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 the chicken passes it to the right. Students quickly pass the chicken around the circle. If it returns to the original holder before he or she can name five animals, the holder is still IT. Otherwise, the person holding the chicken when IT finishes listing five animals is the new IT.

A nice part of this game is it really doesn’t matter if the topics are easy or hard… it’s pretty random who is going to be IT next : ).

Some Easy Topics

• animals
• fruit
• famous people
• songs
• books
• clothing
• weather words
• holidays
• countries
• languages

Anything that fits your curriculum!

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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 is an excellent interactive way to review the lesson / curriculum.

Get the powerpoints and more games like this HERE.

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    Draw a soccer pitch on the board. A magnet will be the ball. Divide the class into two teams. If you want to do it all the way, play a karaoke anthem (see the anthems on our karaoke page) and do the coin toss. Nominate a captain. Get a student to be the scorekeeper and move the ball on the whiteboard. 

Teams keeps moving the ball if they get the answer right. 3 correct answers equal a goal and then change possession. A wrong answer and change ball possession. Hit students with yellow or red cards (penalty kick) for not raising their hands, complaining etc……

Use this game to review or just to have fun. You can also get some great trivia questions HERE but I’d recommend that the best is to have students make the questions to play the game! Student created content is the way to go.

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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 take one and change the questions/pictures to make your own. This will be the most fun you’ll have teaching and any group can win at BAAM, it is exciting to the last question. Don’t Get BAAMed!

Go Here to get the latest BAAM games and see what’s available.

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If you have a computer, use many of the games/templates on EFL Classroom 2.0. (Also go to the bottom of the Games page for flash jeopardy games). Just change the slides for questions specific to your students.

If you don’t have a computer, use THIS brainstorming worksheet. Students create the questions for Jeopardy based on the categorizes and brainstorming in the mind map.

Go around the classroom, each group taking turns to ask their questions. I have students reply by knocking lightly. This way, it is easier for the teacher to tell who was first. Make sure to have a prize handy for the winning team (or just let them leave class first!)

Here too are some great trivia questions, 1,000s of them!

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Created by Andrew Field, a history teacher, you can download the generator on the games page of EFL Classroom and make your own game for reviewing your lessons.

Students love the game and try one out HERE or on the games page. You’ll love it. Please upload your games to EFL Classroom 2.0 and share!  Also see how to make a game HERE.

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