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    Teacher’s Notes

    Level Pre Int +


    Age Any
    Skill Grammar – Relative Clauses
    Time 90+ minutes

    OVERVIEW
    Call my Bluff is a well known TEFL activity. It can either be used as a fun game at the end of
    course or as a way of practising relative clauses. Students try and guess the correct definition of an
    unknown word from a choice of three possibilities. In this version of the game, students first write
    one of the false definitions of the word before trying to trick other students. The staging of the
    activity helps lower level students play the game.

    Stage One MODEL THE ACTIVITY


    Model the activity for students. Write a word on the board that students won’t know. Then give
    three alternate definitions for the word, two false and one true. Ask students to guess which is the
    correct definition.

    Stage Two COOPERATIVE WRITING


    Put students into groups of three. Give each group a worksheet with two new items of vocabulary
    on. The worksheets have the correct definition, a false definition and space for them to write
    another false defintion. Give students time to look up the words in the dictionary and find the
    correct definition. Students must then write another false defintion. Monitior and make sure the
    language they are using is appropriate for the level and that they are not copying directly from the
    Internet or a dictionary.

    Stage Three PROCESS LANGUAGE


    Write some process language on the board to help students play the game. Students often need to
    hear the definitions two or three times. Useful phrases includes sentences like:

    • Can you say that again?


    • How do you spell that?
    • Can you give me an example sentence?

    Drill the sentences so that students are comfortable using them.

    Stage Four PLAYING THE GAME


    Reorganise the students so students with different words are sitting together. Students take it in
    turns to read their words and definitions and the other students must guess the correct option. If they
    want, students can have a scoring system. One point for every word they guess correctly and one
    point every time they trick a student into guessing the wrong definition.

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