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Invitations- Coin Games

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Five fun inviting and responding to invitations coin games, including positive and negative responses, suggested invitations, and inviting on the phone and by email.

By: Alex Case
Level: Beginner
Theme: General
Study Area: Social English
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Lesson Plan Content:


Invitations coin games

Game 1: The coin decides the invitation

Before making an invitation, the person inviting should flip a coin and try to make an invitation that their partner says “Yes” to using the verb and/ or time in that column below.

Heads

Tails

visiting…

watching…

drinking…

coming to…

going… ing (…)

going to…

making…

eating…

playing…

listening to…

tonight

later

(right) now

after this class

after…

before…

the… after next

on Saturday

at… o’clock tomorrow

at the weekend

sometime (this…)

on…

next…

at…

 

Game 2: The coin decides how you invite someone

Continue trying to get positive responses out of your partner, but this time flip the coin twice first to decide how you should communicate.

Tails + tails = Telephone                                                                  Tails + heads = Email

Heads + tails = Face to face                                              Heads + Heads = Free choice

 

Game 3: The coin decides your response

Continue inviting each other to do things, but with the person receiving the invitation flipping a coin to decide their response:

Heads = Give a positive response                                  Tails = Give a negative response

Negative reactions must include a reason, with a different reason each time. Switch roles whenever you get a positive response.

 

Game 4: The coin decides the response you want to get

Continue inviting each other, but with the person making the invitation secretly flipping a coin then trying to get the response below from their partner by making a suitable or unsuitable invitation.

Heads = Try to get a positive response           Tails = Try to get a negative response

The person who receives the invitation should respond naturally. Their partner will then show the coin and get one point if it matches the response that they got.

 

Game 5: Invitations bluffing coin game

The person receiving the invitation secretly flips the coin to decide if they should react naturally or not:

Heads = Your real reaction                                  Tails = The opposite of your real reaction

After listening to the response, the person who made the invitation should guess if the response was genuine or not, then the person who flipped will reveal the top side of the coin.

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