Disappearing Dialog
Objective: To familiarize students with a new grammar point; to have fun with grammar
Steps:
- After teaching both the Conversation and the Grammar Focus exercises, make up a new dialog with a few sentences from the Conversation that include the new grammar structure.
- Write the new dialog on the board and have students practice it.
- Erase some words from the dialog, preferably words that are part of the new grammar structure. Erase no more than one or two words per line at a time. Put a line under each erased word.
- Have students read the dialog again, including words that are missing.
- Erase some more words and have students practice the dialog again. Continue until there is nothing left on the board. By then students should be familiar with the new grammar structure.
Example: The following example is for New Interchange 1, Unit 7: "We Had a Great Time!" The Conversation appears on p. 40 of the Student's Book, and the Grammar Focus, on the past tense, appears on p. 41 of the Student's Book.
START WITH A SHORT DIALOG ON THE BOARD (containing examples of did):
AFTER PRACTICE, ERASE SOME WORDS (one or two per line):
AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, THE BOARD IS ALMOST EMPTY:
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Adaptation: This game can be played with any Grammar Focus and Conversation exercises in New Interchange.
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