Materials: Guidelines

Decide whether to preteach / elicit the vocabulary or whether to ask students to use their dictionaries. Once they are conversant with the words in the list at the top of the page, they can move on to the next part, which is putting those words into the sentences on the left-hand side of the grid.

Having checked / compared answers and agreed on the same set, they should then work together in pairs or small groups to match the information in the list below the grid with the quesions. Again, once they are all in agreement, they can move on to writing full sentences for the answers. Together with quesions on the left, this could form the "target language" of a whole class for a lower level group. You may want to combine it (or later revise it) with the false identities worksheet also available on this site.

Next, tell students to individually write their own information in similar sentences in the grid segments below the ones with "Steven Riley's" information. Lower level groups may like to practice just reading these questions and answers together in pairs to build up fluency and confidence.

Finally students can interview new partners using the same question and answer patterns, possibly making use of the other worksheet described above.

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