Page 4 - English 9 | Games and Activities-3

THEME 3 MOVIES

FUNCTIONS
F1 Talking about likes/dislikes, hobbies and free time activities
F2 Expressing opinions
9 GRADE F3 Making preferences
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Asking about and telling the time and the date
F4
F5 Inviting and refusing accepting an invitation
1 Acrostic Genre Puzzle
This activity aims to revise and consolidate film genre names and have students ask for/express
opinions about film genres.

Materials and Preparation
Copy the worksheet on page 59 and make sure that each student in the class has one.
Procedure
1 Hand out the copies to students and tell them that this is an acrostic puzzle, which means there is
a hidden word that they need to find when the puzzle is completely solved. Ask them to fill in the
puzzle by using the film posters as clues to the film genre names. Once students have finished, elicit
answers and finally ask for the hidden word (ORDINARY).
2 Have students work in pairs to share their opinions about the film genres given in the acrostic puzzle.
Tell them that they are supposed to use some of the words given in the box while expressing their
opinions. Monitor while walking around the classroom and help when necessary.

2 Hobbies and Equipment Matching

This activity aims to revise and consolidate words/phrases related to hobbies/leisure activities and
have students talk about their hobbies.
Materials and Preparation
Copy and cut up hobby cards on page 60 and make sure that each student has two hobby cards. Copy
and cut up the corresponding equipment cards on page 61 for every hobby card.
Procedure
1 Give two hobby cards and two equipment cards to each of the students. Make sure the equipment
cards do not match the hobby cards in their hand.
2 Tell students that these are their favourite hobbies and leisure activities. However, the equipment is
from a hobby/leisure activity they no longer do, and they need appropriate pieces of equipment for
their current hobbies/leisure activities.
3 Tell students that they are supposed to find the needed equipment and give away the old one.
In order to do this, they should ask about other people’s hobbies and tell them about their own
hobbies while moving around the classroom.
4 If you need/wish to demonstrate how to play the game, take two hobby cards and two equipment
cards. Go near a student of yours and say, “What do you like doing in your free time?” or “What are
your hobbies?” When s/he tells you about his/her hobbies/leisure activities, check if you have his/
her needed equipment. If you don’t have it, say “Oh, that’s bad. I have nothing useful for you.” Then
say, “I’m crazy about ...” or “I love/enjoy ...” “Do you have anything for me?” If s/he has the equipment
you need, take the equipment card and thank him/her. Then talk to another student and repeat the
process. When you find someone who needs one of your pieces of equipment, give the equipment
card saying “Oh, really? I have something you need.” or “Would you love this?”
5 After the demonstration, ask students to get up and start the activity. Tell them that they can sit
down once they have found someone to give away their useless equipment and they have got the
pieces of equipment they need.
6 Go around the classroom and monitor. Stop the activity after an appropriate length of time even if
there are some students who have not been able to find/give away their equipment cards.
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