tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40143426468843671502024-03-05T10:03:11.558-08:00TEFL Flashcard Games for Young LearnersChris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-77513545882115412022022-08-30T19:57:00.001-07:002022-08-30T19:57:59.272-07:00Other Flashcard Games<p> Other Flashcard Games</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more flashcard games, this time explained in less detail. These are a bit hit and miss, some work better than others.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Winner
Stays On</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
set of flashcards are put in a line along the floor. One student from
each team stands either side of the first FC of the line. Then,
saying each flashcard in turn, they progress to the end of the line.
Once there, they do a “paper, scissors, stone”. The losing
student returns to their seat. The winning student can play again
against a different student from the opposing team.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Loser
Stays On</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By
reversing the above game you have an excellent activity that involves
all the students and can be played for points.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
this version the game must begin with the two #1 students. They
slowly say the FCs together as they progress to the end of the line
of FCs. When they reach the end and do a “paper, scissors, stone”,
the winning student can sit down while the losing #1s must go back
and play again against the other team’s #2s. Again they play a
“paper, scissors, stone” once they reach the end and the winner
sits down while the loser has to go back and do it again, competing
against the next student from the opposing team. The first team to
have all its students play and win is the winner. The game can then
be played again with the #6 students playing first.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Last
Man Standing</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher blindly hands out one FC to each student. The teacher knows
what these FCs are but does not know which student has what FC. The
students now all stand up in front of their chairs. The teacher calls
out the FCs one by one. When an FC is called out, the student holding
that FC must sit down. The last student standing is the winner and
receives points for their team.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hot
Seat</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
student is chosen to come and sit in a chair with their back to the
whiteboard. A random FC (but one they have already learnt) is
selected and attached to the whiteboard behind them. The student asks
questions to the class to help them guess what the FC is. They can
ask any question other than, “What is the FC?” The ‘hot seat’
student is also allowed to ask for hints (thinking of questions to
ask the class is sometimes difficult so if this is not really
working, you can just get the hot seat student to say, “Hint,”
and point to students in the class to help them – most students
will be raising their hands, keen to give the hot seat student a
hint). When the hot seat student finally guesses what the FC is,
another student takes a turn in the hot seat.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">(In
fact, when using ‘hints’, this game becomes more than a little
similar to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Taboo
Games Version 3</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.)</span></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Chain
Drill</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Similar
to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Pass
the FCs</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
but not played for points. The students sit in a circle on the floor.
One student is given an FC to pass to the student on their [left] who
in turn passes it on. Just like with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Pass
the FCs</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
as the FC is passed on, the student asks the desired target language
question (e.g., if the FC is of a cat, the student may say, “Do you
like cats?” or “What is it?”). As the FC is received, the
student receiving the FC must answer appropriately (e.g., “Yes, I
do/No, I don’t” or “It is a cat”). Once you have one FC going
round the circle you can feed in more FCs. You can even have FCs
going round in different directions to add to the fun.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
you would like to play for points, one idea is to have two FCs going
round, when the teacher says, “Stop!” the two students holding an
FC must race to the whiteboard to write down a sentence using the FC
that they have. (The teacher cleverly says, “Stop!” at a time
when one student from each team is holding an FC.)</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rotating
Students</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
flashcards are put in a line along the centre of the classroom. There
should be one FC for each pair of students. The team A students stand
on one side of the FCs (let us say on the left side of the line)
while the team B students stand the other side (the right side). The
students face each other.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher selects the left side to be the ‘question side’ while the
right is the ‘answer side’. All the team A students now ask an
appropriate question of the team B students facing them. For example,
if the FCs are for colours, the team A student standing by the red FC
would ask, “Is it red?” with the team B student responding with,
“Yes, it is.” The team A student standing by the green FC would
ask, “Is it green?” with the team B student responding with,
“Yes, it is.” The teacher then shouts out a command such as,
“Move along!” and all the students move to the FC on their left.
Thus, the students as a whole will be rotating around the FCs. They
will have a new partner to ask or answer to and a different FC.
Gradually, as the rotating continues, all the team A students will
finish up on the ‘answer side’ with all the team B students
facing them on the ‘question side’.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
this game you can use FCs of the same topic with the same Q&A or,
for higher levels, you can mix the FC topic and Q&A.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Racetrack</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">A
long line of FCs are put along the centre of the classroom floor. Two
students are selected to play, for example the two #5 students.
“Paper, scissors, stone” to see who can go first. The #5s from
[team A] wins. They throw a dice. It lands on a six. They move along
six FCs, saying each FC as they step on (or by) it. Now it is the
turn of the #5s from [team B]. They throw a four. They move along
four FCs, saying each FC as they go. The first student to reach the
end of the ‘racetrack’ is the winner and receives points for
their team. A different pair of students is selected to play and the
fun begins again. If a student does not pronounce an FC well enough,
you can try making them go back one space. You can also make extra
FCs just for this game such as </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>go
back one space</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>go
forward two spaces</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>do
ten star jumps</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>advance
to the finish line</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
etc.</span></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mingling
FCs</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let
us say that the question being taught in class is: “What did you do
yesterday?” and the FCs are for various past activities. For this
game you need an FC for every student – if two students have the
same FC then this is ok. In this game the students mingle around the
classroom holding their FCs, asking other students, “What did you
do yesterday?” and giving the response prompted by the FC they are
holding.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
‘mingling’ style game can be used for pretty much all FCs that
have a Q&A connected to them. Even for something simple like
‘colours’ the students could be mingling around asking each
other, “What colour do you have? “I have ...”</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>FC
Shootout</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two
students come to the front. They stand back to back. The teacher
hands them each an FC to hold visibly in front of them. Each student
does not know what the other student has. When the teacher shouts,
“Go!” the two students spin around to face each other. The first
student to name the other student’s FC is the winner. If they both
shout out correctly at the same time then you can call it even, get
them to do a “paper, scissors, stone” or give them another go.
The game is then repeated with a different pair of students, and so
on until everyone has had a go.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bobbing
Students</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
need to make two copies of the FCs. Hand out one set to the students
(one FC per student). The other set is for the teacher to show and
call out (the teacher could alternatively just write the FC
vocabulary items on the whiteboard).</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
game is a ‘fun drill’. The teacher points to an FC (or written
vocabulary item) on the whiteboard and the class say it together.
Next the student who is holding that FC must stand up and say it
again. They then sit down and the teacher calls out another FC which
the whole class repeat. The student holding that FC stands up and
repeats that FC again. And so on.… Once you have got into a rhythm,
you will accomplish a fun drill with individual students bobbing up
and down, repeating the FC vocabulary that is being drilled.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Take
a Guess</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
is a version of </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Hunt
the Flashcard</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
in which the dynamic is much more focussed on the two teams (rather
than two students representing their teams) being pitted against each
other.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
FCs are handed out to each student, just like in </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Hunt
the Flashcard</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
In this version the students are not allowed to look at which FCs the
members of the opposing team are holding (being allowed to look at
the FCs your own team are holding is optional). All the students
remain in their seats. One at a time they take a guess as to which FC
an opposing team member is holding. A student from team [A] goes
first; then a student from team [B]; then a student from team A
again. When a correct guess is made, that student is awarded points.
Total scores are tallied up at the end and the winning team receives
an award.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
with Hunt the Flashcard, this game works well for Q&A practice.
For example, if the FCs are for food, a student from one team may
point to a student from the other team and ask, “Do you have
lasagne? / Are you eating lasagne? / Would you like some lasagne? /
Were you eating lasagne at two o’clock yesterday afternoon?”
etc., it all depends on which Q&A that you would like them to be
practising.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Spin
the Bottle</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
students sit in a circle on the floor. They each have an FC. Only
their own FC is known to them – i.e., they do not know what FCs the
other students have. A bottle (or marker pen) is spun in the middle
of the circle. It points to a student, and this student must now
point to another student and make a guess as to which FC they are
holding. They can use the target language Q&A to make this guess.
If they guess correctly, they receive the FC from that student.
Following this they can have another turn at pointing and guessing
what another student has. If they guess wrong, the bottle/pen is spun
again and another student takes a turn.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
this game you will need to write down all the FCs (or stick an extra
set of copies of the FCs) on the whiteboard. That is, the students
need to know what FCs they have to choose from, otherwise guessing
will be near to impossible.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
all the FCs have been won by other students, the student (or team)
with the most FCs is the winner. Note that if the game is taking too
long, you can stop at any time and declare the student/team who has
won the most FCs to be the winner.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hot
and Cold</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
the children’s game, ‘Hot and Cold’ an item is hidden – for
example an Easter Egg – and the child must then try to find it,
receiving hints from the person who hid it as to whether they are
close or far away from the item. If they are far away, looking in the
wrong place, they receive the hint of, “Cold!” When they get
closer, they receive the hint of, “Warmer!” and when they are
really close to the item, they receive the hint of, “Hot!”
Possibly a mother has hidden an Easter egg under the kitchen sink.
The child goes to the kitchen and looks around, tries the fridge but
the mother says, “Cold.” The child walks around the kitchen
looking in various places, when they are near the sink the mother
says, “Warmer.” The child knows that the egg is somewhere in this
area. They walk to the sink and the mother says, “Hot.” They look
in the sink but it’s not there. However, they know that the egg is
close by because the mother is still saying, “Hot.” The child
decides to try the cupboard under the sink and there is the egg.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
the above game can be used in the classroom too. One student goes out
of the room. The teacher hides a flashcard somewhere in the
classroom. The student is called back in to search for the FC. Rather
than saying, “Cold, warmer, hot,” the whole class say the
vocabulary item on the FC at varying degrees of volume. If the
student is far away, the class say the FC vocabulary item quietly.
