Guided speaking and retrieval
Magic Train
Speaking and question activities on a train journey
Turn classroom questions into an animated journey with Magic Train. Prepare speaking prompts or multiple-choice questions for primary and middle-school lessons.
Open activity →Teacher account required · Primary and middle school
How to use it in your lesson
The journey pauses at question stops before reaching the school. Teachers guide progression and can use their own lesson questions to connect the journey to classroom learning.
- Prepare questions in Create questions and save them to your account.
- Choose speaking or multiple-choice prompts for your lesson.
- Discuss answers at each stop and use the teacher controls to continue.
For primary learners
Ask learners to name, describe and compare things they notice.
For middle-school learners
Ask learners to justify a prediction or connect the setting to a curriculum topic.
What do I need?
A classroom screen and an authorised Oracy teacher account. Choose your prompts before the lesson and try the activity on the device you will use. Adjust the language, pacing and participation to your learners.