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needed paper to light a fire).
6. Jeans that are torn and faded (done on purpose to be more
fashionable).
7. A car that won't start (battery run down because the lights were
left on all night).
8. A squashed cake at a picnic (the youngest member of the family
sat on it).
9. A hole in the roof (a small meteor fell through it).
10. A broken window (a tree fell onto it during a storm).

Diaries

Writing.

Procedure: Ask the students to keep a diary, and allow five
minutes once or twice a week for this to be done. The diary can be
about the students' experience of the lessons and what they feel
they have achieved, or it can be about other matters of concern to
them.
The diary does not need to follow the convention of a day-
by-day record. It can be kept private, or shared with another
student and/or shared with you. Note that this is not an appropriate
vehicle for correcting mistakes of language.

Dictate numbers

Grasping the meaning of numbers quickly and translating into
figures.

Procedure: Dictate a random list of numbers in English. Both you
and the students write down the corresponding figures as you say
them. Then check, by writing the answers on the board, or asking
them to reformulate their figures into words.
Variation: Ask the students to add up the numbers you dictate - do
they get the right result?

Don't say yes or no

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