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

David is yelling in the library

David is looking out the window

David is cutting in line

David is shouting out the answer

David is getting paint on a girl

David is playing outside after recess

David is going home

David is scribbling on his desk

David is having a food fight

David is making a silly face

David is chewing gum

David is pushing the girl

David is throwing a paper plane

David is running in the hall

David is cleaning the desk

David is asking to go to the bathroom again and again

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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).