Five-min activities

Five-minute activity 1

Name of the Activity: The Bomb game

Material: Timer

Ss’ Level: any

Source: Educationalworld. July,2007.

Procedure: The T sets a timer with a n alarm for 2-3 minutes then places it in a pencil case and passes it to a student. The “bomb” has to make its way around the classroom. When a S is handed the “ bomb “, he/she must say an adjective/ a sentence/a verb /a phrase/anything related to the topics given in class. When the “bomb “ explodes, the S holding it has to either answer a question from the T or do something silly , which his/her classmates will ask.

Activity for early finishers 2

Name of the Activity: MAKE THE CLUES

Material: no need material

SS’ level: any

Procedure:

Give the early finisher a word for him/her to make up the clues, following the example given. Example clues:

I am a noun but I am very important.
I begin with the letter ‘f’.
People in prison have lost it and want it back.
People demand it when it is taken away by dictators.
It is related to speech.
(Puzzle word = Freedom)

The last lesson of each week the class play the game ‘GUESS THE WORD’. Once the clues for a puzzle word are given, the class have three chances to guess it. The student guessing the word wins. If nobody guesses the word, the student who has made the clues is the winner.