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This activity has been designed as a fun way of getting students moving and using authentic conversation. My JTE asked me to create an activity using the phrase do you accept and, if possible, use recently learned vocabularly. As we had recently studied words for household objects and rubbish, I combined the two to produce this activity.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Student organization:
Designate 4 students as trash collectors
Remainder off the students are the trash dumpers
- Supplies:
- Trash vocab sheet (x3 copies) (Pg. 4)
- Activity Sheet (1x per person)
- Four trash bins (small boxes) with labels (p. 6)
Timer (Optional) for thinking time and timing of overall activity (latter could be stopwatch)
Preparation:
Print three copies of the vocab list and cut out each rectangle. Give each
trash dumpersix vocab items randomly.Print out trash bin labels and affix to boxes. Assign one student to each box (4 total)
Provide every student with the Activity Sheet so that they can record the information.
Provide each trash collector with the reference table (p. 5) so they can check if the trash type is accepted before saying yes or no.
Game Rules:Students examine the trash vocab they have been randomly given. They have one minute to read and think about them (still in their seats).
Students must place the correct Trash Item (the vocab slip) in the correct bin. They must record the Trash Item and the correct bin on their activity sheet.
When depositing their
trashthe students must use the dialogue outlined in the dialogue sheet.If they think they
re finished, they can check their sheet with the teacher. The first three students that get rid of all their trash (in the correctbins`) can get a prize!At the end of the game, fast finishing students should have no vocab word slips left.
Notes:
- This vocab list is for a strong class. For weaker classes you could reduce the vocab list. You could also give out fewer than six vocab slips. Alternatively, you could even substitute in your own words.
- For some words that are trickier, you could write the definition on the board.
- For smaller class sizes, consider reducing the number of bins to three, but no fewer.
- Prefectures in Japan have varied rules regarding rubbish separation. The activity may not necessasrily reflect the rules of the whole of Japan. To allievate this, you may need to explain this to the students or modify the activity.