Creating+an+alibi

Creating an alibi

Hopefully this isn't ever a real life situation for our students but it is a fun way to practice.

1. As a class, come up with some ridiculous crime that happened. 2. Write it on the board/overhead in TL for student reference. 3. Allow students to work alone with a partner. Whatever fits your classroom best. 4. Students come up with an alibi that places them somewhere else doing something else at the time of the crime. Students must use the preterit and imperfect while writing out their alibi. 5. Students then come to the front of the class and present their alibi in the TL. 6. The class gets to play lawyer and judge as well. Students can raise their hands and ask questions in the TL to try and link the defendants to the crime. 7. After a few questions the class must decide whether the group is cupable or innocente. 8. Have students turn in script as a writing assignment or to make corrections and give feedback.
 * If you wanted to make a connection to English curriculm you could have students revise their script with another group before presenting.

Good luck. My kids loved it and the activity just came to be in the middle of a lesson about current events.

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