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pick up the baby get the clothes

go to the door

What would you do first?

First, I would

Second, I would

Third, I would

Finally, I would

answer the phone

because...

because...

because...

because...

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Teachers Instructions(1/2)

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All At The Same Time

1. Student ability:Beginner ~ Intermediate2. Approximate length of lesson:10+

3. Number of students necessary:Any

4. Preferred age/maturity:JHS, HS, College, Adult5. Type of lesson:Pair / Whole class

* * * * *

Language Target: Making choices, using

the conditional would, and explainingreasons for ones choices.

Setting Up: This is a quasi psychology

test but wait until its over to explain

the meaning of their choices. (Meanings

are given at the bottom).

Make enough copies of theworksheet for every student in class.

Getting Started -(Pair-work Version 1):

While most of the class is busy doing

something, ask one student to come to

the front of the class. Give him/her a

copy of the worksheet and whisper the

story written below (other students cant

hear the story). The student indicates

his/her choices (with reasons) on the

worksheet.

Do not tell them the meaning of their

choices, yet. Then, hand that student anadditional worksheets and tell him/her towhisper the same story (from memory) to

another student in the class. This

students, in turn, writes his/her choices

on the worksheet and is given a new

worksheet. Now, he/she selects another

student in class and continues the

process. The original student tells another

student who then tells another student

and so on until every student has heard

the story and made his/her choices.

(Pair-work Version 2):

Networking. While most of the class is

busy doing something, select two

students and ask them to come to the

front of the class. Give each of them acopy of the worksheet and tell them the

story written below. Have them indicate

their answers on the worksheet and their

reasons.

Do not tell them the meaning of

their choices, yet. Then, hand each

student two additional worksheets and

tell them to each pick two students fromthe class and retell the story from

memory. These students, in turn, write

their choices on the worksheet and are

given new worksheets. Now, they each

select two other students in class and

continue the process. (The original two

students each contact two new studentswho then contact two new students and

so on until every student has heard the

story and made his/her choices 2 x 4 x

8 x 16 x 32....).

(Whole Class Version 1):Hand out the

worksheet to each student. Tell the story

and give students time to write their

answers (and reasons).

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Teachers Instructions (2/2)

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Do not tell them the meaning of

their answers, yet. Then, in pairs, tellstudents to explain their answers to their

partners.

Whole Class Version 2: Same as above, but

after telling the story, pair the students

and have them interview each other writing down their partners answers on

the worksheet.

Do not tell them the meaning of

their answers, yet.

The Story: You are alone at home. You

have a young baby. Suddenly, your baby

starts crying. At the same time, the

telephone begins ringing. And then,

suddenly, at the same time, someone

starts knocking on the door. And then,

suddenly, at the same time, it starts

raining and all your clothes are outsideon the line getting wet. Remember, your

babys crying, the phones ringing,

someone is knocking at the door and it

starts raining and your clothes are

getting all wet all at the same time!

What would you do first?And why?

What would you do second, third and

fourth? And why?

Interpretations: The amusing part of this

lesson is when students are told the

psychological meaning of each of thechoices. Each item symbolizessomething.

The Baby symbolizes family. If a

student chooses take care of the baby as

No. 1, it reveals that his/her family is the

highest priority.

The Telephone symbolizes career or

business.

The person at the door symbolizes

friendship.

The clothes symbolize the importance of

romance (or sex for mature learners)

and its importance in life.

Building Fluency:Once students have been

presented with the psychological

interpretations of their choices, some of

them will naturally disagree. On the

board, write down some phrases ofagreement or disagreement such as:

I'm sorry, I disagree with that. I

dont really think my career is moreimportant than my family, etc.

I think that my friends may be the

most important thing in my life, but Im

sure my family is not the least important,

etc.

In small groups, students practice

these and similar structures for agreeing

and disagreeing politely, especially in a

social situation.

Note: Students should write the number oftheir choices on the gray arrows that arepointing toward the middle of the

worksheet. This makes it easy for other

students to see the priorities.

Contributed by Kala Rasiah

Illustrated by Chris Kennett

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