Level: low intermediate to high
Skills: reading, speaking, listening, writing
Grammar / Vocabulary Content: questions
This is a good activity for the beginning of the school year, especially if you are a new teacher for the students, but you can also do it without a problem if they already know you. It can be used as an ice-breaking activity, as an initial assessment exercise or as a get-to-know-each-other activity.
Development
1. Hand out this letter to all your students and give them some time to read.
2. Tell your students that they will have to fill out the gaps in the letter by asking you questions to get the information they need.
3. Review the grammar on how to ask questions (if needed).
3. Each student writes his or her own letter and turns it in for evaluation.
Variation
3. Each student writes his or her own letter and leaves 5 gaps in it.
4. With a partner that they don't know very well, they ask and answer questions to complete the letters.
5. Students turn in the letter for evaluation.
Skills: reading, speaking, listening, writing
Grammar / Vocabulary Content: questions
This is a good activity for the beginning of the school year, especially if you are a new teacher for the students, but you can also do it without a problem if they already know you. It can be used as an ice-breaking activity, as an initial assessment exercise or as a get-to-know-each-other activity.
Development
1. Hand out this letter to all your students and give them some time to read.
2. Tell your students that they will have to fill out the gaps in the letter by asking you questions to get the information they need.
3. Review the grammar on how to ask questions (if needed).
3. Each student writes his or her own letter and turns it in for evaluation.
Variation
3. Each student writes his or her own letter and leaves 5 gaps in it.
4. With a partner that they don't know very well, they ask and answer questions to complete the letters.
5. Students turn in the letter for evaluation.
