Like & Don’t Like- Common Games
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students find tastes that they share with their partners in order to practise the language of preferences, using the suggested topics and phrases if they like, then find differences in likes and dislikes and/ or play coin games.
Lesson Plan Content:
Like and don’t like things in common games
Like and don’t like things in common game
Say a true sentence starting with “I like…” or starting with “I don’t like…” If your partner feels the same way, you get one point (including if you have the same negative feelings). If your partner doesn’t feel the same way, you get no points.
Scoring guide and suggested reactions
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++ = So do I./ Me too./ I like… too.
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+x = Really? I don’t./ Really? I don’t like… |
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xx = Neither do I./ Me neither./ I don’t like… either. |
x+ = Really? I like… |
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= 1 point |
= 0 points |
Possible topics
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animals big dogs big… birds cats dogs horses rabbits small dogs small… snakes spiders |
colours black (…) brown (…) green (…) orange (…) pink T-shirts pink (…) red shoes red (…) white (…) yellow (…) |
food apples bananas cakes chips/ fries chocolate eggs hamburgers lemons oranges pizza sandwiches |
drinks coffee hot cocoa hot… cold… milk tea water … juice
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sports/ actions baseball basketball cycling football jogging running skipping sleeping swimming tennis walking |
toys comics dolls kites toy planes toy trains video games |
Share one thing in common and see if other people in the class have the same feelings. Then ask about topics above you don’t understand, sharing your feelings each time.
Like and don’t like differences game
Play the opposite game, getting one point if your partner doesn’t feel the same way and no points if your partner feels the same way.
Like and don’t like things in common coin game
Play the same game, but first flip a coin to see if you should make a positive or negative statement.
Heads = one point for finding a positive thing in common
Tails = one point for finding a negative thing in common
Like and don’t like comparisons coin game
Play the same game, but this time flip a coin first. If you get heads, you get one point if you have the same feelings. If you get tails, you play the opposite game with one point for finding things that you don’t have in common.
Heads = 1 point for things in common
Tails = 1 point for differences
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