My CT wants our students to focus on using the phrases: "May I use your____? Can I read your book?" etc. With the response of "Sure, Here you are."
I found this game at Dave's ESL Cafe and hope to offer it to my CT as a replacement activity for lesson 4.9.
1. Split the class into teams. If they are in columns of desks, saying the left hand column is team 1, the next team 2, etc. is usually best.
2. On the board draw limbless, featureless faces and bodies (the number you draw should correspond with the number of groups you have)
3. Tell the front person in each group to stand up.
4. You then ask the kids who are standing up a question. The quickest one to raise their hand can answer, if they're correct, they get to roll an inflatable dice (I actually made a big dice out of cardboard)
5. If they get a "1" they can draw an eye on their team's face. If they have a "2" they can draw an ear. Similarly, "3" is a nose, "4" is a mouth, "5" is an arm and "6" is a leg.
6. However, each team can only have one nose, one mouth, and two each of everything else. For example, if your team already has 2 arms, and you roll another number "5" then that go is a "pass" because you can't add another arm (this gives an added competitive bit to the game, complete with praying, clapping and cheering!)
7. The next person in each group stands up and repeats from step 4,
8. The winning team is the first team to get 2 eyes, 2 ears, 1 nose, 1 mouth, 2 arms and 2 legs. If you run out of time then the team with the most features is the winner!
Instead of having each team send up one represenatative, I will request they come in partners. I will either create a PPT or use classroom flashcards for the word that fits the blank. So, Ss will see a 'pencil case' and one partner will say: May I use your pencil case? Partner responds "Sure, here you are." One rolls the dice - other draws corresponding body part and viola!
If CT doesn't want it -- I'll save this ESL cafe idea for another time - regardless, hopefully it's helpful some someone out there!