Picture the Past
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| Activity | |
|---|---|
| Draw a picture and write sentences about it. | |
| Target level | JHS |
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Explaining the activity
- Ask 3 students to come out and help you demonstrate the exercise.
- Draw a picture on the board of something interesting you have done. Don’t speak about it.
- Student A then writes a past simple sentence about it.
- Student B writes about what had already happened before the picture action.
- Student C about something that was going to happen.
Rules
- Put the students in groups of four.
- Each draws a picture of a real past action of theirs. Students should not discuss the pictures.
- They pass their picture silently to a neighbor in their group who adds a past tense sentence.
- Pass the picture again and each adds a past perfect sentence.
- They pass again and each adds a was going to sentence.
- At the end, look at the pictures and sentences.
