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Thanks for your info.

I would give Junior-high school students some sort of handout to base their studies on. Make the handout fun and straight forward to complete.

Here's what I would do:
  1. Create a handout with 5 questions starting with "which". Make the questions a little challenging. Sample questions would be:
    - Which person in the picture looks the most relaxed? Why?
    - Which childhood character did you most want to be?
    - Which language would you like to be fluent in? Russian or Spanish? Explain your answer.
    - and so on...
  2. Next, leave about 3 blank lines where students are to write their own "which" sentences.
  3. Once all students have completed the handout, inform them that they have 10 minutes to stand-up, and mix with other students to find the answers to those "which" questions they wrote in the step above. This gives them practices at speaking with a time limit. Tell them not to focus on grammar or correctness, but instead communication.
In step 3 above, give each student a number, and tell them to find a partner with another odd or even number. Eg: All even numbered students should find even numbered pairs. This should be a fun exercise!

Let me know how it goes.
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