The consequence chain story

The consequence of the chain story… the consequence chain story+part 2

Background info:
I got students to write a sentence on a piece of paper, They then handed it to the person next to them. That student read the sentence and continued the story. Then he folded the 1st student’s contribution and handed it to the 3rd student who could only read the previous student’s sentence (student C can see what student B wrote, but not what student A did).
How is this difference to a chain story?
Student A: If I wasn’t in class, I’d be at home.
Student C: If your teacher knew you were playing truant from school,….. and so on.


Ideas for the end of the lesson:

  • You could handout all the student’s paper and ask the learners to correct them as homework.

Not exciting enough?


Twist number 2- A few months later…


Till next time….


3 thoughts on “The consequence chain story

  1. yes, it is very good to experiment with new ideas and check how they work with students..!! I think chain story can be quite motivating and fun for students. The reason fore this is that students can express their real selves. So automatically it becomes personalised. That way they do not get bored on the one hand and on the other they practise someting which could happen any time outside class. To that end, students get prepared for communication to take place any time outside classroom.


  2. Sounds like a very effective class where the students really absorbed how to use the 2nd condit. while having fun.
    Reminds me of the first time as a new teacher I tried to teach it to a group of businessmen and made the mistake of telling them about it (hypothetical, things that might happen etc.) rather than getting them to do it. One man very seriously said 'I don't need this, I only deal in certainties.'


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