Activity type: Role play in which students have to act as
witnesses to a bank robbery. Level: Intermediate and above -
Before you begin this activity, print out the roles below and
fill out students’ names in the gaps provided i.e. in roles 10,
11 and 15. Pick confident, dominant students for this because
they ultimately will be accused of a crime and so they need to
be happy to accept that role. - Put the students into pairs to
talk about types of crimes that they have read about lately in
the news. As they are talking monitor and correct. Also try to
question some of the students about robberies and whether they
have heard of a robbery recently. - Bring the group back
together and ask the students to tell you what they discussed.
Once they have done this explain that they were all witnesses to
a crime and that they will each be given a role. - Hand out the
roles and allow the students time to read them and to remember
them. If there are any questions from the students, deal with
them then. - Ask the student