Recipes Tagged ‘game’
I like using magic tricks to get student's attention. Along the way, they are learning a lot as you explain and show using language. A great way for rich language learning. Here's a favorite I used to use with my kids.
I"ll guess your birthday Magic Trick
Ask your students to do the following, calculating for their own birthday. Go slow and repeat the instructions so…
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Conversation is the "art of exchange". Students learn English but very seldom really learn the art of "holding a conversation" and making it a 2 way exchange. This technique helps this.
Any time students are performing an activity: dialogue, discussion, task etc... train them to "pass the pen". After speaking, the student passes the pen to someone else. If you have the pen…
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PASS THE CHICKEN!
The prop is the most important element to this game : ) To begin, all students sit in a circle. Select one person to be IT. That person holds the rubber chicken. The teacher or a "caller" says to the person holding the chicken, "Name five animals. Pass the chicken!" As soon as the caller says, "Pass the chicken," the person holding…
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I was reminded of this game while watching an excellent Korean teacher's English lesson this week. Pass the Paper (Snowball).
Students in groups pass around a piece of paper while music plays. When it stops, whoever has the paper must answer the question or do a specific task. In this game - finish the Christmas Carol.
Pass the paper…
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This is a nice game to play to practice describing people (an important language skill). Simply put up this photo. or this one. Print it out if you want students to work in pairs / groups.
Students take turns describing the faces and others guess who it is . One guess / person so they have to be sure!
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The Gumball Game (Prepositions of Motion)
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3 Sep 2009
"I dropped my gumball, and it went . . . . ."
Required items:
1) Index cards, or pieces of paper
2) A large drawing surface (whiteboard, blackboard, a big piece of paper)
This is a fun activity to help students use the prepositions of motion they already know.
First, get a pile of index cards (preferably ones that you cannot see through). Divide the cards into two piles --- one pile will be prepositions…
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Usually the FSW (Find Someone Who ) games entail students asking questions AND writing in names to form sentences. (find a whole pile of pre made ones on EFL Classroom 2.0)
ie. (name) loves dancing.
However, there is another option and one that even is stronger cognitvely and pedagogically. (Go here for an explanation and part 1)
Give students a bingo card with…
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Text Messaging – A writing lesson
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15 Aug 2009
Cellphones are the imbilical cord of today's youth. Instead of fighting against them, let's use this interest to get them learning English!
Transl8it.com allows the teacher to enter English text and then get the "text message" equivalent. Simply copy this and handout to students. The students look at the text messaging and "decode" this into proper English. After they are done, ask…
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Guessing games are a standard way to play and practice/learn vocabulary.
Simply generate with the class your vocabulary list. It can be recent vocabulary from your book/lesson/unit.
Then, the teacher describes one thing/place/person on the board and students try to guess. Only one guess / student or team ( or you will have some students just saying a hundred guesses!). Erase or mark out each…
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Guess the Wordle – a vocab. game
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11 Aug 2009
Wordle is a wonderful tool for teaching English!
You can put in groups of words and then display them in a "cool" fashion. Your teenagers especially will love this personalization.
I designed a quick game of random wordles - What The Wordle?!. Students make guesses and if correct get points. If they add more words to the wordle, they even… » Click here to read the rest of ‘Guess the Wordle - a vocab. game’…
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