When the student gets nearer, the class say the FC vocabulary item
louder. When the student is really close, the class are shouting out
the FC vocabulary item at the top of their voices. Once the student
has found the FC, another student can take a turn to go outside while
a different FC is hidden.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
this game you are not limited to having the students say the
vocabulary item alone. They can all be saying a sentence that
includes the vocabulary item, saying this sentence over and over
again at varying degrees of loudness. If the search is going on for a
long time, the teacher can allow the search to continue but get the
class to change the sentence slightly, making use of the time to put
the sentence in the past, change it to the third person, etc.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Slap</b></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
works better with small classes. All the FCs are put on the floor
face up. The students sit around these FCs. Each student should be
able to reach any of the FCs. The teacher describes one of the FCs to
the students (they describe it using hints, they do not name it). The
first student to slap their hand on the correct FC can collect it.
The team who have collected the most FCs at the end are the winners.
(If a student decides to slap all the FCs in the hope of getting
lucky, you can simply tell them not to be silly and they will
understand.)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Quick-fire
Review</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher stands at the front holding a bunch of flashcards. They
quickly reveal the top FC. The first student to say what it is wins
their team a point (or a progression along the scoring system). The
teacher quickly flips over the next FC. The first student to say what
it is can once again receive a point for their team. The teacher
flips over the next card. … </span></span>
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Scramble</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
game is similar to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Fruit
Salad</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
One student comes to the centre of the classroom and the teacher
takes away their chair (or turns it around to face the wall). The
teacher holds up an FC for the student to say. The student says this
FC, and once they have done so, the whole class get up out of their
seats and run to find a different chair to sit on. After this ‘mad
scramble’ to find a new seat, one student will again be left
standing. It is now this student’s turn to say the FC that the
teacher is holding up. The student says this FC and the scramble
begins again.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
give an example of how this game can work well with saying the FC
vocabulary in a sentence, let us say that the FCs are for school
subjects. The teacher holds up an FC for [Maths]. The student in the
centre of the classroom (without a chair) says, “I like maths.”
The other students then point to the student and say, “He/she likes
maths.” Then they all change their chairs until again a student is
left standing in the middle. The teacher holds up an FC for [Music].
This student says, “I don’t like music,” and then the other
students point to him/her and say, “He/she doesn’t like music,”
before the whole ‘scramble’ to find a new seat begins.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
kinds of sentences that the students make can optionally come from
the teacher’s instructions. For example, the teacher says to the
student in the middle, “Give me a past sentence,” while holding
up an FC for them to make a past sentence with.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Shoot
’em Up</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">Stick
the FCs on the walls around the classroom, just like with the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>This,
That</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">
game. The students gather in the centre of the room. The teacher
calls out one of the FCs. The first student to point to that FC wins
a point for their team.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">You’ll
need a quick scoring system for this game in order to keep the pace
going. See </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Association
Drill</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">
and </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Hit</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">
for examples.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
you’re playing, you can optionally encourage the students to make
gun shapes with their thumb and fingers so that rather than just
pointing to the FCs, they are shooting them. It is also fun to name
the student who was first to shoot the FC each time, thus offering
encouragement, etc.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">As
a follow up to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Shoot
’em Up</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">,
I often get the students to go round in pairs, pointing to each FC on
the wall, asking and answering target language questions. For example
if the FCs are for colours, the students could be going round in
pairs saying, “What colour is it? “It’s [blue].” If the FCs
are for food, they could be asking, “Do you like [Lasagne]?”
“Yes, I do.” Or if the FCs are for animals (plurals), they could
be asking each other, “What are they?” “They are [giraffes].”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Memorising
Orders</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
simple concept really. Let's image you're practi</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">si</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ng
months. Standing at the whiteboard, you say January, then point to
the student on your right and encourage them to say February. Then to
the next student who says March, etc. You go round the class with
each student saying a month until one pauses for too long,
mispronounces or says the wrong month. When this happens you run back
to the whiteboard and award a point (or a prog</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">r</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ession
along the scoring system) to the opposing team.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
begin again, this time you may choose to start with a different
student, you go through the months with each student saying the next
month until someone makes a mistake.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
this is the game. And now you've played it you might want to try it
with different vocabulary. For one of your lower level classes you
could try it with days of the week for example. Or for morning,
afternoon, evening, night</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How
do you use this game with flashcards? Easy. Simply stick a set of
flashcards on the board, drill them a couple of times, then play the
game going round the class with each student saying the next
flashcard in the order you've given them.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally
remove the flashcards from the whiteboard and carry on playing the
game. Students are remembering the FC vocabulary and challenging
thems</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">e</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lves
to remember the order.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Red,
Green, Yellow, Blue, White, Purple, Black. (close your eyes, can you
remember the order?)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 0.25cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mountain,
Mount Everest, Mount Fuji, River, The Yellow River, The Mekong River,
The Jin Mao Tower, Taipei 101 (recently I played the game with these
FCs, going round the class with each student having to remember and
say the next FC in the order).</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-9925363683500177002022-08-30T19:54:00.002-07:002022-08-30T19:54:06.017-07:00Whiteboard Dialogues<p> Whiteboard Dialogues</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Board
Dialogues</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
work in much the same way as </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Board
Stories</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
The teacher starts the dialogue off, asks the students for help, etc.
Once finished it is read out by the class as one. Then team A can be
[Person 1] and team B can be [Person 2]. Roles can be reversed.
Finally pick two students to read in front of the class – and as a
final task you can get the whole class into pairs to role play the
dialogue.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let
us say that the FCs / target language are/is for weather:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
1: It is [sunny] today, what can we do?</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
2: We can go to the park!</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
1: I don’t want to go to the park. It’s too [hot].</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
2: But it’s a little [windy]. I think we’ll be ok. We can wear
hats and sunglasses.</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
1: I hate the park. Let’s go to the beach. We can go swimming.</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
2: Oh, no! Look out the window. It’s [raining].</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
1: Don’t worry. I think the [rain] will stop. I want to go to the
beach.</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
2: Oh, no! Look, it’s [snowing].</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
1: It’s ok. We can make a snowman on the beach.</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Person
2: I don’t want to go outside with you. I want to stay at home and
play computer games.</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An
option that can be used with both dialogues and board stories is to
draw little pictures in place of some of the words. This makes the
board story or dialogue visually more accessible.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
the above dialogue, which words can be replaced with pictures?</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-54065506170994488542022-08-30T19:52:00.003-07:002022-08-30T20:10:08.974-07:00Whiteboard Stories<p>Whiteboard Stories</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Board
Stories</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let
us say for example that the flashcards / target vocaulary is for adverbs:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carefully,
Carelessly, Quickly, Slowly, Loudly, Quietly, Badly, Well, Hard</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-right: 1cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Tom always does homework
[carelessly]. “You should write your homework [carefully]!” says
Mum. Tom always talks [slowly]. “O ... kay,” says Tom. Tom is a
naughty student. He shouts [loudly] in the corridor. In class he
whispers [quietly] to his friends and doesn’t work [hard]. His
teachers are always angry. “Are you listening to me?” ask his
teachers. “Paaaarrrr ... don?” says Tom. But Tom likes P.E.
because he can run very [quickly] and play sports very [well].</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-right: 1cm;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(If
you do not manage to include every FC in the story, then this is ok.
It is also ok to use an FC more than once.)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
above board story (i.e., a story written on the whiteboard) can be
produced by the teacher with help from the students. The teacher
usually begins the story and then asks the students for ideas (“Hands
up! What can the next sentence be?”) Usually the more often you do
board stories, the better the students get at helping. With a
competent class you may even call students to the front to write the
next sentence. Another option is to have the students writing such
stories on paper in groups.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
the story has been written up on the board, you can stick the FCs
over the FC words. This will drill home the fact that you are using
the FC vocabulary items within a language context. This is not
compulsory of course – depending on the size of your FCs, it is not
always convenient.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have
the students read the board story after you. The whole class can read
as one. Then you can have different students reading each sentence.
You can also ask for volunteer students to read the whole thing
individually in front of the class.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here
is another example of a board story with simpler FCs. Let us say that
the FCs are for rooms:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-right: 1cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Mum is in the [kitchen]. She
is eating a sandwich. Dad is in the [living room]. He is watching TV.
Baby is in the [bedroom]. It is playing. Mum likes the [kitchen]. She
can cook and eat. Mum doesn’t like the [garage]. It is dirty. Dad
likes the [living room]. He can watch TV there. But the TV is small.
Dad wants a big TV. Baby has a toy snake. The snake is green. The
snake is in the [bathroom]. The dog is in the [bathroom] too. The
dog’s name is Bobo. Bobo is eating the toy snake. “Yummy!” says
Bobo. “I like eating Baby’s toys.”</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="margin-left: 1cm; margin-right: 1cm;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let
us say that the above story is being taught to a class who have not
learnt present continuous yet. This is ok. The students are being
exposed to natural grammar structures, they are repeating the
sentences, and even if they do not yet know the grammatical rules
behind them, this is not necessarily a bad thing. (When the students
help, the teacher may at times receive a sentence with grammar
mistakes but will write the sentence up correctly.)</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Note: A whiteboard story does not always have to be about the target language. You can write any simple story you like on the board, get everyone to read it after you, get them to read it as a class, get individuals to read it aloud, get them to read in pairs one sentence each), etc ... Whiteboard stories are excellent for word recognition, and any appropriate story is fine.<p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-47183535930953903682022-08-30T19:48:00.006-07:002022-08-30T19:48:50.162-07:00Taboo Games<p> Taboo Games</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">By
‘Taboo Games’ I do not mean games that you should not play.
