Activity of the week -Phrasal verb Bingo!

Before new vocabulary is introduced, it's a good idea for the students to brainstorm which vocabulary connected to that topic they can remember.This is called activating prior knowledge, or schema.

A simple way to do this is by playing bingo.

Materials: A small empty bingo card (a grid of 3 columns and 2 rows)

Procedure:

1. Put the students in small groups
2. Give each group a bingo card (they can easily make their own)
3. Tell the students you are going to talk about how you got to school that day, and they must try to predict which phrasal verbs you are going to use.
4. The students brainstorm and choose 6 phrasal verbs, one for each box on the bingo card
5. Talk about your journey to work using a variety of phrasal verbs.
6. The students listen and tick off the phrasal verbs as they hear them.
7. The first one to tick all 6 or a line shouts BINGO!

A great way to activate schema and also introduce new target language.

Apart from phrasal verbs, other ideas include:

verbs - talk about your daily routine

adjectives - describe your home town

verb tenses  - tell a story

Have fun!