EFL Grammar Challenge | Solve The Two-Island Riddle

Lesson Plan

LESSON: Describing Order of Events
OBJECTIVES: a. Learn and Use Sequence Adverbs b. Improve Fluency c. Problem-solving
LEVEL: Upper-beginner and Higher
TIME:10-15 minutes
INTRODUCTION: Set up the riddle (2-4 minutes)
·      Ask students to take out their notebooks
·      Draw 2 island-type circles on the board
·      Write or draw a FOX, a CHICKEN, and a BAG OF CHICKEN FOOD on one island, and a boat in between the islands.
·      Describe the task
·      Teach main language

OBJECTIVE: 
Problem-solving (6-8 minutes)

·      Transfer all three items from one island to the other island.
·      You can only take one item at a time in the boat
·      If you leave the chicken and the bag of food, the chicken will eat the food in the bag.
·      If you leave the fox and the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken.

Pro Tips:

(adjust the grammar according to your students’ level)
·      You may need to explain that ‘chicken food’ is not like KFC.
·      Allow them to work it out before teaching the hint language
·      Hint (Teach the expression “Take back” if they need a hint)

Student Worksheet
​for Your Google Classroom

Download the Worksheet and Watch A BONUS Video

MAIN LANGUAGE – (First, Next, Then, After that, Finally, Take, Go, Go back, Pick up)
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1. First, you have to take _____________________________________________.
2. _______________________________________________________________.
3. _______________________________________________________________.
4. _______________________________________________________________.
5. _______________________________________________________________.
6. _______________________________________________________________.
 
ACTIVITY (a) –Draw the islands, the boat, and the items.










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Easter Egg Lessons:

Problem Solving: Most of your students will probably say it's "impossible" at first. Guide them in learning that it's NOT impossible.

​Logic: The students will have to think in a logical step-by-step order to solve this problem.

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