Rather, I am talking about games that are based on the popular game
of </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>Taboo</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
i.e., games in which you must describe a word without actually saying
that word. For example: “It’s a popular pet that likes to sleep,
eats fish, has big eyes and pointed ears and doesn’t like dogs ...”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There
are various set-ups for playing this kind of game.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
1: Teacher/Student to Class Taboo</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher describes a flashcard vocabulary item to the class. The first
student to name the FC can receive points for their team (or progress
along whatever scoring system is being used). This game can also be
used without FCs – the teacher describes any word to the class, the
first student to say what this word is can receive points for their
team.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Students
can take turns to act as the teacher. They can either describe the
FCs that you give them or the words (written down on small pieces of
paper) that you give them.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
2: Student to Team Taboo</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
the students act as the teacher, they can either be describing the
vocabulary for the whole class to guess, or, to make things more
competitive, they can have one minute to describe a bunch of
words/FCs to their team only. Once finished, a student from the other
team can come up to describe words/FCs for one minute to their team.
Possibly lots of students can take a turn; scores are tallied up at
the end and the team who have guessed the most words overall are the
winners.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
3: Backs to the Whiteboard</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
version is often known as ‘Backs to the Whiteboard’.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
student is picked to come to the front. They stand facing away from
the whiteboard, towards the class (or you could provide a chair for
them to sit on).</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher now sticks an FC (or writes a word) on the board behind them.
Students have to describe this word to the student – they can all
vocally jump in together; but if everyone starts talking at the same
time or one student is dominating, you can get them to put their
hands up, giving their descriptions of the word one at a time. When
they are successful and the student says the word, another student is
picked to go up and be the one with their ‘back to the whiteboard’.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
game is not usually played for points; just for fun.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
4: Backs to the Whiteboard Relay</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So,
how to play ‘Backs to the Whiteboard’ for points?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One
idea is to get the two #1 students to the front to play first. The
teacher holds up the FC (or writes the word) behind them and the rest
of the students proceed with their descriptions.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
first of the #1 students to say the word can sit down and is replaced
by the #2s from their team. The games starts up again when the
teacher holds up a different FC (or writes a new word) behind the two
students. The first of these students to say the word can sit down
and is replaced by the next student from their team.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
first team of students to have had all their members successfully
take a turn are the winners.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One
problem with this game is that the possibility is there for one
student to be stuck in front of the whiteboard for a long time. Let
us say for example that the #1s from team A is finding this game
difficult. They are beaten by team B’s #1s; beaten again by team
B’s #2s; beaten again by team B’s #3s ... the rest of their team
are getting frustrated. …</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
overcome this problem you could have a rule that every student can
only be in front of the whiteboard for two rounds: e.g., in the above
example, team A’s #1s is beaten by team B’s #1s so team B’s #1s
goes back to their seat and is replaced by team B’s #2s. Then in
the next round, when team A’s #1s loses to team B’s #2s, both of
these students now return to their seats and are replaced by team A’s
#2s and team B’s #3s.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another
problem, as previously mentioned, is that with all the class shouting
descriptions at the same time, it can be a little chaotic. If your
class gets like this, you can set a rule that students must have
their hands up: then you select them one at a time. It is a good idea
to not allow one student too much time here, instead it is better to
keep it snappy, picking one student, then another, then another. So
if one student is taking too long to offer a description or is
hogging attention by offering a lengthy description of the word, then
just pick another student to take their turn at trying to describe
the word.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
final problem worth mentioning is that students can use body language
and miming actions to get across their meaning. If your class are
doing too much of this, you can try blindfolding the two students who
are in front of the whiteboard.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
5: Backs to the Whiteboard – Multiple Words</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">For
one more version of ‘Backs to the Whiteboard’, get two students
to the front, let us say the #4s from team A and the #2s from team B.
These two students sit or stand with their backs to the whiteboard
just like with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
4</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
However there is no changeover of students in this version, so it is
similar to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
3</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
also.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">In
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
5</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
the teacher sticks a number of FCs (or writes a number of vocabulary
items) on the whiteboard. A good number to start with is six words
behind the team A student and six words behind the team B student.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><u>Team
A</u></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><u>Team
B</u></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;">phone <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> camera</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;">awful <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> grumpy</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;">bank <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> hospital</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;">paraglide <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> passport</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">shower <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> bedroom</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">moon <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> curtain</span></p>
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<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Once
the game is set up and ready, the students from team A must make
their representative team member (the one with their back to the
whiteboard) say the six words from the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>team
A</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
section. The students from team B must do the same for their team
member; make them say the words from the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>team
B</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
section. The first student to say all of their words is the winner
and receives points for their team. The game can then be repeated
with different students taking a turn – either mix up the
vocabulary or introduce different words each time.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">As
with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
3</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
you can sometimes get a problem when all the students shout at once.
To overcome this you can have each team form a line facing their
representative team member. The first student of each line says one
sentence/prompt to try to help their team member guess the word. They
then go to the back of the line and the next student tries again with
a different sentence/prompt to help their team member guess the word.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Students
can also complain that the other team’s words were easier. To avoid
this you can try writing words of a similar topic or difficulty next
to each other (as shown in the above diagram). If they still
complain, remind them who the teacher is.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
6: Duelling Taboo</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">A
taboo ‘duelling game’ where two students come to the front and
compete to be the first to name which word the teacher is describing
– see </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Dueling
Sentences</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
7: Teacher to Team Taboo</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
teacher stands at the front with a huge, mixed up pile of FCs in
their hand. The FCs are faced to the teacher so the students cannot
see them. The teacher calls the [team A] students to come and stand
in front of them. They then choose one team B student to come and be
the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>scorer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
(to mark one point on the whiteboard for each correctly guessed FC).
Next they pick another student from team B to be the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>timer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
(to look at their watch or the clock and say, “Go!”, and after
one minute say, “Stop!”)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Now
the game commences: the teacher spends one minute describing the FCs
in the pile to the [team A] students. After one minute the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>timer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
says, “Stop”, and the class look to the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>scorer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
by the whiteboard to see how many points [team A] have gained.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
teams then swap over; a </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>scorer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>timer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
from [team A] are chosen and the game starts up again.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
8: Team to Teacher Taboo</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
is exactly the same as </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
7</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
except this time the teacher turns the flashcards so that only the
students can see them. Therefore in this game each team takes a turn
at spending one minute </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>describing</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
the FCs to the teacher. Points are tallied up by the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>scorer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
for each time the teacher correctly guesses an FC.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">It
is good to play </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
7</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
first and then, once the students have got used to the game, you can
switch to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Version
8</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also
note that you can experiment with the time used to play the game –
giving them ‘one minute’ is just an example.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Version
9: Pair Taboo</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not
really a flashcard game, but another great activity is to write down
a list of words on a piece of paper, write down a different list of
words on another piece of paper; make copies of these; get students
into pairs and have them taking turns to describe a word from their
list to their partner (who will have a different list).</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
a student’s partner says the word, this can be crossed off and it
is now the partner’s turn to describe one of their words, etc.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A
Note on Taboo Games</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taboo
games are often used to practise relative clauses (‘A place where
...’, ‘A thing which ...’, ‘A person who ...’). However,
with kids it is often (but not always!) best to focus on fluency
rather than accuracy. For instance, if their sentences are
enthusiastic but contain grammatical errors (e.g., “A cat like to
eat what?”) then this can be overlooked. Taboo games work well at
getting students to open up with the language, to use whatever words
and phrases they can, and to be constantly correcting grammatical
errors may have a detrimental effect. With fluency activities you do
not want to stilt their enthusiasm or they will end up speaking too
slowly and carefully; they may even give up altogether. A better
option would be to note down common mistakes and work on these later.
(This viewpoint is of course debatable – some teachers place a
greater importance upon ‘accuracy right from the start’ to avoid
fossilisation.)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-4503559778400420822022-08-30T19:46:00.004-07:002022-08-30T19:46:51.437-07:00Animal Game<p> Animal Game</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
is a version of the popular classroom game </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Twenty
Questions</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
In </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Twenty
Questions</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
the students have twenty yes/no questions to use up in order to guess
what </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>thing</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
the teacher is thinking of. The teacher can only say, “Yes”,
“No”, “Sometimes”, or “I don’t know”.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
example:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it big? – No.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
there one in this room? – No.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
you find it in a house? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
you find it in the bathroom? – Sometimes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it soft? – No.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it hard? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does
it have something in it? – Sometimes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
you pick it up? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it useful? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do
you use it every day? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
you break it? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it dangerous? – No.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it hot? – Sometimes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it cold? – Sometimes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do
you have one? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do
I have one? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
you see it in a school? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
you see it in a kitchen? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do
you use it to eat? – No ... not eat.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do
you use it to drink? – Yes.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it a...? – Sorry, you’ve run out of questions!</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Twenty
Questions</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
is ok for some classes but it is a little difficult. With the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Animal
Game</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
the students know you are thinking of an animal so there are fewer
options.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
is possible to start the Animal Game off with lower levels. Then, as
the students build up their vocabulary you feed them questions of
greater complexity. I also allow them to ask, “What colour is it?”
which is an especially useful question for lower levels; and for the
same reason I am not always so strict with the rule of the question
having to be a yes/no question. For example if a student asks, “Where
does it live?” or “What does it eat?” I may tell them. Also, to
give them a clue I might show them exactly how big it is when they
ask, “Is it big/small?”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Animal
Game</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
is also scored in a different way:</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Draw
a ladder on the board (usually with about ten to fifteen rungs). Put
two board magnets – one for each team – on the bottom rung of the
ladder (if you do not have magnets, then just draw two big dots to
take the role of the magnets). Students raise their hands to ask
questions in order to guess which animal flashcard the teacher has
(if you do not have the FC for the animal you are thinking of, you
can sketch it on a piece of paper). When a student asks a question,
their board magnet can progress up one rung of the ladder, whether
the answer is yes or no. If they take a guess, however, they cannot
move up. This places a greater risk on taking a guess – otherwise
you may get students simply asking, “Is it a dog? Is it a cat? Is
it a lion? etc. However, if a student takes a guess and is correct,
their board magnet can shoot to the top of the ladder and their team
is the winner.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
run through an example: the game begins with the [#3s] from team A
asking, “Is it big?” The teacher’s reply is, “No, it isn’t.”
