Saw this on Facebook, thought it might make a nice warmer.
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Great Wamers from ESL Treasure
Warmer: Cannibals and Missionaries
This is a warmer to get students focused and working together. Use the game “Cannibals and Missionaries”.
Explain the rules to the students:
There are 3 cannibals and 3 missionaries who want to cross a river. There is a small boat which can carry 2 people, 1 person must remain in the boat to row it across the river. If the number of cannibals on any side is greater than the number of missionaries, the cannibals will eat the missionaries. Students need to find a solution to the problem.
Language:
We should/ought to…
If we leave the cannibals here, they’ll eat the missionary.
Great idea!
Hold on a minute!
What if we…..?
How about +ing…
Have students work as a class to solve the puzzle.
Solution:
http://www.novelgames.com/en/gametips/missionaries-solution/
English Central
Here are some great class “hooks” from English Central:
http://community.eflclassroom.com/profiles/blogs/every-book-has-its-cover
There’s also a great piece on 50 pieces of best practice for teachers:
Some great warmers
Here are some great warmers/ice breakers from Adam Simpson:
Warmer: Knock knock jokes
This is a warmer to start the class to introduce knock knock jokes and get students talking, interacting and hopefully laughing.
Here is the handout:knock-knock-jokes
First use the 2 examples to teach students the structure of the jokes. Be sure to teach students the phrases:
“I get it.”/”I don’t get it.” – I understood the joke.
Then give out the jokes (some are duplicated so give them out to students on different sides of the class) have students circulate and tell each other their jokes. Students discuss which one is their favourite.