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Learner Level: Intermediate +
Language focus: reading and speaking
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials: 1 printout for each student (or write the questions
on the
board)
Grouping:Whole class
Preparation: Teach the expression sob story
Quick Reference: A spin-off on the traditional warm up
Find Someone Who. Useful for after the
Christmas holidays.
Warm UpFind Someone Who Didnt
Teacher Instructions:!
1. Print out copies of Pg 2 for your students.2. Tell students
to go around the room finding students who didn!t do the things on
the list. Teach them how to use the
word sob story. I!m sorry to hear your sob story. Do you have a
sob story for me?3. In order to write the name in the blank the
student must tell a story when answering Did you..( Not just No, I
didn!t.)4. After students have had a chance to go around the room,
ask students to share the best sob stories they heard.
What!s the best sob story you heard today?
For Example: !
Find someone whodidn!tget what he wanted for Christmas.Jesse:
Did you get what you asked for this Christmas?
Noah: No I didn!t.Jesse: Oh, no. What did you ask for?
Noah: I asked for an iPod but I got CDs instead. My dad thinks
iPods go out of date too often. He thinks my iPod worksfine. I
don!t even listen to CDs. I download music. I don!t even have a CD
player!
Later...Teacher:What!s the best sob story you heard today,
Jesse?
Jesse: Noah had a sob story. He wanted a new iPod, but his dad
said no. His dad thinks iPod models change tooquickly . Poor Noah.
He got new CDs instead of a new iPod. He doesn!t even have a CD
player.
Teacher 2 Teacher:
As your students ask each other questions, go around the room
and help correct question structure.Make sure students are asking
questions with Did: Did you get what you asked for?
Related Topics from the ESL-Library.com:
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Warm Ups: Old me, New Me
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Find Someone Who Didn!t...Over the Holidays
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1. get what he/she wanted ______________________________
2. buy anyone a Christmas gift
______________________________
3. cook or bake something ______________________________
4. go to a Christmas party ______________________________
5. make a New Year!s resolution
______________________________
6. have to work ______________________________
7. watch any TV _______________________________
8. read any books _______________________________
9. spend a lot of money _______________________________
10. hang out with a child _______________________________
11. speak any English _______________________________
12. take any photos _______________________________
13. pose for any photos _______________________________
14. sing any carols _______________________________
15. go shopping _______________________________
16. draw any pictures _______________________________
17. get new socks ________________________________
18. meet someone new ________________________________
19. see Santa Claus _______________________________
20. get dressed up for a special event
_______________________________
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