July 1st – International Joke Day

Welcome to today’s Daily Chat. Here you’ll find an assortment of conversation starters to suit a range of learners. I have categorised them as ‘On This Day’ (a question prompted by a moment in history), ‘Connect & Converse’ (general questions suitable for a range of different ages), ‘Daily Dilemma’ (Could you? Would you? Should you? If…).

Select one or more and begin conversing and building oral language skills today. Being able to engage and communicate with others, to reason and explain, and to ask questions to clarify understanding are vital skills for our pupils. Broad general knowledge underpins reading comprehension; in turn, this supports written communication.

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What shall we talk about today?

On This Day

Today’s On This Day conversation recalls the Battle of the Somme and explains the rationale for conscription.

Extend your ‘Big Chat’ by finding out what countries have conscription today. 

Connect and Converse

On a much different note, did you know July 1st is International Joke Day? Why not spend some time sharing jokes and laughter today?

It’s important to remember our EAL/ESL learners may find some of the puns in jokes quite confusing. Spending time discussing plays on words is important. I sometimes use images for this purpose.

Daily Dilemma

For today’s Daily Dilemma, what are your thoughts on the following?

Big Chat

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