ESL adult role play activity lesson - "A highly immoral crew"

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONVERSATION LESSONS!

This lesson is based on a great scout activity, which my mythical scout leader gave us after a long hike (and as a special thank you, I’ve named some of the more shady passengers after him and some of my other scout instructors LOL).

This task is supposed to strengthen and test moral convictions and test basic prejudices, but from an ESL teacher’s point of view, it’s great at forcing students to express an opinion.

THIS PRESENTATION CONTAINS A 56 SLIDE POWERPOINT LESSON IN EDITABLE PPT FORMAT WITH WORKSHEETS THAT ACCOMPANY THE LESSON.

This lesson includes:

- A speaking group activity that forces students to take sides, create groups and alliances, share opinions, and argue fiercely.

- This lesson takes at least 90 min, but I’ve also used it in a 60 min lesson, by reducing the passenger numbers.

I do this activity with a few classes in the same period and at the end of this lesson, I hang the final lists of all the groups in a visible place. You’ll be surprised how much conversation and debate this activity continues to manufacture long after you’re done!

(I usually do this activity after my ‘agree to disagree’ lesson. The students already have practiced, and, are familiar with, the rules of argument. I also ask the students to use the same handouts from this lesson- they are included in this lesson if you don’t already have them)

This is a really good lesson for some group bonding.

WARNING:

* Please note: This lesson was created with adult students in mind. Some of the descriptions are extreme, to create a conflict situation, they might be offensive to some people. This lesson is in an editable format to allow you to change some of the descriptions if you are teaching this to young people, or for any other reason.

I hope you enjoy this lesson

Check out my other debate lessons:

Lets (not) talk about money

Charity – pros and cons

printed Newspapers, have you seen one lately?

Censorship, what's the big deal?

For problems and questions, suggestions, or idea sharing, I would LOVE to hear from you - contact me at: taffy@soaveenglish.it

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This download is appropriate for high school students in Life skills classes, young students of ESL, and adult ESL cultural and conversational classes.

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NOTE: When I use an outside source for my lessons, you’ll find the link to the original source (for further reference ) Under the slide, in the note section.

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