Course Components
Game Bank Young students love games. However, it is important to maintain control in class while students play. Before you begin any game, keep this in mind: • Remind students of classroom rules. • Emphasize that they must wait their turn. • Explain that students who shout a lot will not be taken into account (a certain level of noise is acceptable during play). • Always use the same signal to indicate that the game is over. It’s a good idea to have a poster or use a hand sign for this purpose (for example, hands in the air), • Use these phrases in games: It’s your turn. That’s right. That’s wrong. Raise your hand when you finish . Before you begin any activity you should make sure that students clear the floor of their belongings. Remind them not to leave pencils or other objects on the floor. If the room is small, we suggest playing in the yard. This will change the dynamics of your class. The most important thing is for accidents to be avoided when doing any type of activity.
Tic-Tac-Toe : draw a 9 square grid on the board and use vocabulary or grammar (question words, there is/there are, colors, etc.) in the unit you wish to review. Divide students in two teams and have each team choose the X or the O to play. Every time the team says a sentence correctly, you erase the word and write the corresponding symbol on the square (X or O). You can ask questions such as: What does your mother do? How old are you? Etc. Spelling Bee : Do this with the whole group or in two or three teams. Choose words and have students spell When a student misspells a word, they must sit down. The game ends when only one team has at least one person still standing. Give the team a prize. Variation : Form pairs. Student A says a word. Student B spells the word. Hot Potato : Have students form a circle. Crumple up a sheet of paper or use a soft ball and throw it to a student, while saying a word in English. The students must throw the ball to another student and say a different word in English. You may use specific categories or words that begin with a specific letter, etc. Students, who do not say a correct word, must sit down. The last one standing wins. Line Up According To : Divide classroom into 3 or 4 teams. Explain that they must line up in order using only English to communicate with each other. Teams caught cheating will have to sit out the round. When a team finishes, the person at the front of the line puts their hand up and you check that they are in the right order. Give one point to the first successful team. You can ask students to line up according to height, shoe size, birthday, time they woke up this morning, time they went to bed last night, number of brothers and sisters, number of pets, etc.
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