y2

5-
minut
edebat
es
i
Act t
vi
Tar
getAudi
ence
T
eenagel
ear
ner
s

Mai
nAi
ms

Language:Dependi
ngonlear
ners’
levelofpr
o ci
ency,t
heymayus
eal
lor
someofthefoll
owing,aswel
lasotherl
anguagenotl
ist
edher
e:

•askforandgi veideasandopinions
•describefeelings
•explainandj usti
fy
•persuade
•makeandr es pondt osuggest
ions
•tal
ki nfavororagai nstaproposal
•expressdegr eesofcer tai
ntyanduncertai
nty
•makegener aliz
ations
•compar eandcont rasti
deasandopinions

Speaki
ng/Communi cati
onskil
ls:gi
vingopinions;agr
eeing;disagreeing;
negoti
ati
ng;tur
n-taking;ci
rcumlocution; uency;res
pondi ngandi nit
iat
ing;
speaki
ngatlength;organis
ingideas;thinki
ngonyourf eet;buyingt i
me

Softs
kill
s:pl
anning;pri
orit
izi
ng;negot
iat
ing;cr
it
icalt
hinki
ng;act
ive
l
ist
ening;pat
ience;tol
erance

Pr
epar
ati
on

Whenyoudeci detocar r
youtdebat eswi thyourcl asses
,pr eparati
oni s
key.Topicsmus tbecareful
lychos ent os ui
tlearners’prol eandl evelof
pro ciency.I
tisalsoi
mpor tanttobeari nmindt hattheai m ofthedebat e
istogetlearnerstopracti
ceinteractingi nEnglish,notgeti nt
oa ght .
Timingmus talsobeplannedandcont roll
edt i
ghtlytoens urethes uccess
oftheex peri
ence.

I
n-cl
asspr
ocedur
es

1.Givelear
nersapr ovocat
iveorcontr
oversi
alst
atement,f
orex
ample,
Soci
almedias houldbebanned,Breaki
ngBadi sover
rat
ed,Onechi
ldis
enough,Organicfoodisawas t
eofmoney ,et
c.

2.Youcandi
videt
hecl
assi
ntopr
osandconsbuti
fyoudon’
twantt
o
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5-
minut
edebat
es
i
Act t
vi
makethi
schoiceyoursel
f,youcanasklearner
st otos
sacoin:headsi
s
proandtai
lsi
scon.Ideal
ly,however
,lear
nersshouldchoosethei
rown
st
ancetoensuretheexperiencei
smeaningfultothem andnobodyhast
o
pret
endtobes omeonetheyar enot
.

3.Givelearnersami nuteorsot ojotdownatl eas

ttwoar gument
sforor
agai
nstthes t
atement ,dependingonwhi chsidetheytake.Makesure
l
earnershavecons is
tentargument sandevidencetosuppor tt
hem.If
possi
ble,all
ow somet imeforlearnerstodosomer esearchandgather
fact
stos upporttheirpoi
ntofview.

4.Puts
tudent
sint
opai
rsors
mal
lgr
oupst
odebat
ethes
ides
.

5.T
oroundo ,i
nvi
tev
olunt
eer
stor
epor
tbackt
othecl
ass
.

Adapt
ati
ons

1
.Thi
sfr
amet
endst
owor
kwel
lwi
thadul
tlear
ner
saswel
l.

2.Dependingonthelev
el,youmayneedtosca ol
dwi t
hlanguagel
ike,“
I
thi
nk_____,becaus
e_____.”“Iagr
eewi
thX,but_____.”

3.Hybr i
dlear ning:Incas eyouhav estudentsonli
neandi nclas satthe
sametime,groups tudentsinmi xedgroups(onl
ine+facetofacest udents
) a
nd
tr
yt ogetanev enrati
oofonl ine/f2fus i
ngbreakoutrooms .Fir
s t,getthe
onl
inepartofthegr ouptoc arr
youtt hedeba t
ea ndhavet
hef 2fstudentsplay
j
ury.Thej
uryiss upposedt oli
stentoa ss
essthea r
gumentsandc omeupwi t
h
atl
eastoneques t
iontoas kthedebat ersaft
ertheyare nis
hed. Swi tchrol
es
andhavethef2fgroupc ar
ryoutt hedebatewhil
etheonl
inepartpla
yt hejury
.

