The correct response

A fun speaking activity where the students have to form statements based on clues from the teacher. 

Start by telling your students that you are thinking about an item in the classroom and that they must guess what it is from your clues. You'll then give out a series of statements that should elicit guesses from the group that use the target language for the lesson. 

Encourage them to respond with a sentence using there's /are + noun + preposition. Use the example below as a guide: 

Teacher: They are on the shelf. 
Student: There are books on the shelf. 
Teacher: They are next to the books. 
Student: There's a teddy on the shelf.

This old place

The students are going to help you to write a description of the classroom on the board. 

For this speaking and writing activity, you will try to elicit statements that describe the classroom. Do this by pointing at different objects or asking how many of each item there is. Then have a student construct a sentence that correctly uses the target grammar for this lesson and add it to the board. 

There are fifteen students in the class. 
There's one teacher. There are three shelves on the wall. 
There are lots of books on the shelves. 
There's a box of books next to the door. 

Do as many as you feel are necessary, and If you can, have students translate each statement as you go.

The room

Students have to write a few statements that describe their living room. 

The students will now switch gears and write a similar description of the living room in their house. If you need to, add some useful vocabulary (along with pictures) to the board before they begin.

ESL Pictionary

Players have to draw images on the board to communicate a phrase to their teammates. 

Divide the class into two teams. On each turn, give the student in play a there is/are style sentence. That student must then represent it on the board using only images. Their teammates get a point when they guess it correctly. Depending on what you want to revise, you could also include prepositions or possessive adjectives. Below are some ideas to get you started: 

1. There are (two) children behind a tree. 
2. There's a cat under the chair. 
3. There's a dog driving a car. 
4. There are bananas on the table. 
5. There's a fireman on the beach. 
6. There's a basketball on his head. 

With weaker groups, you should guide the students toward the sentence you want them to say by asking the appropriate questions.