It’s good that you are using group work and you are right to say
that it can sometimes be difficult to get students moving. I’ll
first consider interesting ways to group students and then look
at how to help the activity go more smoothly. There are a
variety of ways of putting students into groups; you could
consider any of the following: All students who have their
birthday in January and February work together. Those who have
their birthday in March and April work together, etc. All
students wearing black shoes work together, those wearing brown
shoes work together, etc. People who come to class by bus work
together, those who walk to class work together, etc. Students
with brown eyes, green eyes work together. People who prefer
skiing holidays work together. Those who prefer beach holidays
work together. There are many other options like these that you
can invent yourself. You can even link it into the topic of the
lesson. For example, in a lesson about the family, you could
group people from families of t