Digital Play

By kylemawer 　http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/12/11/im-dreaming-of-a-conditional-christmas/

Level: Intermediate

Topic: Christmas vocabulary

Language Focus: First Conditional

Time: 30 minutes

Game: Christmas Escape

The Game

Explore the house and find the fourteen hidden presents to get a key which will let you escape through the front door.  The object for your language learners is to use 1st conditional sentences to walk you through the game and finish it.

Preparation

Play the game yourself from the start to the finish in order to familiarise yourself with the game.  Print off a copy of the vocabulary walkthrough for each pair of learners and a copy of the conditional walkthrough for yourself.

Pregaming

This game is for the connected classroom.  Make sure that your learners understand the meaning of the words in the vocabulary list.

Playing

Explain to your learners that they are going to play a game.  You will show them the game at the front of the class and that they will have to dictate to you how you should play the game.  They have to tell you where to look in order to find 14 presents and then escape through the front door.  Each time they tell you they have to use a 1st conditional.  If the conditional is grammatically correct you will then do that action.  Use the conditional walkthrough as a guide to possible sentences your learners may produce.  If learners are finding it a little difficult you can wave your mouse over key areas in the game as a clue or verbally guide your learners towards the correct answer.

e.g.

location    “If it’s not behind the bin and it’s not in the bin, where else can it be?”

Post Playing

Learners can write the walkthrough out for the game using 1st conditional sentences.