Ask your students to go on http://www.faceinhole.com/ and create a Santa scenario with their faces uploaded like this:
Then they are to write a story about how they suddenly became Santas under the post in a comment.
The mini-project requires them to register on the site (Facebook registration is also available although it wasn't able to find my Facebook albums when I wanted to use an image from there.)
Finding their ways on the site will force them to read in English and the outcome is a short piece of writing in Past Simple, Past continuous, etc.)
It is a little bit of creative writing, they will definitely inspire each other.
The site itself offers somewhat inappropriate content here and there so look out for that.
Your precious comments are more than welcome :D