4.Hybr i
dlearni
ng:gr
oups t
udentsinmixedgr
oupsa ndas
signac ontrovers
ial
stat
ementt oeachgroup.As kthegroupstocreat
eauni quehas htagand
useittocarryoutt
hedebat eont hei
rchosensocialmedia.Student scan
typeshortmes s
ages,recor
ds hortvi
deos,andaddt hehashtagt ogr oup
thedis
cus si
ononli
ne.

5.Hybr i
dlearning:asawhol egr oup,takestudent
st oawor dcloudwebsit
e
(sl
i.
do,mentimet er
,padlet,etc.)withacont rover
sials
tat ementyou
chose.Tel
lstudentsthatthiss tatementisyourunpopul aropinionandask
them toshareoneoft heir
s .Whenal ls ent
encesar eont hescreen,get
studentsi
ntomi xedgroupsandas kthem togues swhos ai
deach
sentenceands harethei
ropi nionsoni t.
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What
’smi
ssi
ng?
i
Act t
vi
Tar
getAudi
ence
Youngl
ear
ner
s

Mai
nAi
ms

Language:Dependi
ngonlear
ners’
levelofpr
o ci
ency,t
heymayus
eal
lor
someofthefoll
owing,aswel
lasotherl
anguagenotl
ist
edher
e:

•nameobjects
•i
denti
fydier ences
•tal
kaboutthepr es
enceorabs
enceofobj
ect
s
•descr
ibeobjects

Speaki
ng/Communicat
ionskil
ls
:under
standi
ngcl
assmat
es’
cont
ri
but
ions
;
expr
essi
ngideasi
nanintel
li
gibl
ewayusingsi
mpleter
ms

Sof
tski
ll
s:mi
ndf
ulnes
s;obs
erv
ati
on;memor
y;pr
obl
em-
sol
ving

Not
e:Thisi
saniceacti
vit
ytocooldownYLswhomi
ghtbet
ooex
cit
edat
t
hebeginni
ngofclas
s.

Pr
epar
ati
on

Createcollagewithobj
ectsthatl
ear
nersarefamil
iarwith.Thenumberof
objectsinthepict
urewil
lvaryaccor
dingtoage.Wes uggestnomor e
than1 0object
s.Creat
eas econdcol
lagewithfewerobjects.Depending
onyourgr oup,youmayr emoveoneormor eobjects.Thi
swi l
lgagethe
l
ev elofchall
engeoftheacti
vit
y.

I
n-cl
asspr
ocedur
es

1
.Ex
plai
nwhatl
ear
ner
sar
eex
pect
edt
odo.

2.Show the rs
tcol
lagefors
omet i
me( 1
0to20secondsshoul
dbemor
e
thanenough)
.Makes ur
ethepict
ureisvi
si
blet
oalll
earner
s.

3.Lear
nersobser
vet
hecoll
agequi
etl
y.Hav
ethem l
ookateachand
ever
yobjecti
nthepi
ctur
e.

4.Nex
t,as
klear
ner
stocov
ert
hei
reyeswi
tht
hei
rhands
.
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What
’smi
ssi
ng?
i
Act t
vi
5.Show t
hes econdcol
lage,f
rom whi
choneormor
eoft
heobj
ect
shas
beenremoved.

6.Asklear
ner
stol
ookatt
hes
econdcol
lageandas
kwhi
chobj
ecti
s
mis
sing.

Adapt
ati
ons

1
.Insteadofus
ingapi
ctur
e,youmaywantt
ous
ereal
iaor as
hcar
ds
wit
htheimageofobj
ect
s,ifpos
sibl
e.

