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    The book provides a collection of classroom activities for language teachers, focusing on warm-ups, reviews, communicative exercises, and using various materials like magazines, stories and literature.

    The book is divided into 12 chapters covering different types of classroom activities. It includes warm-ups, reviews, activities using coursebooks, newspapers, theme texts and more.

    Several warm-up activities are described on the first few pages, including chair swapping, balloon chasing, and energisers involving movement and speaking. Later chapters also provide more warm-up and engagement ideas.

    The Standby Book

    Activities for the language classroom


    Edited by

    Seth Lindstromberg

    CAMBRIDGE
    UNIVERSITY PRESS

    Contents

    Introduction

    1 Warm-ups, breaks and fillers 1: Short energisers Introduction Seth Lindstromberg 1.1 Chair swapping for names 9 Tessa Woodward 1.2 One chair missing 10 Pierre Jeanrenaud 1.3 Balloon chase 12 Paul Sanderson 1.4 I say, you do 14 Tessa Woodward 1.5 Newspaper bash! 16 Jane Revell 1.6 Staccato start 18 Tessa Woodward 1.7 Singing start 19 Tessa Woodward 1.8 Computer talk 20 Denny Packard 1.9 Bizarre riot 22 Tessa Woodward

    2 Warm-ups, breaks andfillers2: Speaking 24 Introduction Seth Lindstromberg


    2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 By the way 25 Seth Lindstromberg How do you say ... ? 26 Seth Lindstromberg Make them say it 27 Tessa Woodward Whatever's in my bag 30 Tessa Woodward

    Contents 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 You guess their adjectives 32 Tessa Woodward Think of ten, five, or three things Tessa Woodward Links with music 34 Clem Laroy A proverb a day 36 Seth Lindstromberg Making stress physical 42 Tessa Woodward

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    3 Reviewing 45 Introduction Seth Lindstromberg 3.1 Vocabulary brainshower 46 Sheila Levy 3.2 Do you know this word? 47 Hanna Kryszewska 3.3 Recycling 49 Adriana Diaz 3.4 Student-produced vocabulary reviews 50 Andrew Glass 3.5 Vocabulary on slips 52 Sheelagh Deller 3.6 True-false student-student dictation 53 Sheelagh Deller 3.7 Student-produced reference booklets 55 Tessa Woodward 3.8 Hidden shape in the puzzle 57 Adriana Diaz 3.9 Guess who grammar quiz 60 Denny Packard

    4 Communicative pot-pourri Introduction Seth Lindstromberg


    4.1 4.2 4.3 The books on the shelf 63 Adriana Diaz ETs and earthlings 65 Adriana Diaz Live classroom 66 Adriana Diaz

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    Contents 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 The Tower of Babel 68 Adriana Diaz Two part discussion 70 Seth Lindstromberg Guess my story 72 Herbert Puchta The movies you've seen 74 Rick Cooper A radio drama 75 Adriana Diaz Brothers and Sisters 77 Clem Laroy Stories that share the past 79 Mario Rinvolucri Your life in the cards 81 Clem Laroy

    5 Working with a coursebook 84 Introduction Seth Lindstromberg/Peter Grundy/Lindsey Gallagher


    5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Judge the book by its cover (but not only ...) 86 Hanna Kryszewska What shall I leave in? 87 David Cranmer Supplementing coursebooks with authentic materials Peter Grundy Coursebook recall 93 Hanna Kryszewska Personalising coursebooks 94 Steve Gilbride and Peter Grundy Stories in your coursebook 95 Hanna Kryszewska Reconstructing a patch on a page 96 Seth Lindstromberg Alternative coursebooks 98 Lindsey Gallagher and Peter Grundy

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    6 Using magazines and newspapers Introduction Seth Lindstromberg


    6.1 Who can take notes best? Hanna Kryszewska 101

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    Contents 62 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Meet the demand 102 Hanna Kryszewska That's news to me! 108 Hanna Kryszewska Spot it! 109 Hanna Kryszewska Looking in from outside 111 Mario Rinvolucri The beginning comes later 112 Mario Rinvolucri

    7 Theme texts, affective texts, stories 114 Introduction Seth Lindstromberg 7.1 Stories with opposite messages 115 Mario Rinvolucri 7.2 Flip the frame 117 Mario Rinvolucri 7.3 Milk bottles and dustbins 120 Mario Rinvolucri 7.4 Creative criminality 122 Mario Rinvolucri 7.5 Are you a worthy owner? 124 Mario Rinvolucri 7.6 Inseparable 128 Mario Rinvolucri 7.7 Correcting the teller 130 Giinter Gerngross and Herbert Puchta 7.8 Comparing texts - a person-related way 132 Peter Grundy 7.9 Discussion from key words 139 Seth Lindstromberg

    8 Writing 141 Introduction Seth Lindstromberg


    8.1 8.2 8.3 Be my scribe 142 John Morgan Lyrical letters 144 Joe Buckhurst From novelists to publishers Adriana Diaz

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    Contents 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 From doodling to writing 150 Adriana Diaz Squalid things 152 Mario Rinvolucri LI poem to English prose 154 Bryan Robinson As if a wild animal 156 Tessa Woodward Letters to literary characters 157 David Cranmer Sentences about countries 159 Seth Lindstromberg Creative plagiarism: manipulating a text 160 James Banner End of course certificates 162 Hanna Kryszewska

    9 Language through literature 164 Introduction Colin Evans/Seth Lindstromberg 9.1 Dialogue from a poem 165 John Morgan 9.2 Copycats 168 John Morgan 9.3 This is how it ends! 169 Andy Rouse 9.4 Signing as a character 173 David Cranmer 9.5 A walk through the seasons 174 David Cranmer 9.6 Facade: exploring rhythm and rhyme in nonsense poetry 177 David Cranmer 9.7 Identifying with characters 180 Colin Evans 9.8 Completion 185 Colin Evans 9.9 Collective fairy tale 187 Colin Evans 9.10 Enactment 188 Colin Evans

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    Contents

    10 Music and imagination 191 Introduction Colin Evans/Seth Lindstromberg


    10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 Story in the music 192 David Cranmer Silent film mimes 193 Clem Laroy Silent film sequels 194 Clem Laroy Silent film scripts 195 Clem Laroy Musical constructions 197 Clem Laroy My home 199 Clem Laroy Paintings and music 200 Clem Laroy Inside the painting 203 Clem Laroy

    11 Not just for business people 206 Introduction Seth Lindstromberg


    Advertise your own job 207 Marcus Child 11.2 The ideal job 208 Denny Packard 11.3 Marketing a new product 211 Denny Packard 11.4 Decision makers 212 Satish Patel 11.5 Selling power 214 Satish Patel 11.6 Vendor analysis 215 Satish Patel 11.7 Bad meetings 217 Chris Dalton 11.8 Concept word pictionary 218 Marcus Child 11.9 Icon race farrago 219 Marcus Child 11.10 Market icons 223 Marcus Child 11.1

    Contents 11.11 Gifts to professionals Mario Rinvolucri 22 6 227

    12 Grammar and register: practice, reflection, review Introduction Seth Lindstromberg 12.1 The news in our town 228 Viviana Valenti 12.2 I see . . . You see 230 John Morgan 12.3 Transposed questionnaires 231 Mario Rinvolucri 12.4 Crazy fortune 232 Adriana Diaz 12.5 Gossips 234 Adriana Diaz 12.6 Talking to the board 236 John Barnett 12.7 A translation task 237 Bryan Robinson 12.8 The register of replies 239 Graham Butler 12.9 Dependency dictation 241 Jon Carr Bibliography 245 Index 247

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