Classroom Murder Mystery Game: Mystery at Mr. Grim's Mansion (ESL/EFL) ESL Mystery Game: Mystery at Mr. Grim’s Mansion Strengths: Entertaining, speaking practice ESL Level: Intermediate to Advanced Class Time: 1-2 hours Foreword: Planning a murder mystery for your ESL class takes time. I have done two murder mystery activities with my advanced Junior High ESL class. I found it on OneStopEnglish, which requires a membership (you may be able to find it elsewhere). The mystery I designed is more complicated and requires more preparation. Mystery Basic Idea: The twist in this story is that it is not a murder mystery; rather, it is just a mystery. The first part of the activity has them question each other in order to get background character information, possible weapons, and motives. The story contains elements of the game Clue (or Cluedo). Mystery Execution: 1) Assign Character Roles Distribute character cards + props (wigs, hats, etc) in the hall. The necessary characters are: Wally (the cobra-bringer), Dr. 2) Introduce the setting: It is now Saturday at 9 pm.
Find the murderer Target language: Past continuous 1. Write on board: Mrs. McDonald was found dead in her house on Tuesday at eight in the morning. You have to find who killed her and why. 2. 3. Option (a) Tell the students they are free to invent a story about why she is dead, and how; they can choose their own personalities and alibis, and decide who will be the inspector as he or she has to prepare a few questions to ask the suspects. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. My personal comment: I always ask for feedback, up to now they have always really enjoyed it. Useful Expressions in English | Commonly Used English Expressions Check out IH Bristol’s extensive list of over 1000 of the most useful expressions in English, available for free for Beginner/Elementary students to Advanced speakers. Learning English is one of the best ways to improve your life and the prospects of getting a good job. English is used all over the world as the language of education and business and it is becoming normal to expect everybody to be able to speak it. IH Bristol has more than 30 years’ experience of teaching English as a foreign language, of helping students to pass Cambridge Exams, to achieve the right score in IELTS or OET or just to learn to communicate more effectively in the language. Whatever your reasons for learning English, we know the kind of language you need to learn. We want to share our expertise with students of all ages from every corner of the planet. However, not everybody can come to Bristol to learn in person. How to use the Useful Expressions 1. The more you use them, the more you will improve!
Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife “Let’s run away together,” said Mr. Preble. “All righty,” said his stenographer. Mr. Preble jingled the keys in his pocket and looked out the window. “My wife would be glad to get rid of me,” he said. “Would she give you a divorce?” “I don’t suppose so,” he said. “You’d have to get rid of your wife,” she said. Let’s go down in the cellar,” Mr. “What for?” “Oh, I don’t know,” he said. “We never did go down in the cellar that I remember,” said Mrs. “Supposing I said it meant a whole lot to me,” began Mr. “What’s come over you?” “We could pick up pieces of coal,” said Mr. “I don’t want to,” said his wife. “Listen,” said Mr. “There isn’t a good enough light down there,” she said, “and anyway, I’m not going to go down in the cellar. “Gee whiz!” “I don’t want to go!” “All right, all right,” he said. “Will you quit harping on that subject?” “We’ve been all over that,” said Mrs. “I just wanted you to know how things are,” said Mr. “I never believed that for a minute,” said Mrs. “Is that so?
Black holes can teach us how to live our best life A visualization of the accretion disk around a black hole. Jeremy Schnittman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center hide caption toggle caption Jeremy Schnittman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center A visualization of the accretion disk around a black hole. One of my favorite celestial objects in the universe is the black hole. Granted, I'm an astrophysicist. One such researcher is Priyamvada Natarajan, an astrophysicist and the chair of the astronomy department at Yale University. Natarajan studies supermassive black holes. Lesson One: Push the limits, even if others doubt you In 1915 Einstein presented his general theory of relativity. But a few months after Einstein published this work, physicist Karl Schwarzschild presented the first solution of how mass creates that gravitational force. "So it is actually the shape of space around a clump, like a point mass, like a really concentrated compact mass," says Natarajan. It didn't work. Lesson Two: Reputation isn't everything EHT Collaboration
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