Headmaster
Game
Level:
Medium to Difficult
This activity can be used with Intermediate and Advanced students to stimulate lots of discussion!!!
Have each student take out a piece of paper and their
dictionary. Write on the board:
You are the new headmaster of this school. You have
two years to make this the perfect school. You can have as much money as you
want, but you must spend it all in 2 years.
·
What changes would you make
immediately?
·
What changes must be gradual?
·
What would you do to make it a better
school?
·
What changes would you make?
Be specific. For example, don’t say hire better
teachers. You must say how you would find better teachers or what kind of
teachers you would hire. Also, remember you must think like a headmaster, not
like a student! Making school easy and letting the students do no exams or
homework will not make parents happy!
Give the students 15 minutes to work alone. Then put
them in groups of 3-5 with a leader to organize their thoughts. Each group’s
leader will give its “report” to the other students during the following class
period.
If your students have a small vocabulary you can help
them out by listing on the blackboard areas of discussion: teachers, buildings,
classrooms, activities, dorms, lunchrooms, curriculum, sports, playground,
library, bathrooms, schedules, music, art, etc.
This is a great activity for all ages. We always run
out of time!