Despite the answer being to the negative, the team A board magnet
goes up one rung of the ladder. Next a Team B student is chosen to
ask a question. “What colour is it?” they ask. “It’s white
and black,” replies the teacher, moving the team B magnet up one
rung of the ladder. The [#2s] from team A is now raising their hand
enthusiastically. “Is it a zebra?” they ask. “Good, but no,”
says the teacher. This time the board magnet cannot progress up one
rung of the ladder. Instead it stays where it is. “Can it fly?”
asks the [#4s] from team B, eager to get their team in the lead. “No,
it can’t,” says the teacher. The team B magnet moves up one rung
of the ladder, above the team A magnet. And so the game continues ...
the first magnet to get to the top is the winner. Teams can thus win
by asking the most questions or by taking a risk and guessing
correctly. When the correct guess has been made, you can reveal the
FC (or picture you have drawn) and show it to the class.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
will have to randomly choose which team can go first of course,
because that team will have a slight advantage. Spin a marker pen on
the floor and the team that it ends up pointing to can go first.
Alternatively you could flip a coin, or get a student from each team
to do a “paper, scissors, stone”.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
already stated, this game works well if you start it off by feeding
your class with simple questions to use. Then after a while you can
teach them more difficult questions to ask. To encourage them to ask
more complex and imaginative questions, you can let a team move up
two rungs of the ladder if one of their members asks a ‘good
question’. After you have been playing for a while, students can
take turns in being the teacher.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Typical
questions in order of difficulty:</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What
colour is it?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it big?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it small?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it pretty?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it ugly?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
it swim?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
it fly?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
it jump?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
it climb a tree?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How
many legs does it have?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How
many eyes does it have?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How
many ears does it have?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does
it live in a house?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does
it live in the sea?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does
it live in the forest?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where
does it live?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does
it eat meat or vegetables?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
it be a pet?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it noisy or quiet?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it strong?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it dangerous?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is
it cute?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
we see it in a zoo?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
we see it in [Taiwan]?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
people eat it?</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
it eat people?</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-3633302939318642972022-08-30T19:45:00.004-07:002022-08-30T19:45:57.907-07:00Duelling Sentences<p> Duelling Sentences</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two
students come to the front; one from each team. The teacher shows
them a flashcard and they compete to be the first to make a sentence
with this piece of vocabulary. The first student to successfully make
a sentence is the winner. This game works well as a ‘best of three’
mini-battle, i.e., the teacher shows them three FCs one at a time;
after this, the students return to their seats and a new pair come up
for their ‘sentence duel’.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let
us say that the #3 students are called up. The teacher shows them an
FC for [bottle].</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">I
have a bottle of water!” says the #3s from team A.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1
– 0 to team A.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher shows an FC for [cup].</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two
sentences (one from each student) immediately come out: “There is a
cup on the table!” and “Would you like a cup of tea?”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2
– 1 to team A.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher finally shows an FC for [glass].</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Sorry,
I have broken the glass!” says the #3s from team A quickly.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3
– 1 to team A.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
two #3 students now return to their seats and a different pair is
called up.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally,
once all the students have taken a turn, the points are tallied up
and the team with the most points is the winner.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
game works for all levels. For lower levels the sentences can be
simple, such as “It is a bottle” or “I like bottles”.
However, the game does work better when the students are of a level
when they have more language to draw from.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
can of course play this game without FCs. The teacher simply says a
word, any word, and the students compete to make a sentence with this
word. You can mix in a variety of vocabulary for review:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Bigger.”
– “An elephant is bigger than an ant.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Sofa.”
– “What colour is your sofa?”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Computer.”
– “I like to play computer games.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Hospital.”
– “I went to the hospital yesterday.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
the students create sentences with slight imperfections, it is up to
you as the teacher to decide whether to allow it. Often it will
depend on the level and ability of your class. For example, with my
intensive classes (that attend the school almost every day) I will be
stricter on not allowing small mistakes; but with my part-time
classes (two evenings a week) the students are less practised and
need more positive encouragement.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Other
duelling games</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
sentence duel is a kind of ‘shoot-off’ with words. ‘Get two
students to the front to compete in who can say something first’.
And with this basic game structure, you may come up with other
workable ideas.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Taboo</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
– the teacher describes a word and the first of the two students to
say this word is the winner, e.g., “It’s tall, has leaves, a
monkey likes to climb it.” – “Tree!”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Mixed
Sentence Game</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
– the teacher says a jumbled up sentence and the first of the two
students to say this sentence in the right order is the winner, e.g.,
“Morning he every brushes teeth his.” – “He brushes his teeth
every morning!”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Auxiliary
game</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
– the teacher asks the two students a yes/no question and the first
student to answer with the correct auxiliary is the winner, e.g., “Do
you like swimming?” – “Yes, I do!”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Did
you go swimming yesterday?” – “No, I didn’t.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Are
you a student?” – “Yes, I am!”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Mallet’s
Mallet</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
– a game based on part of a popular British TV show from the
Eighties.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
original game used </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>word
association</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
e.g., the teacher starts off the game with, “Tree”. The [team B
#4s] says, “Climb”, the [team A #4s] says, “Mountain”, the
[team B #4s] says, “Walk”, the [team A #4s] says, “Drive”,
etc. When a student is stuck for what to say, the teacher can do a
countdown: “5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...” and if they still haven’t said
anything, they are out and the other student is the winner. Also, if
a student says a word that has already been said, they immediately
lose the game.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
game can be played in other ways too, e.g., the teacher starts off
the game with, “Ok, colours, go!” The [team B #2s] says, “Red”,
the [team A #2s] says, “Green”, the [team B #2s] says, “Orange”,
the [team A #2s] says, “Purple”, etc. When a student is stuck for
what to say, or if they repeat a [colour] that has already been said,
they are the loser. This game can be used for colours, animals, food,
verbs, adjectives, and the list goes on. …</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Make
a Sentence</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
– Finally to get back to sentences and FCs again the teacher could
hold up an FC (e.g., an FC for ‘book’) and the two students take
turns to make a sentence from the FC. The student who finally becomes
stuck for something to say is the loser:</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Team
A’s #1s: “It is a book.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Team
B’s #1s: “I like books.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Team
A’s #1s: “There are books in my bag.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Team
B’s #1s: “There is a book on the desk.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Team
A’s #1s: “I can read an English book.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Team
B’s #1s: “…?”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Teacher:
“5, 4, 3, 2,1 ... sorry ... 1 – 0 to team A.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher shows the next FC (or introduces the next word), and the game
continues ... all the students take a turn; points are tallied up at
the end.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-75340554778219684192022-08-30T19:44:00.008-07:002022-08-30T19:44:58.179-07:00Ask a Question, Say a Sentence<p> Ask a Question, Say a Sentence</p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Extremely simple.</span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
you ever feel like doing something really simple, just stick the FCs
on the whiteboard; “Hands up!” pick a student; “Tell me a
sentence/question using this FC”; points awarded for a successfully
produced sentence/question. …</span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can also write questions on the whiteboard and get the students to ask you the questions, then put them in pairs, getting them to ask each other ...</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-84796176233557615942022-08-30T19:41:00.003-07:002022-08-30T19:41:27.701-07:00Conveyer Belts<p> Conveyer Belts</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 1.06cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is a good game for getting the whole class involved. It practises the
Q&A as well as the FC vocabulary.</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; page-break-after: auto; page-break-before: auto; page-break-inside: auto; text-indent: 1.06cm; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flashcards
are placed on the floor in a line along the centre of the classroom,
as shown below.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #5</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher gives the each of the #1 students a ball – let us say a
small red ball to team A and a small blue ball to team B. (Actually
the ball can be any object but it is nice for the students to take
hold of something fun and to choose the colour of their team’s
object).</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
#1s of each team passes their ball to the #2 student next to them. As
they do so</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">,</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
they ask the target language (TL) question. Let us say that the TL
question is, “What colour is it?” and the FCs are colours. The
#1s passes the ball to the #2s and says, “What colour is it?” The
#2s takes the ball, and rather than answering the question they
simply pass the ball on to the #3s while again asking, “What colour
is it?” The ball continues along the line with each student saying
the TL question as they pass the ball along. When the ball reaches
the last student in the line (in the above diagram this would be the
#6s), this student simply passes the ball back to the [#5s] and the
ball goes back down the line in the opposite direction towards the
#1s again (and when it reaches the #1s it goes back again).</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
for each team you have a ball being passed up and down the line with
the TL question being repeated by each student as they pass the ball
along.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally
the teacher shouts out one of the FCs (e.g. “Red!”). The student
from each team who is holding a ball now jumps out of their chair and
rushes to slap the [Red] FC. The first student to slap the FC and
shout out the TL answer (e.g. “It’s Red!”) is the winner and is
awarded points for their team.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
game then starts up again: “What colour is it, what colour is it,
what colour is it, what colour is it, what colour is it …”
Teacher shouts, “Purple!” and the two students holding a ball
dive onto the floor, slap the purple FC and shout, “It’s purple!”</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although
it takes a while to explain here in words, this game is really easy
to set up and is a quick, fast paced activity. You can go through
five or six rounds of passing the ball and slapping the FC until
finally tallying up the scores to see which team is the overall
winner. Either that or allow the first student to hit the FC to
‘collect’ that FC for their team. The team that has collected the
most FCs by the end is the overall winner – and having less and
less FCs on the floor each time can add to the excitement.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There
are a few other ways of adjusting the game to make it slightly
different. Optionally the teacher can turn to face the whiteboard so
they cannot see who is holding the ball (adds to the fun and
randomness). Also, rather than naming an FC for them to slap, the
teacher can just shout, “Go!” and the students themselves can
decide which FC to slap – maybe the Team A student decides to slap
the blue FC, saying, “It’s blue!” while the Team B student goes
for the orange FC, saying, “It’s orange.” When playing this
version you can note down on a piece of paper how many points each
[colour] is worth, then reward points at the end in an exciting round
up: “So,” the teacher says, once all the FCs have been collected.
