Adapting activities from textbooks using stories and games TESOL 2011

Does the activity.....  provide students with a meaningful context for using language?  interest and involve all students?  focus primarily on meaning?  let students pick up some language chunks naturally?  provide students with opportunities to be creative, i.e. to go beyond what they have been taught?  contain language for interaction, for fun/ play, for imaginary purposes? ( not only for linguistic purposes)

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ran took had sat came ate did went flew stand write laugh sing ring do tell think come speak teach say ask wash run be

use one activity with different contents vary one content with different activities use popular stories -> split them into stages

Once upon a time there lived a bear named Yogi. One day he went into a room and found this piece of map.

Choose an object to see if it contains a piece of the map

He got a complete map now.

Then Yogi prepared to start the journey. I’ll give you a stick and a bag if you complete these tasks.

After a long journey, Yogi arrived at Successful Life Land and… I will give the key to the best group!