101 Bright Ideas : ESL Activities for All Ages

Acknowledgments iii(4) Index of Themes vii(1) Index of Functions viii(3) Index of Structures x(1) Introduction xi BEGINNING LEVEL 2(44) 1 Remember My Name Introductions 2(1) 2 Getting to Know You Meeting people 3(1) 3 Tic-Tac-Toe with Verbs Daily activities 4(1) 4 Spelling Bee General 5(1) 5 Scavenger Hunt Colors 6(2) 6 Monkey Say, Monkey Do Parts of the body 8(1) 7 Gossip General 9(1) 8 Traffic Jam Transportation 10(1) 9 Decoding the Code General 10(2) 10 Sorry! Numbers 12(1) 11 Shopping Household objects 13(1) 12 Seeing Double Household objects 14(1) 13 Guess What? Classroom objects 15(1) 14 Supercalifragalisticexpialidoshus General 16(2) 15 Memory Teaser Household objects 18(1) 16 Destiny General 19(1) 17 Guess Where? Geography 20(1) 18 Guess Who? Classmates 20(1) 19 Guesstimates Household objects 21(1) 20 Could You Repeat That Please? Classroom objects 22(1) 21 Ten Questions General 23(1) 22 Mixed-Up Tunes General 24(1) 23 Cartoon Creativity Humor 25(1) 24 War of the Words General 26(2) 25 Word Chain General 28(1) 26 Hangman General 28(1) 27 Pictographics General 29(1) 28 Charades General 29(1) 29 Word Bingo General 30(2) 30 Charabia General 32(1) 31 Tic-Tac-Toe Quiz General 32(1) 32 Word Association General 33(1) 33 Thirty Seconds General 33(1) 34 Find-a-Word Puzzles General 34(2) 35 Verb Round-Up General 36(1) 36 Time Passes Calendar 37(1) 37 Word Games General 38(1) 38 Happy Holidays! Birthdays/Holidays 39(1) 39 Getting to Know You Personal Likes/abilities 40(2) 40 Making a Calendar Calendar 42(2) 41 Create-a-Sentence Fantasy 44(2) INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 46(58) 42 Eating Out Restaurant food 46(2) 43 Word Blitz General 48(1) 44 This Sporting Life Sports 49(1) 45 What Next? Morning routine 50(2) 46 Identity Rectangles Introductions 52(3) 47 Building Words General 55(1) 48 Say It in Numbers Math 55(1) 49 Interview Guide Famous people 56(3) 50 Acrostics Personality traits 59(1) 51 Pyramid General 60(2) 52 Sweethearts Valentine's Day 62(2) 53 Telephone Talk Phone conversations 64(2) 54 Tongue-Twisters General 66(1) 55 Verbal Baseball Personal experiences 67(1) 56 Hidden Agenda Pastimes 68(2) 57 Classified Ads Classified ads 70(3) 58 Domino Effect General 73(1) 59 What's the Difference? General 74(2) 60 Matchmaking Friendship 76(2) 61 What Would You Do? Future plans 78(2) 62 Games Children Play Children's games 80(2) 63 You Can't Miss It! Maps 82(2) 64 Last Night Daily routines 84(2) 65 Weather Forecasts The weather 86(3) 66 Top Tunes Popular music 89(1) 67 Informal English Schoolwork 90(2) 68 Coke vs. Pepsi Soft drinks 92(3) 69 Make Your Own Yearbook End of school year 95(1) 70 Looking at Ads Advertising 96(2) 71 Color and Mood Colors 98(2) 72 MegaQuiz General 100(4) 73 Listen Closely Poetry 104(2) 74 Limericks Poetry 106(2) 75 Haiku Poetry 108(2) 76 What A Mouthful! General 110(1) 77 Armchair Travel Travel 111(1) 78 Film Fun General 112(1) 79 Videotaping a Scene Restaurants 112(2) 80 Would You Like to Leave a Message? Answering machines 114(2) 81 New Year's Resolutions New Year's Day 116(2) 82 Tell Me About It! General 118(2) 83 What Should I Do? Advice columns 120(2) 84 Definitions General 122(1) 85 A Puppet Show General 123(1) 86 Mix 'n' Match General 124(2) 87 Stereotypes Fashion trends 126(2) 88 For or Against? Controversial issues 128(2) 89 Who's Telling The Truth? Personal experiences 130(1) 90 Who's bluffing? Cartoons 130(1) 91 Headlines News 131(1) 92 Sandwich Stories Personal experiences 132(1) 93 A Panel Discussion Personal problems 133(1) 94 Opening Up Personal experiences 134(1) 95 Do It Yourself Daily activities 135(1) 96 Class President Class elections 136(2) 97 Succeeding in Sales Product promotion 138(2) 98 Put Yourself In Their Shoes! Difficult situations 140(1) 99 Let's Take a Trip Travel 141(1) 100 A Book of Shared Experiences School 142(1) 101 Sing Along Holiday Celebrations 143(2) References 145