TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

 

This activity is focused in communication, learning vocabulary and producing definitions.

-Vocabulary and structures: key vocabulary from the unit (serf, noble, clergy, knight, bishop, etc.) and simple sentences.

-The activity could be both oral and written. Oral: students in the blackboard write their options and ask their mates. Written: they do it in their notebooks.

-The discourse is mainly descriptive.

Write the key vocabulary on the board.

Students write 3 descriptions.

What is a serf? A serf is a person who

a) is poor

b) doesn’t own land and

c) surfs at the beach.

Write an example for: nobles, clergy, knight, etc.

 

 and Miriam Hernando suggests:

This is a great ice breaker but I also use it by the end of the unit, as a way to review.

When students write them, by the end we also check possible spelling or grammar mistakes (not during the game, as that will interrupt the fluency).

I play it in two ways:

·        Me giving the definitions, they trying to guess (competition mode)

·        They write the descriptions in groups and the other groups guess

I recommend you both!

Remember that if you want to make it digital, you could use Kahoot or Quizziz for it.

Here it’s a nice link about why it’s good to use it

https://busyteacher.org/20650-call-my-bluff-esl-adaptation-5-steps.html

Finally, when I use it in 4º ESO, I try them to use more formal expressions for their choices as this is an opportunity for students to use language of deduction:

It could/might/may be….

It can’t be ….. because …..

It must be ….. because …..

By a process of elimination, I’d say it’s ….

There’s no way it’s …. because …

… is too obvious.