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Workshop

SEETA – 8-12 December 2010

Melania Paduraru

Motto:

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. - Albert Einstein

HIDDEN OBJECT GAMES in the EFL Classroom

Find as many of the hidden objects as possible. Write sentences: “There’s a/an … in/on/under/behind/above/ the … ”

Conch shell Flask Compass Umbrella Axe Bag

Sun Pawn Knife Pistol Mask Newspaper

Ball-point pen Glasses Inkwell Pen Pipe Lamp

Magnifying glass Map Globe Pencil Necklace Telephone

1. Name the circled objects. Choose five of them.

2. Make up sentences: “There’s a … somewhere in the room. Where is it?”

3. Your partner must answer using: “There it is! The … is in/on/under the …”

Choose five objects, make a secret note of them and then make questions about them:

“What should I use when/if I want to … ?”

Your partner must guess the object you need and answer: “When/If you want to …, you should use a …”

Something to play a game with Something to cover your head with A piece of jewelry

Something to protect you against the rain Something to hide your face behind A star

Something to write with Something to help you see better A tool

Something to cut things with Something to help you find the North A kind of bottle

Something to safely store your things in Something to carry your things around in A communication tool

FIND:

1. Find five things in the picture and make up sentences: “There’s a/an … in the room.”

2. With your desk-mate, take turns in finding the objects each of you has written about.

3. If you need help, ask your desk-mate: “Where’s the …?”

Whose room is this? Look for clues and make up sentences.

Express logical assumptions using: “It must be …”

Express suppositions using: “It could be …”

Identify 20 objects in the picture. Write a funny story including all of them.

Find the objects listed below and write a thriller in which you include them all.

Conch shell Flask Compass Umbrella Axe Bag

Sun Pawn Knife Pistol Mask Newspaper

Ball-point pen Glasses Inkwell Pen Pipe Lamp

Magnifying glass Map Globe Pencil Necklace Telephone