Warmup: Tourists
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
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On a Scale From 1-5: Tourists
Individual opinion-sharing.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR Pair work.
Another fun activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Level: Elementary -Advanced
Quick-think Vocabulary: Tourists
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage creative thinking.
Duration: 10-20 minutes
Level: Beginner – Advanced
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Adverbs of Frequency: Tourists
- 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 – Advanced
Word Library: Tourists
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember at this level.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Intermediate
Ask & Answer:Tourists
Asking and answering questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Pair work.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Missing Letters: Tourists
Class contest.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage quick thinking.
The teacher can also ask students to explain the meaning of each word or make a sentence with the word.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Can You Name 3: Tourists
Fun and creative thinking.
Fun activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
1-Minute Challenge: Tourists
Speaking Activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work and fluency practice.
A student challenge to talk about any topic for one minute or more.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Your Teacher Says: Tourists
Fun Activity/fun debate. The teacher reads a sentence to the students. The teacher says whether the sentence is True or False. Students argue Yes or No!
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
News: Tourists
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
True or False: Tourists
True or False discussion.
Fun activity.
Teacher’s Key included
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
The teacher reads the sentences; students decide whether they are True or False.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Rules: Tourists
Do we need rules for tourists?
Talkmor Suggestions:
A student activity OR a teacher-student activity in a small class.
Students look at a list of issues/problems that the locals have with tourists and decide what rules they can introduce to limit the problems.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
What is the Difference?: Tourists
Is there a difference or are they the same?
The teacher’s Key is included
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Pair work OR a teacher-student activity.
Students look at 2 columns. Decide whether the words are the same or slightly different. Explain if there is a difference.
Duration: 10-20 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Get In Line: Tourists
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity & mini discussions.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
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Choose a Destination: Tourists
Students choose a location [holiday destination] for each of the people on the list.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work & mini discussions.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
