Down under? New Zealand versus Australian culture

This is just a short cultural unit to identify the cultural elements of either New Zealand or Australia or BOTH.

MAORIES

 WELLINGTON 

BOOMERANGS 

THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD

 WALTZING MATILDA 

AUCKLAND 

CANBERRA 

RUSSELL CROWE 

OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN 

HAKA 

FOSTER´S 

THE LORD OF THE RINGS 

VEGEMITE 

SHEEP 

 LAMB

ALL BLACKS 

CHRISTCHURCH

 KIWI (ANIMAL) 

KIWIS (People)

KIWIFRUIT

AYER´S ROCK 

ABORIGENES 

ERNEST RUTHERFORD 

KOALA

 ROTORUA 

ABEL TASMAN 

MOUNT COOK

 ALBATROSS 

CARVED MASK 

MUD POOLS 

FRANZ JOSEPH GLACIER 

MERINO RAM

 CEREMONIAL CANOE 

QUEENSTOWN 

CHRISTCHURCH 

KAURI 

SNOWBOARD  

WALLABY

 RUGBY 

SILVER FERN 

FANTAIL 

MILFORD SOUND 

PUKEKO 

RAINBOW TROUT 

MOTUROA 

ANZAC

 SEAL 

GEYSER 

WANAKA 

PUNT 

CHAMPAGNE POOLS 

WHALE 

MITRE PEAK 

TEKAPO 

PENGUIN 

TUI 

POHUTUKAWA 

PUNATAIKI

 KOWHAI 

KOOKABURRA 

CROCODILE 

WOMBAT 

PLATYPUS 

DIDGERIDOO 

TATTOING 

POLYNESIA 

COMMONWEALTH 

AUSSIES 

MULLUMBIMBY

NAME,NAME our school game

NAME, NAME,NAME..OUR SCHOOL GAME. (The game of the names/nouns)

This is a hybrid game-like activity halfway between Outburst and Family Fortunes.
 The teacher is the Question Master but instead of asking general knowledge questions, s/he asks their students questions like the ones below; having previously organized the class in different groups. The winner is obviously the team with most valid answers after 15 rounds. The aim is both to increase your students´ vocabulary and to practise different types of relative clauses.

 Minimum answer is 5 items for each category.

 For instance and only as an example:

 0)  NAME THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW: The sun, sunflowers, canaries, No parking lines, Custard, Spanish post-boxes (Use all the remaining primary colours)

1) SALTY THINGS:

2) THINGS YOU WASH FREQUENTLY:

3) THINGS YOU CATCH:

4) THINGS YOU DO IN THE MORNING:

5) Things MADE OF WOOD/ METAL/ PLASTIC/ GLASS/ ELASTIC/ LEATHER/ ALUMINIUM/ IRON:

6) THINGS IN A HAIRDRESSER´S/ BANK / CLASSROOM/ AN AIRPORT/ LIBRARY/ KITCHEN/GARAGE:

7) THINGS TO SEE IN ROME/NEW YORK/MADRID/PARIS/LONDON / BARCELONA/ MÁLAGA…:

8) THINGS YOU BLOW/ PICK/ PICK UP/ CAN DESTROY/

9) THINGS THAT GO UP/ DOWN/ RING/

10) THINGS THAT ARE READ /  STICKY/ SOFT / PURE /

11) THINGS THAT YOU PUT IN TEA/MILK/ water

12) THINGS THAT COME IN A PACK

13) THINGS A WOMAN/MAN PUTS ON HER/ HIS FACE

14) THINGS YOU CAN BUY FROM A VENDING MACHINE

15) THINGS WITH HORNS/ KEYS/ GLASS

16) THINGS YOU TAKE TO THE BEACH/ MOUNTAINS

17) THINGS THAT ARE HABIT FORMING

18) THINGS YOU RECOGNISE BY SMELL

19) THINGS YOU HAVE REPAIRED

20) THINGS THAT REFLECT/ STINK/ SUCK/ COST A FORTUNE

21) NAME SOMETHING CHILDREN ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT

22)  “               “                 YOU SHOULDN´T DO IN AN AEROPLANE

23) NAME SOMETHING YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OF

24)  “                “                 “    DREAM ABOUT OWNING

25)  “                  “               “    MIGHT SEE IN FRONT OF A HOUSE

26)  “                  “               “      ARE AFRAID TO TRY EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS FUN.

27)  “                  “               “      MIGHT TAKE WITH YOU ON A BICYCLE TOUR.

28) “                  “             THAT ALWAYS NEEDS FILLING UP.

29) “                  “                “  GETS SMALLER AS YOU USE IT.

