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In the Create A Comic ESL project students create a comic strip about superheroes, including dialogue and narration.
The Create A Company ESL project requires students to create their own new businesses, describing what they do and the employees they will need.
Students do the Create A Country ESL project in pairs or small groups, then present their country to the class.
In the Create A Festival ESL project, students invent their own celebration and present it to the class.
In the Create A Menu ESL project, students invent (and describe) the dishes on offer at a restaurant.
In the Crossed Wires ESL activity, students dictate a text down a string that criss-crosses their group.
In the Describing Pictures ESL activity, students practise describing a picture first as a class, then individually.
The Desert Island Discs ESL conversation activity is based on the BBC radio program of the same name, in which participants discuss luxury items they would like to have with them if they were a castaway.
The Dice Of Fortune ESL game is a version of Wheel Of Fortune that uses dice instead of a wheel.
In the Draw Your Weekend ESL activity students have describe what they think a classmate did/has done using only a drawing.
In the Dream Job ESL activity, students describe their perfect job to their classmates.
In the Dream Vacation ESL activity, students imagine their perfect trip and describe it to the class.
In the Earth 2-0 ESL activity, a disaster is about to destroy life as we know it, and students have to decide who to save.
In the Emoji Story ESL activity, students use random emojis as the prompts for events.
In the Excuses Excuses ESL activity, students have to make up funny excuses for not accepting invitations.
The Family Feud ESL game is a version of the popular TV show of the same name (Family Fortunes in the UK), adapted for your English class.
In the Find Someone Who ESL activity, students have to find a classmate for whom a given criteria is true.
In the Five In Five ESL game, students try to guess a five-letter word using other five-letter words.
In the Flash Forward ESL activity students imagine a time in the future, and describe what their life will be like at that point.
In the Fortunately Unfortunately ESL Activity, students create a story that alternates between positive and negative sentences.
The Timeline ESL game is based on the card game of the same name, in which players try and put famous historical events in chronological order.