“The [orange] FC was worth fifty points … which team collected
the orange FC?” “The [yellow] FC was worth a hundred points …
which team collected the orange FC?”</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of
course this game is not only limited to “What colour is it?” and
colours FCs. It can be played with whatever TL Q&A and FC
vocabulary you happen to be teaching at the time.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
example:</span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">What
are you doing?” with activities FCs</span></span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">What
did you do yesterday? with past activities FCs</span></span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">What
do you have?” with objects FCs</span></span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">What
is it?” with animals FCs</span></span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">What
can you do?” with that unit’s FCs</span></span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Is
it a …?” with the relevant FCs</span></span></span></p>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Can
you …?” with abilities FCs</span></span></span></p>
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… <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">and
the list goes on.</span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">As
a final note, if you are worried about kids clashing heads as they
dive on to the floor to slap the FCs, you can instruct them to slap
the floor </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>next
to</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
the FC on their team’s side of the classroom – if required you
can mark out a space by drawing boxes or dots next to each FC.</span></span></span></p>
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</p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-69786555819779821102022-08-30T19:38:00.002-07:002022-08-30T19:38:43.471-07:00Pass the FCs<p> Pass the FCs</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Another
Q&A game is </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Pass
the FCs</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
This activity can get a little chaotic and is not exactly the best
game for pronunciation, but it is nevertheless a fun way to drill
home the Q&A and vocabulary you are working on.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
two teams get out of their seats to form two parallel standing lines
along the centre of the classroom.</span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">teacher</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
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<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher now hands an FC to each of the #1 students. Let us say for
example that the FCs are for personality adjectives and the Q&A
is “Are you ...?”, “Yes I am/No I’m not.” The teacher hands
an [annoying] FC to the #1s from team A and a [cheerful] FC to the
#1s from team B.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Are
you annoying?” asks the #1s from team A to the #2s from team A
while handing them the FC. “No, I’m not,” replies the #2s as
they take the FC. The #2s now turns to hand the FC to the #3s, asking
again, “Are you annoying?” “Yes, I am!” replies the #3s as
they quickly take this FC from the #2s and turn to hand it to the
#4s. And so it continues until the FC reaches the end of the line.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At
exactly the same time as the above is occurring, the team B students
are doing the same with the [cheerful] FC.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Are
you cheerful?” asks the #1s from team B to the #2s from team B
while handing them the FC. “Yes, I am,” replies the #2s as they
take the FC. The #2s now turns to hand the FC to the #3s, asking
again, “Are you cheerful?” “Yes, I am,” replies the #3s as
they quickly take this FC from the #2s and turn to hand it to the
#4s.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
first team to get their FC to the end of the line is the winner.
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">Another
good idea is to have the student at the end of the line rush to the
start of the line once they have received the FC. They run to the
teacher, and hand the FC to them, asking the question as they do so.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then
for the next round that student stands at the start of the line and
the others all shift down, thus giving another student a turn at
being at the end of the line.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">T</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">he
teacher will be monitoring and may take points away from students
that do not speak clearly or who decide to mumble out the Q&A too
quickly. You can also pick on two students to, “Do it again!” if
they do not say it properly.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Once
you have given this game a few rounds, you can try playing it with
more than one FC for each team. Three or four FCs can in fact be
progressing down each line. This of course adds to the fun as well as
keeping all the students busier.</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US">
But be careful, using more than one FC at a time can get a little
chaotic.</span></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Another
version of Pass the FCs</b></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
version is better for accuracy and pronunciation because you focus on
one team at a time – the teacher monitors the passing of the FCs
carefully, making sure the Q&A is spoken clearly and correctly.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
this version one team forms a line and passes an FC along that line.
The other team meanwhile are doing an activity that starts when the
passing of the FCs begins, and ends when the passing of the FCs
stops. For example, team A passes an FC along their line, the teacher
monitors this and makes sure they are doing it properly. While this
is going on, the team B students are taking turns to throw balls into
a basket. When the team A students have passed their FC to the end of
the line, the team B students must stop throwing. The balls in the
basket are counted. The teams swap over and now it is the turn for
the team A students to be throwing balls into the basket while the
team B students pass an FC along their line. Swap over again;
possibly give them two or three goes at each activity. Finally call
the game to a stop and the team that has landed the most balls in the
basket overall is the winner.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There
is therefore the onus for students to pass the FCs quickly and say
the Q&A well (otherwise the teacher will make them do it again)
because the team passing the FCs must try to limit the amount of time
the other team has to throw the balls.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
alternative versions, the students can be playing Jenga, trying to
remove as many blocks as they can in the limited time; or you can
have them trying to build a tower of blocks, making it as high as
they can in the limited time.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
make each round last longer, you can have them pass more than one FC
along the line, or make them pass the FC down the line and then back
again.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-60714670031366255122022-08-30T19:36:00.004-07:002022-08-30T19:36:56.464-07:00Hunt the Flashcard<p> Hunt the Flashcard</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">So,
just like with the games </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Cards
Up, Cards Down</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>FC
Collector</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
the flashcards are handed out to the students who must hold their
‘cards up’ for all to see. This game, however, is an excellent
way to practise the question and answer form (Q&A) of the target
language you are teaching.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two
students are called to the front; one from each team. Let us say that
the [#5 students] are chosen to play.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
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<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#5s <span> </span> #5s</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
use an example of a higher level’s FC vocabulary, let us imagine
that the FCs represent phrases used to answer the question of ‘What
would you do if you won the lottery?’ The FCs are: Travel Around
the World, Save Money, Give Money Away, Buy a Holiday Home, Buy an
Expensive Car, Start a Business, Help a Charity. …</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
there are not enough FCs of one set (i.e., one topic) to go round, do
not worry: you can mix them up with another set (e.g., mixing the
above FCs with some FCs for kitchen utensils).</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
already stated, the teacher hands out the FCs to the students who
hold their ‘cards up’ while the two #5 students scout around,
trying to remember which student has what FC.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After
thirty seconds or so, the teacher instructs the students holding FCs
to put their, “Cards down!”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Right,”
says the teacher, talking to the two #5 students. “Which student
would [travel around the world] if they won the lottery?”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
two #5 students now go up to various students, asking: “Would you
travel around the world?” If they pick they wrong student, the
response will be, “No, I wouldn’t.” If they pick the right
student and the response is, “Yes, I would,” then they can
collect this FC and hand it to the teacher. (If both [#5 students] go
up to the correct student at the same time and collect the FC
together, the teacher can call it even.)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next
the teacher poses a new question: “Ok, which student would [save
money]?”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
game starts up again with the two #5 students going around the class
asking their classmates “Would you save money? Would you save
money?” to responses of, “No, I wouldn’t,” or, “Yes, I
would.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
you have gone through this a few times you can let the two [#5
students] sit down again and call up a different pair of students to
have a turn. The teacher takes back the FCs, shuffles them; hands
them out, shouting “Cards Up!”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Actually,
this is a good time to point out another version of the game. Namely
that you can cut out the whole ‘cards up’ thing altogether so the
two volunteer students have no clue as to which student has what FC.
