Comments on: Zip Zap http://teachingrecipes.com/2009/07/18/zip-zap/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:42:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: David http://teachingrecipes.com/2009/07/18/zip-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-86 David Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:29:40 +0000 http://teachingrecipes.com/?p=10#comment-86 thanks Daniel. I learned this game when watching my class (grade 4 esl in Canada) play inside when it was raining. I saw them playing and zapping and concentrating so much! So I got them to play the English variation and it really worked! Lots of games can be adapted for language, like yours... David thanks Daniel. I learned this game when watching my class (grade 4 esl in Canada) play inside when it was raining. I saw them playing and zapping and concentrating so much! So I got them to play the English variation and it really worked!

Lots of games can be adapted for language, like yours…

David

]]> By: Daniel K http://teachingrecipes.com/2009/07/18/zip-zap/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Daniel K Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:12:41 +0000 http://teachingrecipes.com/?p=10#comment-11 Oh, this is a great game that students of all ages love! Here's a variation I know of: Fear Factor Pies: Before the game starts (and this is optional, depending on students' comprehension level), ask students if they know about "Fear Factor." If they don't, explain that it's an American show where people do disgusting things for money. Then, get students to contribute things we can put in a "Fear Factor pie": spiders, snakes, rotten fruit, etc. Instead of "zip zip zip," the 'boss' says someone's name. That student ducks, and the two students on either side say "Splat!," throwing a pie at the other student. Great ideas with the letters and word association variations... thanks! :D Oh, this is a great game that students of all ages love! Here’s a variation I know of:

Fear Factor Pies: Before the game starts (and this is optional, depending on students’ comprehension level), ask students if they know about “Fear Factor.” If they don’t, explain that it’s an American show where people do disgusting things for money. Then, get students to contribute things we can put in a “Fear Factor pie”: spiders, snakes, rotten fruit, etc. Instead of “zip zip zip,” the ‘boss’ says someone’s name. That student ducks, and the two students on either side say “Splat!,” throwing a pie at the other student.

Great ideas with the letters and word association variations… thanks! :D

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