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Behavior Sort: Good or Poor Choice? – Speaking Practice with Adverbs of Frequency

Behavior Sort

Sort the cards. Then talk about yourself. Use these phrases:
Personally, I never…
I have to own up, sometimes I…
As for me, I always…

good choice

ask to go to the bathroom again and again

wait in line in lunchroom

be late for school

play outside after recess

eat quietly in the lunchroom

run in the halls

read quietly in the library

look out the window

have food fights

stick gum in someone’s hair

make silly faces

throw paper planes

scribble on desks

cut in line

yell in the library

help friends who fall at recess

be on time for school

yell at friends

pay attention

clean the desks

raise your hand to ask a question

share books

get paint on someone

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poor choice

Sort the behavior cards into good choices and poor choices, then talk about yourself using the frames "Personally, I never…," "As for me, I always…," and "I have to own up, sometimes I…." A quick sorting-and-speaking activity on classroom manners and adverbs of frequency, based on David Shannon's David Goes to School – ideal for young ESL learners (A1–A2).

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