You and your partner were sailing when your boat began to sink and you swam to a nearby deserted island for safety. There are 18 items listed that were previously on the boat. You and your partner each chose 5 squares that represent 5 items that washed ashore from the sinking boat. These 5 items are what you have to use to survive on the deserted island. The document provides questions for you to describe how you will use the 5 items and which are most and least useful for survival.

1. Desert Island

2. A1 A2 A3
B1 B2 B3
C1 C2 C3
D1 D2 D3
E1 E2 E3
F1 F2 F3
You and your
partner need
to choose 5
different
squares and
write them
down.

3. You and your partner were on a sailboat.
On your third day at sea, your sailboat
began to sink. Fortunately, there is an
island in the distance.

4. As your boat was sinking, you and your
partner jumped into the water and swam
to the deserted island. You are safe!

5. This island that you swam to has no
people on it. However, there is fish and
other types of seafood, fruit, vegetables
and unlimited fresh water.

6. The following items were on
board your sailboat before it
sank.

7. Compass

8. Knife

9. Diary with pen

10. Rope

11. Matches

12. Axe

13. Tent

14. Gun with bullets

15. Medicine

16. Whiskey

17. Camera with batteries

18. Flashlight with batteries

19. Blanket

20. Radio with batteries

21. Guitar

22. Magnifying glass

23. Boomerang

24. Toilet paper

25. Unfortunately, only 5 items that
were on the sailboat washed up
on the shore of the desert island.

26. Remember you and your partner
chose 5 squares earlier? These 5
squares represent the items you
will have on your island.

27. A
B
C
D
E
F
1 2 3

28. We will now go through the 18
items again. This time, write
down the name of the 5 items
you have on your island.

29. A1 - Compass

30. A2 - Knife

31. A3 - Diary with pen

32. B1 - Rope

33. B2 - Matches

34. B3 - Axe

35. C1 - Tent

36. C2 - Gun with bullets

37. C3 - Medicine

38. D1 - Whiskey

39. D2 - Camera with batteries

40. D3 - Flashlight with batteries

41. E1 - Blanket

42. E2 - Radio with batteries

43. E3 - Guitar

44. F1 - Magnifying glass

45. F2 - Boomerang

46. F3 - Toilet paper

47. Now you and your partner know
what 5 items you have on your
island to help you survive.
For example:

48. Answer the following questions.
Remember, you will have to share
your answers with the class.
1. What 5 items do you have.
2. Describe how you will use all 5 items to help you
survive.
3. Which item is the least useful? Why?
4. Which item is the most useful? Why?
5. If you could choose ANY of the 18 items to have,
which 5 would you and your partner choose? Why?

49. • Hi everyone:
• I have taken the idea from my previous worksheet - http://
www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=58362#thetop
• The instructions are as follows:
• First, put the students in pairs. You can of course put them in larger groups, but I find, the
bigger the group, the more room there is for one person in the group to do most of the work.
• On the 2nd slide of the PPT, the pairs are to chose 5 of the squares (Ex A1, A2, C1,C2, E1).
Make sure that each pair has chosen their 5 squares before continuing further.
• Then continue with the PPT. Slides 3-24 explain to the students why they are on a deserted
island, what is on the island, as well as the 18 items that were on board their sinking sailboat.
• Slide 25 explains to the students that of all the 18 items on their sinking boat, only 5 items
washed up on shore on their island. And slide 26 explains to them that the 5 squares they
chose earlier will be the five items that they will have to use on their island.
• The students kind of understand at this point, but when slide 27 comes up, they fully
understand what is going on. This is the point where the excitement level rises in classroom,
and they really get into this lesson plan. I would give them about 3 minutes to see what 5
items they get, as well as they like to discuss with their other friends what their ‘funny’
choices are.
• Then I tell them we will go through slide 28-45 and they should make sure that they have the
correct spelling of their 5 items.
• The last slide #47 I go through with the class as a group and then leave it up on the screen
for them to work with. You could also copy and paste the last page onto a word document
and print it out if you wanted to give it to them for homework, etc.
• Anyhow, I hope that you find this interesting and that your students enjoy it. It really was an
exciting lesson in my class, and I had all the students participating, speaking English and at
the same time having FUN!
• Cheers, Fletsch