Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

2.16 Science fiction
Level
***
Language focus
Narrative
Skills focus
Speaking
Thinking focus
Imagining and creating
Teaching approach
Promote creativity – accept errors
Interaction
Group work, suitable for large classes
Procedure
1 Divide the class into three groups.
2 The first group has to think about the characters that could appear in a
science fiction story.
Journeys
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3 The second group has to think about different settings for a science
fiction story.
4 The third group has to think about a possible plot for a science fiction story.
5 Then reform the groups, so that each new group consists of an expert on
characters, an expert on setting and an expert on plot. The new group
members share their ideas. This is called a jigsaw activity.