Finish the story

By Mario Muñoz

Subject: English.

Number of students: the whole class.

Level: Secondary Education.

Topic: Narrative.

I show a short funny video in class from YouTube which has a surprising ending. I pause the video just before the end and give the students some minutes to write what they think it is going to happen. Then we read aloud some of the endings and watch the end of the video and check if any of them has written the same.

It is a very funny and motivating activity to practise writing skills in a different way.

By Laura Benito

For Primary children and lower Secondary levels, you may use Pixar shorts. Students love it. You have some of them in this image.