Eberhard games biography examples

A couple of weeks ago, I started some new classes, so I decided to create a new getting to know you activity based on seven word biographies.

I think it’s an enjoyable way to kick off the new term and should provide some interesting language opportunities for my intermediates and up. It also makes a good accompaniment to the My Life in Twenty Lines activity I shared here earlier, which could be done later in the course as an expansion activity.

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1) Write your own seven word biography and put it on the board.

Eberhard games biography examples for kids

Here’s mine:

2) Ask the students to discuss in pairs what they think I mean by this.

3) Give out one seven word biography per student or in pairs. Ask them to read it and think about what it could mean.

If in pairs, get them to discuss it, and if not, ask them to share with a partner (all of these biographies were taken from here, where you can also find descriptions of the