences, and do a bit of creative thinking.
Duration: 5-10 minutes
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
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Odd One Out
Students underline the word that doesn’t belong with the rest.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Each line has four words.
Underline the word that doesn’t belong with the rest.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Get In Line: Potatoes & Chips
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students have a mini discussion.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity & mini discussions.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Adverbs of Frequency: Potatoes & Chips
- Individual activity. Students create a sentence using the adverb.
- Students choose the correct sentence.
- Students rewrite sentences using the words and the adverb.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual work.
Duration: 10 -20 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
On a Scale From 1-5: Potatoes & Chips
Individual opinion-sharing.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work.
Another fun activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Level: Elementary-Advanced
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Match the Column: Potatoes & Chips
Where do I belong?
The teacher’s Key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students match the sentence in the column on the right with the correct word in the left column.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
SpeakEasy: Potatoes & Chips
Easier Speaking Activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work and fluency practice.
A student challenge to talk about any topic for half a minute.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Upper intermediate
Fix The Spelling: Potatoes & Chips
Students put the letters in the correct order.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Mixed Sentences: Potatoes & Chips
Students put the words in the correct order.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Basic – Elementary
True/False: Potatoes & Chips
True or False discussion. Fun activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
The teacher reads the sentences; students decide whether they are True or False.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Round Robin Warm-down: Potatoes & Chips
Fun speaking activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Group work / individual challenge and fluency practice.
A student challenge to make a short sentence about a given topic. Keep going until students run out of sentences.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Upper intermediate
