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Age: Teenagers To solve the puzzle the students are supposed

Level: Intermediate to do three activities:
Time: 80-90 minutes
Materials: A set of story cards 3.1 Ask the students what people usually
A set of flashcards with the target do at each stage and put some ideas on the
vocabulary board. To introduce the necessary vocabu-
Word cards with the target lary, hand out word cards with the target
vocabulary words written on them vocabulary to each student and play the
Word cards of life stage voting game.
Bingo templates Voting rules:
Make sure you have the necessary
equipment to play videos Ask students to spread their word cards
in front of them on the table
Procedure: Show students a flashcard
Students vote with their word cards (for
1. Start the lesson by giving CARD 1 to one of
example, when you show the “start a
your students and ask them to read it out
family” flashcard, students show you
loud:
“start a family” wordcard)
CARD 1 Set a 3-second time limit:
You walk into the classroom. You can see a “One-two-three!” - and students who have
strange small cube with one button on it in the shown you their cards get a point
middle of the room. What do you do: press the If students are slow to show you their
button or leave it. cards, they do not get a point for this
round
2. Ask the students what they are going to do:
You will find a detailed video explanation of
2.1 If they choose to press the button, give
how to plan the game here:
them CARD 2.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op-
CARD 2.1 sanC19G-c
Suddenly the room starts shaking, the lights
go off, and you see a projection of a video 3.2 Play bingo to check the learners’ under-
tape on the wall. standing of new words.
Bingo rules:
2.2 If they choose to ignore the cube, give
them CARD 2.2 Prepare bingo flashcards (you can use
bingo-generator with pictures, such as
CARD 2.2 https://myfreebingocards.com/bin-
You put the cube back. go-card-generator ). You can choose
Suddenly the room starts shaking, the lights some of the 30 cards we have already
go off, and you see a projection of a video prepared for you on the “Link for bingo”
tape on the wall. text file.
Hand out the cards
2.3 Show the video (human cycle, random) Name the words one by one very quickly,
to your students. After they finish watching, so the students cross out the correspond-
ask them what they think they saw. They ing image to the word they hear
don’t need to come to a unanimous opinion The students cross out the words they
at this stage. hear
Nominate a student to read CARD 3 The first student to cross out all the
CARD 3 words cries out “Bingo!” and is the winner.
When the video is over you hear a clicking
coming from the cube. You take a closer You will find a detailed video explanation of
look and understand that it’s a Chinese how to plan the game here:
puzzle. Try to solve it. https://youtu.be/rBxtvFOUrGU

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3.3 To give your students some extra activity
to remember the words play memory.
Memory rules:
Spread flashcards and word cards on the
table face down in two separate groups (for
example, the flashcards are on the left side of
the table, the word cards are on the right side
of the table;
The first student comes to the table and
opens any flashcard and any word card;
If the flashcard matches the word card the
student keeps them;
If they don’t match put them back at exactly
the same place where they have been taken;
Then another student comes to the table;
Continue until all the cards are used;
The winner is the student who has the largest
number of matching pairs.
You will find a detailed video explanation of
how to plan the memory here:
https://youtu.be/EHRJVh-XID0
If your students can access their phones
during the lesson, you can use this template:
https://games.vznaniya.ru/run/activties/
p9uTToiM/memory-game
Give your students CARD 4, this card contains
4. a QR-code, so they need to open the link and
listen to the voice message.
CARD 4. Transcript:
Hello strangers! I need your help. My life is
broken into pieces. Help me to put it back
together. My life is literally in your hands now.
4.1 Play the basketball game.
Basketball rules:
Put the flashcards in a line on the floor
At one end of the line there is a student. At
the other end of the line is a basket
A student has a ball, the aim of the game is
to score the ball
The student starts moving along the line and
makes sentences about himself/herself
using the flashcards. For example, “I don’t do
yoga” (standing next to the “do yoga” flash-
card)
If the student makes a mistake, he/she stops
and must try to score the ball from this point
If the student scores a ball, he/she gets a
point
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You will find a detailed video explanation of how
to plan the game here:
https://youtu.be/mOQ-sgzPaug
4.2 Give your students CARD 4.4
CARD 4.4
Thanks for helping me! Now you can see the
unbroken file.
4.3 After the students watch the video (human
cycle, in order), initiate a small discussion of
what they think this video represents this time.
Help them understand that these are stages
of a human life. Check if they were close to
the correct answer in their previous assump-
tions.
5. Nominate a Student to read CARD 5
CARD 5
My name is Blick. There are serious problems in
the future, so a genius engineer wrote himself
as a computer program and sent it into the past.
They need your help there.
To be able to travel in time you need to write
yourselves as computer programmes too. But
first, have a little practice.
5.1 The students play the Hot Chair game:
Hot chair rules:
Divide your students into two or three
groups
One volunteer from each group sits on a
chair with their back to the board, facing
their group
Write one of the life stages on the board so
that the volunteer can't see the word
Their group mates must give hints by telling
the students what they might do during this
life stage
The first one to guess the word gets a point
for their team.
6. One of the students reads CARD 6
CARD 6
Now you are ready to upload.
6.1 Ask your students to create their own
timelines. They need to add at least two addi-
tional life events. Students will then compare
their timelines in small groups or in pairs.
Home assignment: Ask your students to
choose one stage of life and write down five
pros and five cons of that life stage.
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CARD 1 CARD 3

You walk into the class-
room. You can see a strange
small cube with one button
on it in the middle of the
room. What do you do:
press the button or leave it.
When the video is over you
hear a clicking coming from
the cube. You take a closer
look and understand that
it’s a Chinese puzzle. Try to
solve it.

CARD 2.1 CARD 4. Transcript:

Suddenly the room starts Hello strangers! I need your

shaking, the lights go off, help. My life is broken into
and you see a projection of pieces. Help me to put it
a video tape on the wall. back together. My life is
literally in your hands now.

CARD 2.2 CARD 4.4

You put the cube back. Thanks for helping me!

Suddenly the room starts Now you can see the
shaking, the lights go off, unbroken file
and you see a projection of
a video tape on the wall.

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CARD 5
CARD 6
My name is Blick. There are
serious problems in the future,
so a genius engineer wrote him-
self as a computer program and Now you are ready
sent it into the past.
to upload.
They need your help there.
To be able to travel in time you
need to write yourselves as com-
puter programmes too. But
first, have a little practice.

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