2.Inst
eadofobj
ect
s,t
hepict
uremaycont
ains
tor
ychar
act
ers
,peopl
e,
etc.t
hatt
helear
ner
saref
amili
arwi
th.

3.Thesameact
ivi
tycanbedoneusi
ngsoundsthelearner
sar efami
li
ar
wit
h.Lear
ner
scoverthei
reyeswi
tht
hei
rhands,teacherplaysthesounds
andasks“
Whatdoyouhear ?”

4.Ifteachingolderchi
ldr
en,foll
ow theproceduresaboveuptos t
ep3.
Then,splitlear
nersi
ntotwogr oups.Show t
hes econdpict
uretohalfof
thelearnersandmakes uret
hey ndoutwhatobj ecti
smissi
ng.The
otherhalf,whowon’tseethesecondpi ct
ure,willaskt
hem quest
ionsto
ndoutwhatt hemissi
ngobjectis.

5.Al
soaskstudentst
odes
cri
bet
heobj
ectt
hati
smi
ssi
ng(
e.g.bi
gbook,
bl
uet-
shi
rt,etc.
).

6.Asaf
oll
ow-
up,youcanas
kst
udent
stomaket
hei
rowncol
lages
.

7.Iflear
ner
sneedmor esupport,al
low them t
ol ookatthe r
stcol
lageas
theytryto ndthemissi
ngobject.I
fthi
si snotthecase,hi
dethe rst
coll
ageandjustshow i
fagai
ntocheckl earner
s’answers.

8.Hybr i
dl ear
ning:Us ejamboar d/PowerPointtocreatethecol
lages.
Enterthevideocallroom inclas
sandus etheprojector
,TV,oran
i
nteracti
veboar dtos hareyourscreenwiththecol l
age.St
udentsinclas
s
andathomeonl i
newi l
lbeabletos eethesames creenatthesamet i
me.
Stopsharingthescreent ochanget hecoll
ageands har
eitagai
nt o
resumetheact i
vit
y.
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What
’smi
ssi
ng?
i t
vi
9.Hybri
dlearni
ng:Us
Act
ejamboardtocreat
ethecol
lages
.Fol
low t
hes t
eps
onopti
on8butinst
eadofremovinganobj
ect,i
ncl
udeoneandhav e
st
udents ndi
ngtheext
raobject
.

10.Hybr i
dlearni
ng:I
fstudentscanread,t
hestepsabov eon8or9can
beus edwi t
hawor dcl
oud.Us eawordcloudgeneratorwebsit
etocr
eat
e
dier entversi
onsoft
hewor dcloud.Youcanal
s oel
icitwordsfr
om
studentstohaveapersonal
izedwordcloud.

Pi
ctur
e1 Pi
ctur
e2

(
Thepeni
smi
ssi
ngf
rom Pi
ctur
e2.
)
 y4
Si
ngal
ong
i
Act t
vi
Tar
getAudi
ence
Youngl
ear
ner
s

Mai
nAi
ms

Language:Languagef
ocuswi
lldependont
hechoi
ceofs
ong.

Speaking/Communicationskil
ls
:expandi
ngrangeofstr
uctur
esand
vocabular
y; uency;accuracywithwordsandpronunci
ati
on

Sof
tski
ll
s:deal
ingwi
thf
eel
ings
;rhyt
hm;f
unl
ear
ning;l
ear
ningt
hrough
pl
ay

Pr
epar
ati
on

Sel
ectas ongt hatisappropri
atetolear
ners’ageandlanguagelevel
.
I
deall
y,songss houldbes hortandhavealotofr epet
it
ion.
Ther
ear eal otofwebs it
eso eringsongsforYLss oi
tisveryeasyto nd
onethatwillsuityourlearner
s.Herearesomei deas:

htt
ps:/
/lear
nengl i
shkids
.bri
ti
shcouncil
.or
g/songs
htt
ps:/
/supersi
mpl e.
com/ s
uper-si
mple-songs/
htt
ps:/
/www. azlyr
ics.
com/
htt
ps:/
/www. cambr i
dgeenglis
h.org/
learni
ng-engl
is
h/par
ent
s-and-
chi
ldr
en
/act
ivi
ti
es-f
or-chil
dren/si
ng-and-l
earn/

