Information collection & exchange

Have your students chose a favorite quotation, or proverb, such as "Let sleeping dogs lie," or "If 
you love something, you must set it free." Ask the inner circle to begin the discussion on 
accepting or rejecting these quotes as a rule for living. You may need to prepare for 
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receives a ball of string. Whoever is talking on the topic holds the ball
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string develops, showing who talked the most, and who 
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of discussion all students in the outer circle move on one chair and now h
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r. Four to six groups try to find a 
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since they give all of your students 
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Market. All students walk a
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3.2. Students should each have their own card, but you can prepare the same set of cards for groups of five 
to seven students. When students have finished their poll taking they can work in groups to write up the 
information they
Opinion Vote. 
disagree complete
discussed for a while, each student
at a glance. Suggestions for issue statements are: 
Fig. 3.2 Opinion poll 
FOOD 
Breakfast 
You have to find out what th

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Name food? 
drink? 
Lisa cornflakes milk 
FOOD 
Drinks 
You have to find out which drinks the people in your class like and dislike. 
Each of you prepares an interview card which could look like this: 
Name likes? 
dislikes? 
Tina 
milk, tea, water 
orange juice 
FOOD 
Eating out  
You have to find out whether the other people in your class ever eat out and if so where they go. 
Each of you prepares an interview card which could look like this: 
Name eats 
out? 
where? 
Tim yes 
sometimes 
McDonald's 
FOOD 
Favorite meals 
ou have to find out the favorite meals (mai
of the other people in your class. 
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n course and dessert)
h of you prepares an interview card which could look like this: 
me 
favorite main course? 
favorite dessert? 
Chris pizza 
ice 
cream