Recipes Tagged ‘game’
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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Lily knows her Geography!
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This is a variation of the 20 questions game but can also be a way to learn/produce/practice all lesson vocabulary.
Give all students post it notes. ( I like using the small ones, the really tiny ones). Students choose a famous person to write on the note OR a vocabulary item that you've studied/learned (maybe from a list on the board).
They put the…
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Top 5 was the first game I developed and the positive feedback I got from it, really keep me motivated to make more games. Teachers loved its simplicity and students loved the competitive aspect. It also has a neat creative thinking skill aspect.
1. Hand out the worksheet for each student. Put them in groups of 3/4.Name one scorekeeper for each group.
2. Show…
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Not like the other things
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Heads Down, thumbs up!
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28 Jul 2009This game is also known as 7 up.
Select 4-5 students and give them a flashcard/picture.
All other students put their heads down and one thumb up. The other students go around the classroom and gently squeeze one student's thumb. They return to the front of the class.
The student's whose thumbs were squeezed stand up and guess who did it by stating the vocabulary on the flashcard "Did a "bear" squeeze me?". …
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Sky Writing / Body Writing
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28 Jul 2009
BAAM is a game I made after a lot of thought. Many teachers told me that they were frustrated when playing games - only the high level students answered and were involved!
So I came up with BAAM and without a doubt, all students will remain engaged. There are many types already made to practice grammar and vocabulary. Or better yet, just…
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