I made some problem and advice cards with pictures to go along.

Laminate and cut out the cards.
Use them by handing out 1 card to each student and then give the students 5-10 minutes to walk around the room finding their "match".

*I have enough for 36 students, but if you have less students just be sure to use an equal number of matching sets. If you have an odd number, throw yourself into the mix!

After the students have found their match, have a few pairs stand up and go through the dialogue for the class.

here's a bomb-type game i made fro this lesson...i teach in levels, so for the higher level kids (london), they have to come up with their own advice. for the lower level students (NY), they have to listen to find the matching advice for the problem...enjoy

A lot of material came from other posters; I may have changed some things to suit my students.

mollybloom's main PPT.. gave it a face lift. ^^

Here is a Mario Blast PPT I threw together this morning before my only 3rd grade class that is up to this unit  ::) It elicits the questions that are used in Listen and Talk 2

Who
What
When
Where
Why <- only one question with why
How <-didnt use any questions with how

The slides don't include having the student generate any answers, however.  Please feel free to add it in if you want ^^

Can someone help me with the Mario blast powerpoint please? :)

When I get a Star or a Monster, the music starts playing fast and then it loses it's memory of which mushrooms have been picked previously! Is that supposed to happen?

Absolutely loving the Mario blast game. Merci!

I made some problem and advice cards with pictures to go along.

Laminate and cut out the cards.
Use them by handing out 1 card to each student and then give the students 5-10 minutes to walk around the room finding their "match".

*I have enough for 36 students, but if you have less students just be sure to use an equal number of matching sets. If you have an odd number, throw yourself into the mix!

After the students have found their match, have a few pairs stand up and go through the dialogue for the class.

My 3rd graders loved this activity. Thank you!
I used it as review in the beginning of class. It  only took about 5 minutes for all the kids the find their matches.

Lesson 1 - Good old Running Dictation

Print and laminate the problems and advice cards before class.

I introduced the lesson trying to elicit some problems from the students. I work in a boys school. If you have a student not answering you just ask them if they have a girlfriend. If they say no then you have your problem and a whole class waiting to give him ridiculous advice. If he says yes you choose a student without a girlfriend and get the one with a girlfriend to give him advice. Normally you'll get a couple of other good problems you can get them laughing at as well.

Next, go through the PPT until you get to the running dictation exercise. Again, it's probably easier demoing the activity than using the PPT explanation I made.

I then got my co-teacher or another student or two to help me tape the problem cards at the front of the room (on the wall) and the advice cards at the back. I like to tape them upside down and face down so that the students just flip them up to see the answer. This way the writers have a harder time cheating. I reward severe cheating with tearing up of their paper and a written assignment that sucks. Circulating and helping lower level students is also key to keep the flow of this game as most of the problems and advice are new to them.

Remember, I made this for an all boys class so change the cards as needed.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to this.

Used the Britain's Got Talent idea and created a simple worksheet for it - I left out the farting one (girls MS here) - also made my own PPT using the dialogue and fun examples