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as you have (seethe BOX for suggestions). At the end, sec how
many points each student has.

BOX: Find someone who
Find someone who . . .
was born in the same month as you.
was born on the same day of the month as you.
has the same number of brothers as you.
has the same number of sisters as you.
ate at least two of the same things as you for breakfast,
has the same favourite colour as you.
got up at the same time as you did this morning
Five-minute writing storms

Writing.

Procedure: Tell the students that they have exactly five minutes to
write about something. Set a subject that you feel will focus the
students' minds but encourage personal rather than generalised
responses (see the BOX).
Tell them that you will not mark any mistakes of language
but will only be concerned with the ideas or experiences they
describe. (You can note down general errors and give a language
focus activity on these forms at another time.)
For the next lesson, prepare general comments and select
texts written by the students, to read out.

Variation: The students write for exactly three minutes and then
take it in turns to read what they have written to each other.

BOX: Five-minute writing storms

Themes
The best thing in the lesson today
The worst thing in the lesson today
The best thing to happen to me today

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