This will generate more Q&A target language as they randomly ask
as many students as they can in hope of being the first to get an
affirmative answer.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of
course this game is not only limited to the “Would you ... Yes, I
would/No, I wouldn’t” Q&A. It is workable with various Q&As.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
give some lower level examples, this game could be used for colours:
“Are you red?”, “Yes, I am/No, I’m not.” With animals: “Do
you have a fish?”, “Yes, I do/No, I don’t” or for present
continuous activities: “Are you listening to music?” “Yes, I
am/No, I’m not.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And
of course there are many more examples as the list of Q&As that
you will find yourself teaching in class goes on. ...</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-46100291665129381642022-08-30T19:35:00.000-07:002022-08-30T19:35:09.222-07:00FC Collector<p> FC Collector</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
game has exactly the same set-up as </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Cards
Up, Cards Down</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and as the following game, </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Hunt
the Flashcard</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
Like with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Cards
Up, Cards Down</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
this is an excellent way to review old vocabulary.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher calls for a volunteer student (e.g., the #4s from team A) to
come and stand at the front by the whiteboard. Next the teacher hands
out the FCs to the rest of the students ... with the usual example of
your classroom set-up shown below, the students are handed an FC
each. They then, while still sitting in their chairs, hold up their
FCs for the [#4s] to see – the instruction for them to do this
comes in the form of the teacher saying, “Cards Up!”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#4s</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #4</span><span lang="en-US">s<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #5</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking
at the above diagram, picture all of the students holding their
‘cards up’ while the volunteer student scouts around the
classroom, trying to memorise which student has what FC.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally,
after a half minute or so, the teacher instructs the students to put
their, “Cards down!” and the students respond by putting their
FCs face down on their desks (or under their chairs if they do not
have a desk attached to their chair).</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
[#4s] now has thirty seconds (you can of course experiment with the
amount of time given) to go around the class naming the FC that each
student has. When they guess correctly, they can ‘collect’ this
FC.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
the thirty seconds are up (“5, 4, 3, 2,1 ... stop!” says the
teacher) the [#4s] must now hand the FCs that they have collected to
the teacher who awards a set amount of points for each FC received.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next
a student from the other team (e.g., the #2s from team B) is chosen
to be the volunteer. All the FCs are taken back by the teacher,
shuffled and handed out again.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Cards
up!”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
half minute or so allowed for [team B’s #2s] to memorise which
student has what FC.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Cards
down!”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
[#2s] has thirty seconds to go around the class naming the FC each
student has, ‘collecting’ as many as they can. …</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
game can take a while if you give every student a turn. Therefore, to
reduce the amount of time, you can try letting just a few volunteer
(maybe two or three students from each team). By telling the others
that they can, “Play next time,” you may get a few disappointed
faces, but if you keep your promise, then they will be happy enough.
Plus, by keeping the activity short, the students will retain their
enthusiasm for the game (which goes for almost all of the activities
described in this book).</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-56466336056869373432022-08-30T19:33:00.000-07:002022-08-30T19:33:00.491-07:00Ostrich Game<p> Ostrich Game</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Again
this is a game that is difficult to explain the first time you play,
but once you have done it a few times, it is fairly easy to set up.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
this game the students run around the class with the FCs behind their
backs. The team A students try to see what FCs are behind the backs
of the team B students. The team B students do the same. As they
tentatively run about, bobbing their heads to look behind other
students’ backs while at the same time not wanting to reveal what
is behind their backs, the students look a little like ostriches.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
to begin the game, the [team A] students line up facing the
whiteboard, while the [team B] students form a similar line on the
other side of the room.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#1s <span> </span>#2s <span> </span>#3s <span> </span>#4s <span> </span>#5s <span> </span>#6s</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US">#1s <span> </span>#2s <span> </span>#3s <span> </span>#4s <span> </span>#5s <span> </span></span><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
students are all facing away from each other, facing their
corresponding walls. “No peeking,” says the teacher, as they walk
around handing FCs to the students to take behind their backs.
Usually the students will have their hands out ready to blindly take
the FC as it is handed to them – the students will not know what FC
they are holding; this is not important. “Remember, don’t cover
the picture with your hands,” the teacher says. “Hold it like I
showed you before.”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
the teacher has handed out all the FCs, they shout, “Go!” and all
the students quickly turn around to face each other. Subsequently the
action commences.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
a student from one team catches a glimpse of what FC a student from
the other team has, they shout to the teacher who acts as the
referee.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Teacher!”
shouts the [#2s] from team B who has caught a glimpse of what FC the
[#3s] from team A is holding. “He has [mountain],” the [#2s]
shouts, pointing to the [#3s].</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Ok,
stop,” says the teacher, and goes to check if this is correct. If
so (i.e., the #3s is actually holding a [mountain] FC behind their
back), the [#3s] from team A must return to their seat and is out of
the game.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
first team to have all their members return to their seats is the
losing team. The team with members still standing are the winners.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes
you will inevitably have a student cornered against a wall, pushing
their back against the wall so it is impossible to see which FC they
have. The teacher must explain that this is not allowed (“No
cheating!” says the teacher) and when this occurs the teacher can
count down a “5, 4,3,2,1 …” to give this student a chance to
move away from the wall. If the student fails to do so, they are out
and must return to their seat.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Ostrich Game can also be played with sentences. For example, if a
student spots another student holding a mountain FC, they can say,
“He has climbed a mountain!” or, “He is climbing a mountain!”
etc. Simply give them a suitable question and answer form (Q&A)
to use before you begin the game.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally
note that the Ostrich Game does not have to involve the whole class
at once. You can optionally play it as a 1v1 or 2v2 contest, picking
the required amount of students to take part each time.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-70127117700952334532022-08-30T19:30:00.005-07:002022-08-30T19:30:41.442-07:00Basketball Race<p> Basketball Race</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
is similar to the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Target</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
game, but it is a little more complicated and is of a much faster
pace. Once again the FCs are set up in a line along the centre of the
classroom:</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">basket/box</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A<span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">ball</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">ball</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> <span> </span><span> </span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">As
you can see from the diagram above, for this game you need to set up
a </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>basket</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
a </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>box</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
or a </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>basketball
hoop</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
in front of the whiteboard, i.e., something for the students to throw
their team’s ball into. A ball for each team is also placed in
front of the whiteboard (if you are using a basket or box then these
balls can be put inside).</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
to give an example, let us say that we are using a medium sized box
with two small balls (one for each team) inside. The FCs are for the
following adjectives: exciting, interesting, boring, dangerous,
scary, great, tiring. With the diagram above as an example,
‘exciting’ is nearest the whiteboard, while ‘tiring’ is
furthest away.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
teacher explains the game: “When I say the student’s number, the
student must run to the box and take a ball. Now, in this game you
stand </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>next
to</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
the flashcard, not </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>on</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
the flashcard,” says the teacher. They demonstrate doing this and
run to the ‘tiring’ FC, standing to the right and explaining that
this is where the team B student must stand.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Tiring,”
says the teacher, standing next to the ‘tiring’ FC. The teacher
moves forward to the ‘great’ FC. “Great,” says the teacher
and moves forward to the next FC, “Scary,” and the next,
“Dangerous,” and so on until finally they are at the ‘exciting’
FC. “Exciting,” says the teacher, and now throws the ball in the
box, making clear that once this is done, the student playing must
quickly return to their seat.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher demonstrates again to emphasise the rules, this time taking a
ball and standing to the left of each FC in the team A positions. “So
the team A student stands here,” says the teacher, and goes through
the motions again (“Tiring, scary, great, dangerous, boring,
interesting, exciting,”) before throwing the ball at the box and
deliberately missing. This is when, as the teacher, you need to make
clear that the students only get one chance to throw their ball (“You
can’t throw again,” says the teacher. “You can only throw once.
If the ball does not go in the box, then unlucky ... just go back to
your seat.”)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next
the teacher introduces the final rule of the game: “Now,” says
the teacher, taking a ball from the box. “If you want to stand here
(teacher goes to the ‘tiring’ FC) and throw the ball from here,
then that’s ok! “Tiring,” says the teacher, and throws the ball
to the box and misses (usually to the amusement of the students).
“Can I throw the ball again?” asks the teacher, concept checking
this rule with the students. “No,” say the students. “How many
times can I throw the ball?” “Once!”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">So,”
says the teacher, “if the student from team B misses the box like
this,” (teacher demonstrates again), “the team A student can take
their time!” The teacher amusingly demonstrates doing this, slowly
saying each FC, looking at their watch, moving forward to the next
FC, finally getting to the ‘exciting’ FC, throwing the ball to
the box and deliberately missing, usually to more laughter from the
students. “Ok, if this happens it’s 0 – 0,” says the teacher.
…</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
this game has been explained and played a few times, it is extremely
easy to set up. Just get balls and the box, basket or basketball hoop
in front of the whiteboard, place the FCs in a line along the centre
of the classroom and say, “Ok, ready. Number [two] students go!”
The action begins, with this mini-battle between the #2 students.
Next it is the turn of the [#5 students] etc. Finally the points are
tallied up and the team with the most points is the winner – I
usually award three points for getting the ball in the [box] and
sitting down first, two points for getting it in the [box] and
sitting down second, and zero points for not getting the ball in the
[box].</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One
problem with this game is that in the excitement of running along the
FCs and saying each one, some students end up saying the FC
vocabulary quickly but not clearly. You can overcome this problem by
being strict and awarding no points (or minus one point) if a student
does not pronounce each FC clearly enough. However, this game should
be played at a stage where the students are already practiced with
the vocabulary and works well as a warmer or change of pace activity.
