reading a text or listening to a recording, students role play a television interviewer and
one of the characters from the text or recording. Interviewers prepare questions
together in groups; interviewees flesh out the character in groups. Students then pair
up as one interviewer and one interviewee.
4.4.8 Problem solving: reorganising the zoo
Explain to the students that the local zoo is undergoing re-organisation and/or that new
animals are being welcomed into the zoo. The students are given a plan of the zoo; the
names of types of animals and certain criteria e.g. some animals cannot be close to
each other e.g. the deer and tiger: the deer would be afraid. Some animals don’t smell
too good so they should not be close to the café. Avoid frightening or dangerous
animals at the entrance: children would be put off. They need to decide where each
animal will be housed; it’s important to come to a consensus within the group so
students will need to persuade each other that their opinion is the best. I first read
about this activity in Penny Ur’s Discussions That Work.
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