How are you? July 30, 2007
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From Genki English
This activity uses a song from Genki English to practice feelings like happy, sad, angry, OK!, etc. Best with elementary school kids. Go to this activity »
People BINGO July 30, 2007
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From Three Wise Monkeys
Aims: “how are you?” / warm-up
Materials: 2-4 months with dates
This is a great game that I’ve used a number of times to get the students awake and to fill a little extra time at the beginning or end of the class.
Basically, the teacher asks the class a question, and when one student answers, the teacher writes that answer on the board, and no one can use that answer again. Then, another student must answer the same question with a different response, and continue until everyone is sitting, or you decide to play a BINGO game at the end, etc. Go to this activity »
HINT: Adaptable, good for any grade warm-up.
Telephone Game July 25, 2007
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From Genki English
Materials: 2 fake telephones, music
Use 2 telephones to pass around the room, and kids ask questions or have conversations with them. Go to this activity »
I Like Everything! July 25, 2007
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From Genki English
Materials: stopwatch.
Practice vocab plus a question. Example: “Do you like …?”
Teach 4 objects. students stand up and make pairs. When you start the stopwatch, students must go through the questions. When they finish, switch partners and begin again, but with a different object. After they finish all 4, they sit down. Go to this activity »
Matching People Pairs July 25, 2007
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Materials: 4-5 sets of cards, enough for matching pairs, one per student.
Based on the memory game.
Can use with any grammar. Ex: “how are you?” with various answers.
Put students in rows, hand out one card per student. Make sure they keep their card a secret and that everyone knows what their card is.
Choose one student to come to the front. They must find two matching people by asking, for example, “Miss / Mr. …, how are you?” That student answers with their card. student at the front then asks another student the same question. If the two answers are the same, it’s a match! If not, ok, it’s someone else’s turn.
When a student becomes a match, they can get new cards and continue to play until time runs out, etc. Can split the class into two teams and award point to make it more competitive. Or prizes to those who find pairs.
NOTE: Make sure the students know that their own card doesn’t matter when they come to the front. This game is called shin kei gumi in Japanese.
What Do You Like? BINGO? July 25, 2007
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Materials: BINGO sheets, music.
Bingo Sheets
Review words they already know, but only things they might like (cats, dogs, curry, orange, TV, play station…). Introduce “what do you like?” and “I like …“.
Use a quick game to practice the phrases.
PART A: Give each student a BINGO sheet. In the middle they write/draw something they like. They must speak English during the game, but they can write in hiragana (NOT katakana) on their sheets.
Then they go ask their friends “Hello, what do you like?” B says “I like …“ with the object in their square. A writes that object in one of their blank squares. If they already have that object, they must pass and find someone else.
Part A is finished when everyone has all their squares filled.
PART B: Everyone sits down. You play the ball and music game, or telephone game, etc. When the music stops, the two students with the balls/phones go through the conversation:
A: “Hello, what do you like?”
B: “I like …. What do you like?”
A: “I like ….”
B: “Thank you, goodbye!”
If anyone in the class has one of the two objects they can cross them out on their BINGO sheet.
For more advanced classes, you can add some small talk before the actual question. Ex: “How’s the weather today?” / “What’s your name?”…
Soldiers & Ninjas July 25, 2007
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From Genki English
Materials: none.
Pick 4 volunteers to be soldiers. Assign each soldier a question to ask. Get the 4 soldiers to stand in a straight line across the room (about 10 feet apart).
You are the Queen or King and you sit in your throne about 10 feet behind the 4th soldier.
The remaining students are ninjas, and they gather at the starting line about 10 feet in front of the 1st soldier.
When you say “go!”, the first ninja runs towards the first soldier. The soldier asks their question. The ninja replies and they janken. If the ninja wins, they get to move to the 2nd soldier. If the soldier wins, the ninja must start again at the end of the ninja line… Go to this great activity »
HINT: Be careful to explain the rules to the students really well and to maintain order – it can get crazy.
Two-Bag Pass July 25, 2007
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When the music stops, the student with the question bag asks, and the student with the answer bag answers. Make into funny combinations!
New Name Card Introductions July 25, 2007
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Materials: Pairs of matching name cards – one card for each student.
If there is an odd number of students, keep one for you or the JTE to play. Hand out the cards and make sure each one has a pair somewhere. It can be fun to make cards with Western names like “Billy” or “Suzy”. The students must keep their card secret.
Then they move around the room and ask A=“What’s your name?”. B answers “My name’s …. What’s your name?”. A=”My name’s …“. If they have matching names, they win! Then they must come to you and introduce themselves in chorus.
Rainbow Game July 25, 2007
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Materials: 5-7 strips of colored paper for each student.
Teach a greeting, then each student have them greet eachother and exchange colors until they have a rainbow. Could have a worksheet to go along with it, too. Could use with other themes, too.
