Text types: Texts for fun & leisure
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Jokes and riddles | |
Why are jokes and riddles important?: Teaching suggestions
You can develop a routine of always asking a riddle at the end of the lesson. In this way, students can puzzle over it and you can give them an opportunity to discuss the riddle together when class begins the next morning. You might also like to encourage students to invent their own riddles.
When presenting riddles you will need to explain any words of expressions which are likely to be problematic. Encourage students to ask and answer riddles in pairs. Note that the answer is often just a single word, complete sentences are not necessary!
One easy riddle type is the 'knock-knock' joke which follows a predictable pattern:
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| A: Knock, knock! B: Who's there? A: NAME B: NAME WHO? A: NAME + EXTENSION |
Knock, knock! Who's there? Will. Will who? Will you marry me? |
Students can by encouraged to use names which can easily be extended such as Will (= Will you marry me?, Will you give me a hand?), Ivor (= I've a cold, I've a headache), Stan (=Stand over there, Stand up) etc.
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