30)  “                  “             you ASSOCIATE WITH A HIPPOPOTAMUS/ AN ELEPHANT/ A LION/EASTER

31)  “                 “               “  DO WHEN ALONE/ MIGHT PRACTICE and MASTER

32)  “                 “               “ IS TYPICALLY JAPANESE/FRENCH/ ENGLISH/ AMERICAN/ CHINESE/.

 33) “                   “             “ HIDE WHEN UNEXPECTED GUESTS ARRIVE

 34) “                   “             “ MIGHT KEEP YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT

 35) “                  “               THAT IS HARD TO KEEP CLEAN

36)  “                   “            YOU HANG THINGS FROM IN YOUR HOME

37)  “                  “             PEOPLE EXCHANGE

38)  “                “            THAT HAS AN AERIAL

39)  “                  “          ASSOCIATED WITH ACTING/ TV/ CINEMA/LOVE/ CHRISTMAS / THANKSGIVING

40)  “                  “           A CLOWN/ A POLICEMAN  MIGHT WEAR

41) “                 “            YOU PAY ONCE A YEAR

 42) “                 “   that begins  WITH MICRO/  MACRO/ NANO/ MINI

 43) “                “   THAT COMES IN AN AEROSOSL CAN

44)  “                “   YOU CAN ADJUST

 45) “                 “    “    MIGHT FIND IN A FRIDGE/FREEZER

46)  “                 “   “    MIGHT TEACH CHILDREN TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT

47)  “                “    “      “         FIND ON YOUR DOORSTEP/ LETTERBOX

48)  “                “    PEOPLE STOP DOING WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS

 49)  “               “  A CRITIC MIGHT REVIEW

50) NAME SOMETHING THAT LOOKS BETTER POLISHED

 51) “                “                  “     MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS ADORABLE

 52)“                “              HOT THAT CAN BE SERVED IN A CUP

 53) “                 “   THAT MIGHT BE SWEPT ALONG BY THE WIND

 54) “                 “      YOU FILL WITH AIR

 55) “                 “      YOU MIGHT FIND ON THE END OF A FISHING LINE/ CATCH ON A NET

 56) “                 “     PEOPLE ARE COMMONLY ALLERGIC TO

 57) “                 “            “          DRINK WHEN THEY ARE COLD

 58)  “                 “            you might buy a box of when shopping

 59)  “                   “      YOU CANNOT BELIEVE PEOPLE DO WHEN DRIVING

 60) “                    “     PEOPLE REMEMBER ABOUT THEIR FIRST DATE

61) NAME A CREATURE  WITH A LARGE MOUTH /NOSE/ LEG/ ARM/ HORN/ NECK…

62) NAME AN ANIMAL THAT LIVES IN A RIVER/ EATS MEAT/ LIVES ALONE/

63) NAME AN ACTIVITY DONE IN BARE FEET/ IN THE NUDE/ IN UNIFORM/THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL FOOTWEAR

64) NAME SOMEWHERE CHILDREN LIKE TO GO/  AIR CONDITIONING MAY BE FOUND/ YOU MIGHT KEEP A SPARE KEY/ YOU MIGHT SEE AN ADVERTISEMENT/ YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO STAND/..

65) NAME THE BEST WAY OF SHOWING SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM

66) NAME SOMEONE  WHOSE ADVICE YOU USUSALLY ACCEPT/ WHO MIGHT WEAR BIG BOOTS TO WORK/ 

67)  NAME SOME FAMOUS WOMEN IN HISTORY/

68) NAME  TYPES OF ALARM/ AGENT / PIPE/ TEST/ ACHE /  ACCOMMODATION/  CARD GAMES/ HORSES/ CATS/ DOGS

69) NAME SOMETHING NOISY/ SILENT/ BRIGHT SPARKLING/ ROUGH

70) NAME   WELL-KNOWN SONGS/FILMS / AN AUTHORITY FIGURE/ PUPPETS/ TEACHERS….

71) NAME A REASON PEOPLE RETURN GIFTS

72) NAME  TYPES OF ILLEGAL/ LEGAL  DRUGS

NAME AND SHAME is  To say publicly that a person, company, etc. has behaved in a bad or illegal way.  DO you AGREE with this?

NAME AND EXPLAIN:

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

VIRTUAL REALITY

LOW-COST

FRUGAL

CYBORG

TORTURE

GUN VIOLENCE

ZEN

DIGITAL ERA

SELF-HELP MANUAL

NAME DROPPING What is it? How common is it?

CALL SOMEONE NAMES “                  “

The name of the game/You name it/ What´s in a name?