Our idea would involve finding pokemon out in the wild, and then taking pictures of them in interesting locations. Then, students would come up with identities for the pokemon, backstories, and explanations as to why they are in these interesting places.
This lesson can be adapted for any level from A to C range and can be used for both young learners and teenagers.
Pre-class
Making a worksheet, either physical or virtual, for them to fill out with information about the pokemon. Virtual might be better because that way they could include the picture of their pokemon, and maybe photo editing to make their pokemon look more interesting.
During class
Explain the directions. Either by slides, by instruction sheet, or verbally. We could walk around with them, and ask them questions about their pokemon's backgrounds (in English) so that they are forced to come up with creative details on the spot.
Post-class
Put their final stories on a padlet, or in google docs.
Possible modifications
Students studying different kinds of vocabulary could have modified tasks to emphasize different skills. For example, students studying emotional vocabulary could be told to find a pokemon who is "sad." They would be made to find a physical location and picture where the pokemon looks sad, and use emotional vocabulary to describe why they feel like that.
We could do a compare and contrast style essay, comparing two pokemon that we found.
We could also take pictures of the same pokemon in different locations, and have the students narrate the pokemon's day.