Front, Back, Left, Right or "Criss Cross"

I'll take the time now to explain this very simple game. I ask the students to please stand and then I say, "Do what I do and say what I say,"we practice front, back left and right with movement and repetition. This is easy to teach on the first day and they know exactly what is about to happen. You can pick any target question grammar and for this it was "Did you ~?" because it was what they had learned in the previous lesson. Ask a "did you question" and then any student can raise their hand and say "Yes, I did" or "No I didn't". I have the question and the answer written on the board. The student that answers gets to pick front, back, left, or right. Depending on what they pick the students to the front, back, left, or right of them gets to sit down in a row. For example, if the student says front, all of the students in front of them get to sit. It's a great warm up and easy to demo on the first go. You will not need to demo it again and it's also easy to use as an evaluation tool if you have a few extra minutes at the end of the lesson.