It is a fun review game, not a game to teach new vocabulary.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-62139801984119005362022-08-30T00:01:00.003-07:002022-08-30T00:01:22.965-07:00Crocodile<p> Crocodile</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
game is more suitable for younger students. As with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Face-off</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
the students are again at a stage where they should know the FC
vocabulary well, and just like with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Face-off</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
this is again a ‘fun’ test of their ability to say each FC. This
is a slower game however, and more attention can be focussed on
pronunciation.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">You
begin by setting up a line of FCs along the floor, just like with
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Target</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Jump</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Run
and Touch</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
Although for this game, make the line a little more disorganised:</span></span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">TA<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span> </span><span lang="en-US">FC<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">TB</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span> #1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="en-GB"> #2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #5</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US">FC</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> #6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next
you explain the game on the whiteboard by drawing a picture of a
river with some stepping stones. You point to the floor, saying that
this is the, “River” or “Water” and make clear that the FCs
are the stepping stones.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then
draw a picture of a crocodile in the river (usually the students get
excited by this) and finally (often to more excitement) you explain
that you are the crocodile.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Individual
students now take turns to ‘cross the river’. Each time they step
on an FC, they must say what this FC is. If they forget or
mispronounce the FC, the teacher runs at them and ‘gobbles them up’
(usually using your arms as the crocodile’s jaws, you can mime
gobbling them up without actually touching them – some teachers, if
they have a good relationship with the students and the kids are
young, may opt for picking the kids up or something like this; but be
careful not to be too scary!)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
the student successfully ‘crosses the river’ without being ‘eaten
by the crocodile’ they can receive an award of points for their
team.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Just
like the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Target</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
game, it is best to ask for volunteers to play </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Crocodile</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
when you first introduce this activity to the class. It is a high
pressure game and some of the more reticent students may need time
before they are brave enough to try ‘crossing the river’.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Usually
it works best if the teacher is the crocodile, although the option is
always there to have a student taking up this role.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-48949082207583169562022-08-29T23:54:00.004-07:002022-08-29T23:56:26.337-07:00Connect<p> Connect</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, FCs are not necessary for this activity. Just write the words on the board. But for the sake of an easy explanation, we'll refer to the target language vocabulary as FCs.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To
begin with the simplest version of this, we will have the flashcards
lined up on the whiteboard in parallel to the letters A – G.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p>
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</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>B <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>C <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>D <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>E <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>F <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>G</span></p>
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Let
us say that the FCs are for weather. The students raise their hands
and the teams take turns to guess which letter [sunny] is connected
to, which letter [raining] is connected to, etc. The teacher has
already noted down the answers on their lesson plan or on a scrap
piece of paper, just like in the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Points
Behind FCs</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
game. If a student guesses correctly, they win points for their team.
Each time a correct guess is made, the teacher draws a line on the
whiteboard to show this connection. Once all the lines have been
drawn, the team with the most correct guesses may be awarded some
extra bonus points to round off the game.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
you have played this simple version a few times you can start to
experiment with replacing the letters with some other things that the
FCs can be connected to. For example you could write the names of
some people: “Whose [sunny weather picture] is it?”, “It’s
[Alex’s]”, “Who likes [sunny weather]?”, “[Alex] likes
[sunny weather].” Or you could write countries/cities: “Where is
it [windy]?”, “It’s [windy] in [Canada].”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
lower levels you could be connecting animals to colours: “What
colour is the [pig]?”, “It’s [purple].” And for higher levels
the game works just as well: “What would [Jason] do if he won the
lottery?”, “He would [buy a sports car].”</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-44441532214183582922022-08-29T23:51:00.004-07:002022-08-29T23:54:44.888-07:00Points Behind FCs, Tic-tac-toe and Battleships<p>Points Behind FCs</p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest, FCs are not necessary for this activity. Just write the words on the board. But for the sake of an easy explanation, we'll refer to the target language vocabulary as FCs.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is a good activity for getting individual students to say the FCs
without being put under pressure. The teacher has ample chance here
to check and correct pronunciation.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flashcards
are attached to the whiteboard (or the vocabulary is written).
Usually a 3x3 grid works best for reasons that will become clear
later.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">FC <span> </span><span> </span> FC <span> </span><span> </span> FC</span></p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; padding: 0.04cm 0.14cm 0.04cm 0cm;">
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<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now,
on the lesson plan (or on a scrap piece of paper) the teacher copies
the grid and randomly writes the numbers 1 – 9.</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">3 <span> </span><span> </span> 5<span> </span><span> </span> 6</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
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</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">1<span> </span><span> </span> 8<span> </span><span> </span> 9</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
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</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">2 <span> </span><span> </span> 7 <span> </span><span> </span> 4</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next
we need to decide which team will go first. Either get two students
to flip a coin, do a “paper, scissors, stone”, or simply spin a
marker pen and wait to see if it ends up pointing at team A or B.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Teacher:
“Ok, team B is first. Hands up, what do you want?”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher picks the [#5] student from team B. [#5s] says, “I want
[The Pyramids].”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Ok,”
says the teacher, underlining [The Pyramids] in the centre of the
grid. “Eight points to team B.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Now,
team A. What do you want?”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher picks the [#2s] from team A. [#2s] says, “I want [The Grand
Canyon].”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Ok,”
says the teacher, underlining [The Grand Canyon] in the top right
corner of the grid. “Six points to team A.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And
so the game continues until all the flashcards have been picked and
the points awarded. (Note: because there is an uneven number of FCs
in the 3x3 grid, it is sometimes a better option to leave the last FC
so that the teams are picking four FCs each.)</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">Note: If you don't want to always write down the pattern of numbers, you can decide on a pattern that is easy for you to remember - e.g. the numbers going around in a circle / from top to bottom / from side to side, etc.</p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><b>Battleships Style Version</b></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">Also note, the grid can be larger. Wit a larger grid you could<span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25cm;"> put a few 'bomb the other team's points' or 'bomb your own points' in as wildcards.</span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Follow
up option: Noughts and Crosses / Tic-tac-toe</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By
choosing a 3x3 grid you have now given yourself the option of playing
noughts and crosses / tic-tac-toe with the same set-up. Decide which
team takes the first turn. Students raise their hands. The game
commences.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><b>4 x 4 Tic-tac-toe</b></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"> </p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">This is also an option and a good game for older students. Four in a row is the winner, but if no team can get four in a row, then the team with the most three in a rows is the winner.</p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">(Explain to students - three is good, four is very good.)</p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Using
the FCs in language context</b></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">For
a lot of the games described in this book, you also have the option
of challenging the students to use the FC vocabulary within a
sentence. For example the game of </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Points
Behind FCs</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
can very easily be played in this way:</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Teacher:
“Ok, team B is first. Hands up, tell me about where you have and
haven’t been ... remember to tell the truth ...”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher picks the [#5] student from team B. [#5s] says, “I have
never been to [Mount Fuji].”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Really?
But it’s so close. Do you want to go?” (etc.) says the teacher,
underlining [Mount Fuji] in the bottom centre of the grid. “Seven
points to team B.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Now,
team A. Where have you been or not been?”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher picks the [#2s] from team A. [#2s] says, “I have been to
[The Great Wall].”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Wow,
was it exciting? When did you go?” (etc.) says the teacher,
underlining [The Great Wall] in the top left corner of the grid. “Oh
no, just three points to your team I’m afraid.”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
method of putting the FC language into sentences is not only limited
to higher levels, e.g., for ‘Cat’ you could get the students to
say, ‘It is a cat,’ or ‘I like cats.’ For ‘basketball’
you could get them to say, ‘I can play basketball,’ or ‘I am
playing basketball.’ In this way you can incorporate the
grammatical structures you are teaching into your FC games. (For a
good example of using the target language </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>question
and answer</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
in a flashcard game, see later activity </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Hunt
the Flashcard</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.)</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-40925875612085426122022-08-29T23:38:00.005-07:002022-08-29T23:38:41.029-07:00Race to Draw, Race to Write<p>Race to Draw, Race to Write</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here
students are once again using their knowledge of the vocabulary to
score points. Such games as this are a fun test for the students.
They do not know they are having a test, they think they are just
playing a game. The teacher meanwhile is observing how well each
student has absorbed the target vocabulary, taking a mental note of
their current abilities and where help is needed.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
set-up of this activity is as follows:</span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Words are written / Flashcards
are attached along the top half of the whiteboard as shown below.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
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</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> <span> </span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">FC<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span> FC</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
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</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> Team B</span></p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
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</p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
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</p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
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</p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With
the space on the lower part of whiteboard divided in two as shown
above, each team has their own area in which to either copy the
picture from one of the FCs or to copy the word(s) from one of the
FCs.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So
let us say for example that the flashcards are for vehicle plurals:
cars, buses, planes, trains, bicycles, boats, motorcycles, scooters.
...</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
teacher begins the game by pointing and drilling the FCs to the
students as described in </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>The
Basic Drill</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
Then the teacher calls the [#3] students to the front and shouts,
[“Buses.”] </span></span></span>
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Race
to Draw: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
first [#3] student to successfully draw [two buses] on their part of
the whiteboard and then return to their seat is the winner.</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">There
is of course a balance between how good their artwork is and how fast
it is drawn and I would suggest that deciding on speed as the
priority usually works better because this way the game is more
exciting. Now and then you will find a child taking forever to draw
the perfect picture of a [bus], which can really slow the game down.
