TV Commercials in the classroom

While we were playing "Pass the word" (see previous post to learn how to play), my 4th grade students came up with the idea of creating commercials. So after playing "pass the word" for several sessions, they started to design their own commercials. In order to carry out this activity, I grouped them in pairs or groups of three.

First, I asked them to choose a product that they would like to sell and think of the characteristics of that particular product. Then, I asked them to create a brochure that included pictures and characteristics of the product. I monitored all the process by teaching them some frames they may use when describing the features of the product. Some of these included:
- It has ....
- You can ...
- Before it was ... but now it is only ...

I also provided them with some English dictionaries in case they needed to look up for new vocabulary. 
Below is the result! I can say that they absolutely enjoyed doing it and they learned a lot!

FOLLOW UP
Having finished designing the brochure it was time to put into practice their acting skills, so they pretended that they were on TV and they had to sell for example, "an Ipod" or an "English class". I reminded them that actors on TV exaggerate everything they say and do so they had to do the same. They had a lot of fun preparing and practising the commercial and they came up with very creative ideas and product features. This activity is absolutely great to improve student's oral fluency and an excellent way to encourage collaborative tasks in the classroom.