Bad Fruit: A Shoppers' Nightmare
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Bad Fruit: A Shoppers' Nightmareauthor: Mike Yough
level:
Elementary
Target_English: Shopping dialogue and vocabulary
big_small: Big groups
Materials: "produce" ( or fruit / food picture cards ) and play money.
Object of game: To accumulate as
many products as possible.
Students are divided into clerks and shoppers.
Clerks set up "stands" to allow easy access for all shoppers
(e.g. around the outsides of the room with their backs to the wall).
Shoppers are given a set amount of money* (e.g. dollars, euros, pounds, etc.) and begin at a stand where there is an open space.
Students shop, trying to accumulate as many items as possible (each item is 1 unit of currency).
Periodically, the instructor will say "stop" (a bell or other
device may be needed to attract attention in some cultural and classroom
contexts) and call out a name of one of the products.
Students with that product must then put ALL their products in a basket
at the front of the room.
The remaining students continue shopping.
Students who had to dump their products must begin again from scratch (with
fewer units of currency).
The student with the most products at the end wins. Students then switch
roles.
*It is recommended giving students as much money as
possible since students who run out can no longer
participate.
Alternative play for more advanced students: Clerks set the price of items.
Shoppers have the option of negotiating the price. There are two winners
in this version: The shopper who accumulates the most products and the
clerk who makes the most money. ( also see the Bargaining Game - Richard)
Mike Yough
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