I
n-cl
asspr
ocedur
es

1.Makesurelearnersar
ef amil
iarwit
hthev ocabular
yinthesong,e.
g.:
ani
mals
,toys,etc.Youcandot hisbyusingvisual
softhemainvocabular
y
i
tems,l
ike ashcardsorreali
a,topre-
teachthisvocabul
ary.

2.Playthesongfort
he rstti
mef
orl
ear
ner
stof
ami
li
ari
zet
hems
elv
es
wit
hi t
.Eli
citwor
dstheyknow.

3.Pl
ayt
hes
ongi
npar
tsf
orl
ear
ner
stol
is
tenands
ingal
ong.

4.As
kques
tionsaboutt
hes
ongt
ogi
vel
ear
ner
sfur
therl
anguagepr
act
ice.

5.Gi
vel
ear
ner
stheoppor
tuni
tyt
osi
ngal
ong.
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Si
ngal
ong
i
Act t
vi

Adapt
ati
ons

1.Whenyoupr es
entvocabul
ary,youcanhavethechi
ldr
enpredi
ctor
guesswor
dsfrom thes
ong,forexamplepredi
ctthef
eeli
ngsi
nthesong
‘
Thisismyhappysong’
.

2.Youcanhav epictur
esofel ementsinthesongpos teduparoundt he
clas
sroom andhavelearnersmov efrom onepi
cturetoanotherast hese
elementsappearinthesong.Forex ample,pi
cturesofanimal
sfrom the
song“Atthezoo”.Youanev enincludeanimal
swhi charenotinthes ong
toaddanel ementofchallenge.I
fwor ki
ngwithlearnersr
emotely,you
canaskthem toshoutoutt hewordsast heyappear.

3.Personal
iz
et heexper
iencebyhel
pinglear
ners ndsi
mil
ari
ti
es
betweenthes ongandthemselv
esorthei
rownlif
e.Youcanal
so
encouragel
ear ner
stocreat
eas i
mil
arsongaboutthem.

4.Hybr idlear ni
ng:Hav et hes ongl yri
csi nadi gitaleditabledocument
onyourcomput er.Ent ert hevi deocallr oom ands hareyours creenwith
thisl epr ojecteds obot honl i
neandf acet ofaces t
udent swi llseeit
.Play
thes ongandas ks t
udent st olisten.Highlightsomecont entwor ds
(nouns ,adjectives,ver bs )andel i
citfr
om s tudent swor dst heycoul d
replacet hehi ghli
ght edwor dswi t
h.Or ganizes t
udent sint omi xedgroups
andencour ages t
udent st or eplacethehi ghlightedwor dswi thot her
wor dst ocreat etheirownv ersionofthes ong.Whenpr es enti
ngt hesong,
askonl ines t
udent stos ingt he r stst
anz a,f2fstudent st osingt he
secondandkeepont akingt urnsunt i
lthey ni sht hes ong.

5.Hybr idlear
ning:T el
lstudentstheyaregoingtopart
icipatei
nagr oup
singi
ngcont es
t.Gets tudentsint
omi xedgroupsandgivet hem t
imeto
rehearse.T
oav oi
dl agissues,haveeachs t
udentsi
ngav erseatat i
me.
Makes ureyoupr ojectthegroup’sscreentothewholeclasssoeveryone
cans eeandheart heonl i
nestudentsproperl
y.

