39 ESL Warm-Ups by Jackie Bolen

Author:Jackie Bolen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: esl warm-up, esl warm up, esl warmer, esl warm-up kids, esl warm up kids, esl warmer kids, esl warmers, esl warm-ups, esl icebreakers, esl icebreakers kids, esl warmers children, esl warm up children
Publisher: Jackie Bolen
Published: 2020-08-18T00:00:00+00:00

Just a Minute

Skills: Speaking

Age: 9+

Materials Required: White board, timer

This is a very simple activity that you can use as a fast warm-up at the beginning of class in order to get your students talking. Write a bunch of general categories on the board such as jobs, hobbies, dreams, movies, food, etc. Put the students into groups of 4 and they can number themselves 1-2-3-4. Then, ask one of the students to throw a paper airplane at the board and whatever word it gets closest to is the topic for the first student. All the number ones must talk about that topic for one minute without stopping and if they stop or have a long pause, they've lost the challenge.

You can adjust the time limit to be higher or lower depending on the level of students (beginner = 30 seconds, advanced = 2 minutes). Erase the first speaking round word from the board and continue the activity with the remaining three students except that they have different topics. It's helpful if the teacher does an example speech first with a topic that the students choose.

Teaching Tip:

For higher level students, you can require that their teammates listen carefully and each of them has to ask the speaker an interesting follow-up question.

Procedure:

1. The teacher writes topics on the white board (teacher-supplied, or elicited from students).

2. Put students into groups of 4. They number themselves 1-2-3-4.

3. The teacher does an example speech with a topic that students choose.

4. One student throws a paper airplane at the white board. The topic closest to where it hits is the first one.

5. Student one has to talk about that topic for a minute without stopping. The goal is to have minimal pauses and to never stop talking. (Optional: the other three students each ask a follow-up question).

6. Erase the first speaking round word. Another student throws the paper airplane and finds another topic. The number two students talk for a minute. Continue with the third and fourth rounds' students.

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