Classroom Hero ESL Activities

Advanced Writing Game:Adventures of My Life

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:20:46 +0000

This choose your own adventure story is as real as it gets… Your students will be writing up a personal storm with this advanced esl writing activity! ESL Personal Information Writing Activity: Adventures of My Life. LEVEL: C1-C2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Students get to know each other by writing a choose your own adventure story...

Intermediate Family Speaking Activity: Family Feud!

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:15:31 +0000

Just when you thought your family was bad. Negotiating skills have never been trickier, or more necessary than… When there’s a FAMILY FEUD! LEVEL: B1-B2 AGE: Adults SYNOPSIS: Group based activity where students negotiate and come to terms with family problems. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Speaking fluency, family vocabulary. EXAM FOCUS: Part one/two of the FCE/CAE/CPE speaking...

First day of Class ESL Speaking Activity:Opening Opinions

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:34:41 +0000

Do you need an ace in the hole for your first day of class? Start the year off on the right foot with Classroom Hero’s ‘Opening Opinions’ Intermediate ESL Speaking Activity LEVEL: B1-B2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Group-based activity where students ask for their classmates’ opinions to prove information about the class LANGUAGE FOCUS: Speaking fluency,...

Intermediate Writing:Story of My Life

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:18:36 +0000

Based on a true story… The names and places have been changed to protect your not-so-innocent students. ESL Personal Information Writing Activity: Story of My Life. LEVEL: B1-B2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Personal information writing activity where students write dramatic stories about themselves using newspaper headlines. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Writing and personal information. EXAM FOCUS: Inference. TIME:...

Elementary Writing Game: True Story

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:35:15 +0000

Let’s get to know each other write now! Get your students writing about themselves in no time ESL Personal Information Game: True Story. LEVEL: A1-A2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Personal information writing activity where students write about themselves and then have other students decide which story is about whom. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Writing and personal information. EXAM...

Healthy HabitsESL Health and Fitness Speaking Activity

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:38:01 +0000

Health and Fitness just got a little healthier. Give your students a dose of Classroom Hero ESL Health and Fitness Speaking Game: Healthy Habits. LEVEL: A1-A2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Health and fitness class survey followed by health myths interviews & presentations. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Interview question, fluency on the topic of health and fitness and modals...

Medical MishapsESL Health and Medicine Hospital Role Play

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:33:51 +0000

Health and medicine speaking role play. This activity will make anyone’s health care system look good. ESL Hospital Role Play: Medical Mishaps LEVEL: B1-B2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Group role play where students try to identify the person responsible for a patient’s death. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Language of speculation, fluency in the issues of medicine and health...

Personality Temperament SorterESL Personality Speaking Activity

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:57:53 +0000

What does your personality say about you? Open the mysteries of your personality. ESL Personality Adjectives Speaking Activity. LEVEL: B1-B2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Students survey partners to determine their personality type. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Personality adjectives and fluency. EXAM FOCUS: FCE / CAE Speaking Exam Part 1 and 4. TIME: 45-90 minutes INTERACTION: pair work VOCABULARY:...

The Bonzurgle HeistPast Simple and Past Continuous Speaking Game

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:41:18 +0000

Past simple and past continuous speaking games at their best. This time, let your students do all the work. ESL Alibi Interrogation Speaking Game: The Bonzurgle Heist. LEVEL: A1-A2 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Students create an alibi to escape justice from ace detectives looking for differences in suspect alibis. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Past simple, past continuous. EXAM...

Murder on the Orange ExpressESL Narrative Tenses Murder Mystery Game

Josh - Pirate, Hero & ESL Activity Mastermind — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:17:07 +0000

Murder on the Orange Express. It’s Agatha Christy, Clue and Colombo all for Your Students ESL Murder Mystery Speaking Game: Murder on the Orange Express. LEVEL: B1-C1 AGE: Adults/Teenagers SYNOPSIS: Students try to reconstruct the murder on an almost world-famous train by analyzing suspects and utilizing clues in their ultimate search for whodunnit. LANGUAGE FOCUS:...