6.Hybri
dlearni
ng:Havethelyr
icsinvers
esinpadletoutoforder.You
wil
lneedasmanypadletsasmixedgroupsincl
ass.Havestudentslis
ten
tot
helyri
csandorgani
zetheversesbydraggi
ngthem aroundinpadl et
.
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Me-Notme
i
Act t
vi
Tar
getAudi
ence
Adul
tlear
ner
s

Mai
nAi
ms

Language:v
ari
edbuts
impl
e,mai
nlynouns
,adj
ect
ivesands
hor
tphr
ases

Speaking/
Communicat
ionskil
ls:expr
essi
ngopini
onsandfeel
ings;
agreei
nganddi
sagr
eeing;expandingrangeofs
truct
uresandvocabul
ary;
uency

Softski
ll
s:pri
ori
ti
zi
ng;li
steni
ng;negot
iat
ing;communi
cat
ion;pat
ience;
tol
erance;i
deaexchange

Pr
epar
ati
on

None

I
n-cl
asspr
ocedur
es

1
.Hav
elear
ner
sgetas
heetofpaperanddr
aw t
wocol
umns
.

2.Hav
ethem wri
teMEast
heheadingofthel
eft
-handcol
umnandNOT
MEastheheadi
ngoft
heri
ght
-handcolumn.

3.As klear
nerstowr i
teabout v ewor dsorshortphras
esthatex press
whot heyareorwhatt heylikeunderMEand v ewordsorshortphr ases
thatexpresswhot heyaren’
torwhatt heydon’tli
keunderNOTME.For
example,alearnermaywr i
te‘chocol
ate’underMEbecausehe/ shel i
kesit
and‘doingthelaundry’underNOTMEbecaus ehe/shedoesn’tl
ikei t
,or
‘
organised’underMEbecaus ehe/sheisand‘goodatpubli
cs peaking’
underNOTMEbecaus ehe/ sheisn’
tgoodati t
.

4.Putl
earnersint
opai
rsors
mal
lgr
oupsandhav
ethem compar
eand
cont
ras
ttheirli
sts
.

Adapt
ati
ons

1
.Thi
sact
ivi
tyf
ramemayal
sowor
kwel
lwi
tht
eenages
tudent
s.
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i
Act t
vi
2.Youmaywanttoasklear
nerst
o ndwhohast
hemos
tsi
mil
arand/
or
dierentper
sonal
it
yandtast
esasthem.

3.Al t
ernati
vely,youcanaskl earner
st otakeasheetofpaper ,wr i
tetheir
r
stnameoni t
,anumbert hati smeani ngf
ult
ot hem (e.g.theirage,the
yeartheygott heirr s
tjob,theirapartmentnumber ,etc.)
,anddr aw two
thingsthatrepresentwhotheyar e(
e.g.ababyiftheyhav eachi ld,acar
iftheyarecrazyaboutcar s
,et c.
).Then,inpai
rsors mallgr oups,learners
show theirsheetsofpapertoeachot herandaskques ti
onst ot ryto nd
outorgues sthemeani ngoft henumberanddr awi ngsont heirpartner(
s’
)
papers.

4.Forhigherl
evel
s,youcanasklearnerstodis
cus stheirfavor
it
ethi
ngs
andpeople,e.
g.Myf avor
it
eband/relat
ive/
food/actr
ess /etcis
….
because….Youmayal s
oas kl
ear
ner sto ndwhohast hemos tsi
mil
ar
and/ordierentper
sonali
tyandt
as tesasthem.

5.Hybr i
dlear ning:Individually
,s t
udent screatef oursentencesabout
them,twot rueandt wof alse.Theys haret heses entenceswiththegroup
throughthechatboxwi t houtincludingacor rectans werfortr
ueorfalse.
Then,student sguessifthes entencesaret rueorf alse.Af
tertheyshare
theguessesf oreachs ent ence,theaut horoft hes entenceshouldtel
lthe
groupwhet hert hesentencewast rueorf alseandcommentoni t.

6.Hybr i
dlearni
ng:Indi
viduall
y,s
tudentscancreat
etheirtabl
eson
padl
etbutscramblethewor ds/
phrases.I
nmi x
edpairs
,studentsshar
e
thei
rtabl
es,andthei
rpart
ner smustorganiz
eitbyaskingquesti
ons.

