Island Adventure 2

TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Island Adventure
Activity Type Introduction

Reading, Writing, In this desert island survival activity, students use their critical
Listening and Speaking thinking and problem-solving skills to survive being stranded on
Activity: writing a desert island.
sentences, preparing and
delivering a presentation, Procedure
freer practice (group
work) Set the scene by drawing a boat on the board. Tell the students
to imagine that they are on the boat and to suggest what they
are doing there.
Focus
Then, draw lightning on the board. Explain that the boat has been
Critical thinking
hit by a storm and has started taking on water.
Problem solving
Now, divide the students into groups of three. Give a copy of the
Survival items worksheet to each group.
Tell the students that there is a desert island nearby and that
Aim each group must choose four items from the worksheet to help
them survive on the island.
To use critical thinking
and problem-solving
Students then complete the worksheet by naming the four items
skills to survive being
and explaining why they chose each one.
stranded on a desert
island.
When the students have finished writing, ask each group to
explain their choices to the class.
Preparation
Next, the groups find out what challenge they face on the island
Make one copy of the by choosing a card.
worksheet for each group
of three. Also, make one Each group reads the challenge on their card and makes a plan on
copy of the cards and cut how they are going to survive on the island using the four items
as indicated. You will also to help them.
need a dice.
Afterwards, the groups take it in turns to read their challenge
and present their ideas to the class. Assess each group's chances
Level of survival, according to their ideas. Award each group a score
between zero and three.
Upper-intermediate (B2)
After each group has presented, they roll a dice and the awarded
Time points are combined with the number on the dice.
60 minutes Groups need to score four or more to survive. A score of six or

more is needed to thrive on the island. Depending on the score,
make up the ending of each group's tale.
For example, a group with a score of four may barely survive.

A score of nine would mean everything happened as the group
planned and a score of six would be somewhere in between.
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CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Your boat is sinking! There is a desert island nearby. You can swim there, but you can
only take one bag with you. Choose four items to help you survive on the island.
lamp sunscreen toilet paper pot first aid kit
hiking boots axe flare gun inflatable raft lighter
insect repellent hammock compass mirror knife
water filter fishing rod rope rifle tent
Name the four items and explain why you chose each one.
Item 1: .......................................................................................................................
Reason: ......................................................................................................................
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Item 2: .......................................................................................................................
Reason: ......................................................................................................................
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Item 3: .......................................................................................................................
Reason: ......................................................................................................................
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Item 4: .......................................................................................................................
Reason: ......................................................................................................................
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CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
1. The island is inhabited by nomadic 2. The island is home to a tribe of

tribes of hunter gatherers. Some of the children, no older than eight years old,
tribes are extremely dangerous cannibals, who have been shipwrecked there for over
but some tribes are quite friendly. a year.
3. The island is devoid of dangerous 4. Remember the movie King Kong? Well,
animals, but there is a very strong storm you are on that island. Not only do you
every eight hours that destroys any have to survive, but you have to avoid
structures and leaves everything soaking King Kong, dinosaurs and very large flying
wet. insects!
5. The island is warm during the day. 6. The island is full of zombies who only
However, at night the temperature on the come out at night. They will definitely eat
island drops to -30 degrees Celsius and you if they see you, but they are afraid of
everything freezes. water.
7. The island is actually quite nice. 8. The island is perfect. There are many
However, it’s only 50 centimeters above fruits and wild animals to eat. You even
sea level, and it is sinking at the rate of found a treasure chest full of gold.
one centimeter a day. You don’t have However, you were spotted with the chest
long until the whole island is going to be by pirates and now they are coming after
underwater. you and the treasure.
9. Welcome to snake island. This island

is covered in poisonous snakes. They are 10. The island is filled with highly-evolved
everywhere. The only place which is safe apes, who dominate everything. The apes
is the beach. However, at high tide the are very grumpy and don’t like visitors.
beach disappears.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Island Adventure

Activity Type Introduction

60 minutes Groups need to score four or more to survive. A score of six or

For example, a group with a score of four may barely survive.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Island Adventure

lamp sunscreen toilet paper pot first aid kit

hiking boots axe flare gun inflatable raft lighter

insect repellent hammock compass mirror knife

water filter fishing rod rope rifle tent

Teach-This.com © 2021 Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Island Adventure

1. The island is inhabited by nomadic 2. The island is home to a tribe of

9. Welcome to snake island. This island

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