Level: Upper Intermediate
Location: Connected Classroom
Activity: Writing a story
Language: Narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous past perfect)

Ideally the class haven't seen the game Samorost 2 before.

Preparation
Download and print a copy of the Samorost Language Sheet.
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Activity
This activity was designed to work after a rather stuffy presentation on the Narrative tenses in an upper intermediate class. I had the opening screen of Samorost on the board and had started play but had not clicked on the kennel. I told my learners that they were going to write a story and that they needed to decide who there main character was and where the story took place. While they were doing this I handed out a copy of the Samorost language sheet to each pair. I told the learnerst that they were going to write the first part of a story by watching the game and using the Samorost Language sheet to help them. I then followed these steps:

1. I brainstormed vocabulary that they could see on the game screen.
2. In pairs they predicted what would happen next.
   
3. When I had judged the students to have finished I told them to watch the screen and clicked on the kennel. Learners watched what happened.
4. Learners discussed what had happened in pairs. New language items were written on the board.
5. Learners wrote the game story using the Samorost Language Sheet to help them.
6. Repeat from step one for each new screen of the game.
   

When the activities had finished I told them to pass their story to the person on the left. Generally its not necessary to set a reading task as the learners are generally motivated enough by the process to read their partners story. When they have finished I told them to tell their partner about any differences in their stories and finally which one they liked the best and why. Then using a pencil they read it again to see if they could find any narrative tense mistakes and correct them. When they had finished they passed their partners story back pointing out and explaining any mistakes.