7.Hybr idlear ning:I ndividually,student screat et heirtablesonadi git

al
documents ot heycans harei twi t
hev er
yone.T ellstudent stopl acesome
oft heinformat ioni nt hewr ongcat egor y.Gets tudent sintomi xedgroups
off our
,ideallyt wos tudent sonl ineandt wos tudent sf acet of ace.Onli
ne
student sbegi nt het aski npai rsbeingobs ervedbyt hef ace-to-face
student s.Student swi l
lpr esentt heirtablest ot heirpar tnerandt he
obs erv
er swi llgues swhi char et hepi ecesofi nfor mationt hatar einthe
wr ongcat egor ies.Swapr olesandr epeatt het as k.Alternatively,youcan
useSocr ati
veorMent imet ertocr eateques ti
onst hatr equires hort
ans wersf r
om s tudent s.Af ew ques t
ionswi llsu ce.Af terev eryone
ans wers,youmaygoov ert helistofr espons esands t
udent shav eto
gues sifthei nfor mationt ypedi strueornotaboutt hatper s
on.
 y6
What
’st
hes
tor
y?
i
Act t
vi
Tar
getAudi
ence
Adul
tlear
ner
s

Mai
nAi
ms

Language:Dependi
ngonlear
ners’
levelofpr
o ci
ency,t
heymayus
eal
lor
someofthefoll
owing,aswel
lasotherl
anguagenotl
ist
edher
e:

•askingf orandgivi
ngi deasandopini
ons
•des cri
bingfeeli
ngs
•givingdes cri
pti
ons
•agreeinganddi sagreeing
•cl
ar if
yingandas ki
ngf ormoredetail
edi
nfor
mat
ion
•narrativetenses
•discours emarkers

Speaki
ng/Communi cat
ionski
ll
s: uency;expandi
ngr
angeofs
truct
ures
andvocabul
ary;negoti
ati
ng;s
peakingatlength

Softs
kil
ls:communi
cat
ion;cr
eat
ivi
ty;act
ivel
is
teni
ng;i
deaex
change;
negot
iat
ing

Pr
epar
ati
on

Sel
ecttwoorthr
eetypesofins
trument
almus i
cthatwil
l‘i
nspi
re’l
ear
ners
andconveydier
entfeel
i
ngs.Mak es
urethemus i
csel
ectedisappr
opri
ate,
rel
evant
,andmoti
vati
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90seconds
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ear
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ernati
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earner
s,youmay
wantthem tocreatet
hes t
oryastheyli
stentot hemus i
c.Thiswi
lladd
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or yasthemusicchanges.

2.I
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klear
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rfav
ori
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tor
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sact
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ramemayal
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tht
eenagel
ear
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s.

4.Hybridlear
ning:Askeachs tudent,i
nclassoronli
ne,t
ogetanobj ect
andplaceiti
nfrontofthem beforetheyli
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l
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c,tel
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ects
andthemus i
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lthei
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ori
esinmixedgroups .

5.Hybr idlear
ning:Inst
eadofones tudenttel
li
ngthewholest
ory,each
student,eit
herasawhol eclassorinmi xedgroups,hast
otel
lonelineof
thestory.Thefol
lowingstudentwillcontinuethes
t or
yfr
om t
hereands o
onunt i
lthey nishthewhol estor
y.

6.Hybr i
dlearning:Putt
ingboth4and5t ogether,s
tudent sinmixed
groupstel
lonel i
neofthes t
oryatati
meus i
ngtheobj ectsinthei
rreach.
Alter
nati
vely
,s t
udentscouldal
sodraw astheyli
stentot hemus icand,
af
terwards,show whattheydrew andexplaint
heirstory,basedont he
drawing.I
tmi ghtbeusefultomutestudentsasacti
vityiscarri
edout .