Running Dictation

Activity
Assemble and read a story. Difficult vocabulary.
Target level	JHS
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• The class sits in groups of 4.
• Two group members are the secretaries and two are the runners.
• One of the runners has to run to the board and read sentences 1-7 and dictate to one of the secretaries.
• The other runner has to run and dictate sentences 8-14 to the other writer.
• After the groups have all the sentences, they read the whole story which was in the correct order, they try to figure out the answer.

The story

1. One day a man and his son went to a party.
2. They had a lovely time.
3. The man drank a lot.
4. At midnight, they left the party.
5. The man was drunk.
6. It was raining a lot that day.
7. Suddenly the man saw a dog on the road.
8. He didn’t want to kill the dog, so he swerved sharply to avoid killing the dog.
9. Unfortunately he crashed into a truck.
10. The man died immediately.
11. The son was injured.
12. The truck driver called an ambulance.
13. The ambulance took the boy to the hospital.
14. The doctor saw the boy and shouted: “My son, my son”.

Question: Who is the doctor?

See also

• Junior high school activities
• Senior High School Activities