Stranded on a Desert Island

IMAGINE that your students were on a cruise to some remote islands in the Pacific.

ASK them to tell you what they have packed for their holiday.

BUT THEN something terrible happens...

Your students find themselves shipwrecked after a terrible storm on a sandy shore. 

Their ship has hit a reef and it will probably sink in a couple of hours. 

Show them the photo for inspiration. 

Can they see a lifeboat in the background?

They don't know if somebody else lives on the island.

They have a few minutes to decide which objects they will need to take from the ship to help them survive and find a way back home.

Will they need any of the things they had packed in their suitcases?

 Students form groups of 4-5 and think about the use of the objects shown in the flashcards. Each team is allowed to take 5 objects.
They have to consider how to signal their presence on the island,
find shelter, water, food, light a fire etc.
Then the teacher presents them with different scenarios and they have to find ways to cope with the new situations:

a. They see a plane flying above the island.
b. A cargo ship passes in the horizon.
c. It starts to rain.
d. They hear a roar coming from the forest.
e. They find footprints on the shore.
f. They decide to explore the island.
g. Pirates arrive on the island to hide their treasure.
h. One of them gets sick.
i. They find a box on the shore.
j. They write a message in a bottle to tell the world where they are.
k. They discover another island a few miles on the north.