Fantasy and adventure
3.7 Wizard interview Level ** Language focus Interview, question forms, adverbs of frequency, simple Skills focus Thinking focus Teaching approach Interaction Preparation
present tense Speaking Inventing Promote creativity – accept errors Pairwork, suitable for large classes Write the interview questions on the board, along with adverbs of frequency from Box 53.
Procedure 1 Put the children into pairs. Tell them that one person will be the interviewer and the other person will be a wizard. If they are not familiar with wizard, choose another magical person like a fairy or a witch. 2 One person in the pair asks the questions and the other has to imagine and invent a response. Questions and some possible answers are in Box 53. 3 When they have finished asking and answering questions, call on the person asking the questions to talk to the class about the wizard he/she interviewed. See Box 53 for a sample answer.
Box 53
Wizard interview grid
Interview questions
Wizard answers
Sample answer
Where do you live?
I live in a tree in the forest.
How often do you make magic spells? When do you make magic spells? How do you make magic spells?
I sometimes make magic spells. I usually make magic spells in the evening. I use a bowl and mix up grass and leaves from the forest. I usually say magic words when I am mixing.
Sam is a wizard and he lives in a tree in a forest. He sometimes makes magic spells. He usually makes magic spells in the evening. He mixes grass and leaves and says magic words when he is mixing.
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