Activity 4- A Special Gift

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This is an idea of a very simple yet meaningful and communicative activity that requires the use of a digital camera.

Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Language Skill: Speaking
Device needed: camera (cellphone, tablet,digital camera or any other device that has a camera in it)

Instructions: 

Part 1(to be assigned as homework) - Ask students to take a picture of a very special gift they have gotten.

Part 2 (the following class) - Ask students to sit in small groups and tell them that they should show the other classmates the picture they have taken of a very special gift they have gotten. They should tell an anecdote explaining why that gift is so important to them, who gave it to them, when they got it, etc. Encourage students  to ask their classmates some follow-up questions in order to get more details about the anecdote.

Source: Vinicius Lemos