1. 1 Split the class into teams of 3 or 4 and designate one scorekeeper in each group.
2. 2 Display the 6 Scene Cards and distribute one Vote Slip per team.
3. 3 Give teams 8 minutes to compose one punchy caption per scene using the assigned clause.
4. 4 Call out each scene; have teams read their captions aloud and cast secret peer votes.
5. 5 Check structures against the Teacher Key, calculate points, and crown the winner.

1. 1 Collaborate with your teammates to write one vivid caption for all 6 scenes.
2. 2 Every single caption MUST accurately use the grammar structure printed in the yellow bubble.
3. 3 Inject Unit vocabulary words naturally to bank extra bonus points.
4. 4 Listen carefully as rival teams read and vote for the best caption (no voting for yourselves!).
5. 5 The crew with the most grammar, vote, and vocabulary points wins the round!

Step 1

Hand out cards & vote slips to teams.

Step 2

Teams draft captions for all 6 scenes.

Step 3

Read captions aloud scene by scene.

Step 4

Teams cast votes on their vote slips.

Step 5

Tally points & declare the winner.

Step 6

Discuss the 3 closing debrief questions.

Rule: Award your gold star to the most creative rival team caption!

"Jo stared at the face-down phone as though it were demanding her compulsive attention..."

"Sam kept scrolling the way the app wants, so that it can monetise his engagement..."

"It looks as if digital overload prevents everyone here from being mindful of..."

"Just as window displays lure shoppers, so notification badges nudge us into tracking every metric..."

"Lena locked her phone away in the same way that someone embarking on a full digital detox..."

"Much as video autoplay triggers compulsive scrolling, so Dev forgets how to..."

✅ Model: "Jo keeps looking at her phone as though it were about to ring."

⚠️ Mistake to hear: "as though it will ring" — Watch out for present or future auxiliary verbs instead of past forms (were or would).

✅ Model: "Sam scrolls through his feed the way a slot-machine gambler pulls a lever."

⚠️ Mistake to hear: "the way how he scrolls" — Watch out for inserting a redundant "how" after "the way".

✅ Model: "It looks as if everyone in the cafe has forgotten how to speak aloud."

⚠️ Mistake to hear: "It looks as if everyone was glued to their screens" — The card asks for a present tense, because it is probably true, not a past form.

✅ Model: "Just as flashing store lights pull shoppers inside, so the red badge on an app pulls our gaze."

⚠️ Mistake to hear: "Just like flashing lights, so does..." — Mixing up "just like" with the pair "just as... so...".

✅ Model: "Lena puts her phone in a drawer in the same way that someone locks away toxic junk food for the weekend."

⚠️ Mistake to hear: "in the same way like" — Using "like" where "that" is needed.

✅ Model: "Much as water carries a leaf downstream, so Dev lets endless autoplay dictate his viewing."

⚠️ Mistake to hear: "Much as videos play, but Dev..." — Adding an extra "but" or leaving out the "so".

Tier 1 • Gentle

Starter Help

Display the Sentence Starters on the board. Teams only need to complete the second half of each comparison.

Tier 2 • Standard

Full Blank Canvas

Standard contest rules: teams build complete original sentences from scratch using only the scene description.

Tier 3 • Hardcore

Double-Word Lock

Every caption must integrate at least TWO unit vocabulary words naturally, without compromising sentence flow.

Bonus • Fast Finishers

Scene 7 Creation

Invent a 7th scene: "Multitasking while studying", writing a caption with "as if + past" and score it like any other caption.