Practice Lab Workshop

Mystery Bag Exchange

Students exchange bags or pencil cases, identify objects, ask about possession, and present findings as a detective report.

Unit 2Possession game and show-and-tellProduction task
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Workshop Brief

Mission and Setup

Students exchange bags or pencil cases, identify objects, ask about possession, and present findings as a detective report. This workshop practices the Unit 2 explanation about this, that, these, those, WH questions, and the verb to be.

Time

45 minutes

Grouping

Pairs, then groups of four

Main output

Possession chart and detective report

Based on guide

Exchange bags, list items, show and tell

  • Bags or pencil cases
  • Object labels
  • Possession chart
  • Optional photo cards
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Task Cycle

Activity Rounds

Follow the rounds in order. The teacher can stop after any round for quick pronunciation or grammar feedback.

  1. Object inventoryPartners list five safe classroom items from a bag or pencil case.
  2. Owner questionsStudents ask: Is this your cellphone? Are these your earbuds? What are those?
  3. Detective swapPairs exchange information with another pair and confirm ownership.
  4. Show and tellEach student presents two objects and says who owns them.
  5. Correction clinicThe class checks this/these/that/those and my/your/his/her.
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Student Worksheet

Complete During the Activity

Students use this board to collect real information before speaking. It can be copied into notebooks or projected for the class.

Mystery Bag Exchange Worksheet

ObjectSingular or pluralOwnerQuestionAnswer
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
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Functional Language

Language Bank and Final Product

What is in your bag?Is this your cellphone?Those are my earbuds.What are those?This is Ana's notebook.

Final product

A short detective report: In Laura's bag, there is a notebook. These are her earbuds. This is not my pen.