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Just out of interest, what school are you teaching at?

Find out what the students enjoy and find a way to teach them about their hobbies.
I once had a class of teenage boys and I never enjoyed the class. One day I just decided to teach them about basketball, Team names, which states they are from, players and what team they are from and vocabulary like slam dunk, lay up, double dribble and so forth followed by charades. They enjoyed it because it was something they were interested in.

You could also ask the students to find topics they want to learn, or teach songs.

I also used Tom and Jerry in the class. I made a questionnaire (about 10 questions, difficulty depending on ability) before and let the students watch twice after going through the questions. The first time, they just watched but the second time, they had to answer the questions and watch closely.

If the classrooms are boring, perhaps you could do activities in which the students make posters about something they learned or are learning.

Story reading can also go well. Or bring and tell.