Alternatively, however, it is a good idea to make clear that any old
scribble will not do. The picture must be drawn quickly but we must
be able to recognise it as the object intended.</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">If
students are not good at drawing then this often does not matter. In
fact the game can be rather humorous when the pictures are not
perfect.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Race
to Write: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
first [#3] student to successfully write [buses] on their part of the
whiteboard and then return to their seat is the winner.</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Extra
points can be awarded for good handwriting or taken away for rather
messy scribbles, but as with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Race
to Draw</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
the game works better when there is an emphasis on speed.</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>
</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">In
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Race
to Write</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
spelling is obviously important too. It is best to be strict with
this and state that the words must be spelt correctly: if there is a
problem with the spelling then the student must rush back to the
whiteboard to correct this before returning to their chair.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">With
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Race
to Draw</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Race
to Write</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
you can gradually take the FCs away so finally the students are
playing the game without any FCs to help them. This is a good way to
train the students to remember the vocabulary item (Race to Draw) and
the spelling of the vocabulary item (Race to Write).</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
an extra option, the drawing and writing can sometimes be combined.
Either alternate between drawing and writing or get the students to
do both at the same time.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-88841146885788552802022-08-29T23:33:00.001-07:002022-08-30T07:32:46.900-07:00End of Lesson Games<p>End of Lesson Games </p><p><br /></p>These can be played at the end of class as a sort of reward for a good lesson. They are purely for fun.<p><br /></p><p><b>Marco Polo</b> - This is a popular game which is so well known it is hardly worth describing.</p><p><b>Alternative Marco Polo</b> - instead of using a blindfold, the 'Marco/Ghost' must remain seated on the floor and 'crawl along' on their 'behind'. If they touch another student, that student becomes the one crawling along.</p><p><b>Volleyball</b> - use a beach ball and play as a whole class.</p><p><b>Dodgeball</b> - you can play this with one soft ball or a lot of soft balls. You can have two teams, or pit the teacher against the students.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-32761907370473601152022-08-29T23:27:00.000-07:002022-08-29T23:27:09.123-07:00Miming Games<p> Miming Games</p><p><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">TPR
(total physical response) is a good learning method and children love
miming activities; whether it is the traditional </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>Teacher
Says</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
(based on the popular game </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>Simon
Says</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">)
or simply a </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>last
student (or first student!) to do the correct action is ‘out’</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
type of game.</span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">So to be clear, a miming game can be</span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">1. Teachers Says</span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">2. Last Student to do the mine has to sit down (the final student left is the winner).</span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">3. First student to do the mime can sit down (the team with the most students left standing at the end are the losers)</span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">4. Or a mime, mime, mime, mime, 5,4,3,2, 1 sit down in your chairs! Similar to the <b>This, That</b> game.</span></span></span></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><br /></p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Words or flashcards can be put on the whiteboard to remind students of the vocabulary.</span></span></p><p class="western"><br />
</p><p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p><p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<br />
</p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="en-US">Watch
TV<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="en-US">Wake
up <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> Jump</span></span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<br />
</p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brush your teeth<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> Fly<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> Sleep</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<br />
</p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Open your book <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Dance</span></p><p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Combined
with other games, this type of activity can give a varied and
energetic pace to your class. For example, you could start with </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>The
Basic Drill</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
follow this with an </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Association
Drill</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
then play a </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Miming
Game</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and afterwards play </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>Hit</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">.
Using such a combination of activities can be a great way to either
introduce or review such items of language.</span></span></span></p><p>
</p><p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p><p><br /></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-124995423354758962022-08-29T23:17:00.001-07:002022-08-29T23:17:31.832-07:00Association Drill<p> Association Drill</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Words are written on the
whiteboard and numbered.</span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">1. Swimming <span> </span><span> </span> 5. Volleyball</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">2. Badminton <span> </span><span> </span> 6. Basketball</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">3. Football <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> 7. Baseball</span></p>
<p align="left" class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">4. Tennis <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> 8. Kung Fu</span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher asks the class, “What is number [seven]?” The first
student to shout, “[Baseball]!” gets a point for their team. The
teacher then asks, “What is number [two]?” and the first student
to shout, “[Badminton]!” wins a point for their team. And so the
game continues (“Number one? Number five?”) until finally the
teacher decides to mix it up and says, “[Tennis]?” and the first
student to shout, “[Number four!]” gets the point.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>mixing
up</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
of sometimes asking students for the number, sometimes asking them
for the word can make the game quite exciting (often you will say,
“[Number three]?” and the students will shout, “[number three!
... err ... football!]”</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
you have been playing this game with your class for a while, you
might want to experiment with it a bit. For example you could try
replacing the numbers with words associated with the items of
vocabulary: go-swimming, play-badminton, eat-lunch, ride-a bicycle,
do-kung fu ... Teacher says, “Go,” students shout, “Swimming!”
Teacher says, “A bicycle,” students shout, “Ride!”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Or:
refrigerator-kitchen, television-living room, wardrobe-bedroom,
car-garage, shower-bathroom ... Teacher says, “Television,”
students shout, “Living room!” teacher says, “kitchen,”
students shout, “Refrigerator!”</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because
it works well at a fast pace, you will need a quick scoring system
for this game. If the scoring system that you regularly use for the
class involves a lot of number writing or pauses (e.g., to give them
rewards when they reach a certain score) then it is best to use a
separate scoring system while playing.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
example:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br /></p>
<table cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" style="width: 84px;">
<colgroup><col width="24"></col>
<col width="30"></col>
</colgroup><tbody><tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">A</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">B</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="24">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="30">
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">With
the above scoring system you erase a mark each time that team is
first. Finally when the team has no marks left, they are the winners.
Another idea is to draw a ladder and have magnets climbing up one
rung of the ladder each time their team is first to say. The first
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>magnet</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
to get to the top (where a picture of a helicopter may be lying in
wait) is the winner.</span></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-49164840740881549672022-08-29T23:14:00.002-07:002022-08-29T23:14:15.597-07:00Fruit Salad<p> Fruit Salad</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
teacher writes the words </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>fruit
salad</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
on the board (and possibly explains what a fruit salad is). The
teacher then elicits three fruit (i.e., asks students to name some
fruit) and writes them underneath.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Whiteboard</i></span></p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<br />
</p>
<p class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"> </span><span lang="en-US"><u>Fruit
Salad</u></span></span></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Apple</span></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Orange</span></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-US" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm; text-indent: 0.85cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Banana</span></p>
<p class="western" style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0.14cm; padding-top: 0.04cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teacher then goes round the classroom pointing to each student and
telling them that they are an apple, an orange or a banana. This is
usually done in clockwise order as shown in the diagram below.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br /></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Team A <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-GB">Team B</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> apple</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">banana</span><span lang="en-GB"> #1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s orange</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">orange</span><span lang="en-GB"> #2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s banana</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">apple</span><span lang="en-GB"> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s apple</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">banana</span><span lang="en-GB"> #4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#5</span><span lang="en-US">s orange</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US"> orange</span><span lang="en-GB"> #5</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s banana</span><span lang="en-GB"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-US">apple </span><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">After
checking that everyone knows what they are (“Hands up apples, hands
up bananas, hands up oranges, hands up fruit salad!”) the teacher
then explains that when they say, “Apple,” the apples must get up
out of their seats and sit in one of the other apples’ seats. This
is demonstrated. Another demonstration follows when the teacher
shouts, “Banana!” and the bananas swap around to sit in different
seats. Finally the teacher shouts, “Fruit salad!” and all the
students are up out of their chairs running to find somewhere new to
sit. At this point the teacher sits down in one of the students’
seats (or alternatively takes one of the chairs away) so that one
student is left standing with nowhere to sit down. This student is
now the ‘teacher’ and must say, </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>apple</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>banana</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>orange</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
or </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>fruit
salad</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
to get the students moving around again, and thus making a chair
available for them to quickly sit down on. Following this fresh
scramble to find a new chair to sit on, a different student will once
again be left in the middle: and this student will now have to say,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>apple</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>banana</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
</span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>orange</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
or </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>fruit
salad</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
to get the students moving around again.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
you have played this game a few times you can start to use it for
other vocabulary.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
example:</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p>
<table cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" style="width: 354px;">
<colgroup><col width="73"></col>
<col width="74"></col>
<col width="74"></col>
<col width="77"></col>
</colgroup><tbody><tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="73">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Colours</u></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Animals</u></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Jobs</u></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="77">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Everything</u></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="73">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">red</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">fox</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">engineer</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="77">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">glue</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="73">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">green</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">rabbit</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">architect</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="77">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">scissors</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="73">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">pink</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">yak</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0.19cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;" width="74">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">secretary</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0cm 0.19cm;" width="77">
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">string</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
fact by renaming the game “Everything”, you can use it for any
three flashcards or items of vocabulary.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is fun game that involves the whole class. It serves well as an end
of lesson reward or as a mid-lesson change of pace. It is also good
for drilling home a word that most of the students can say but that
one or two of them are struggling with.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note:
this game can also be used to review clothes vocabulary; “Change
chairs if you are wearing socks,” etc.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><br />
</p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-36014982416162704102022-08-29T23:10:00.003-07:002022-08-29T23:10:28.333-07:00This, That<p> This, That</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
activity developed from very a simple game used to teach the words
‘this’ and ‘that.’</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
students gather together in the centre of the room and follow the
teacher’s actions. The teacher points to the floor and says,
“This!” and the students all mirror this action, shouting,
“This!” too. Then the teacher points away and shouts, “That!”
with the students again copying the teacher’s movement and word.
Once again the teacher points to the floor and says, “This!” The
students do the same. The teacher points away again and shouts,
“That!” and the students do this too.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">This
animated chant continues repeatedly until suddenly the teacher
shouts, “Sit down!” and the students all plonk themselves down on
the floor as quickly as they can. The last student to sit down is </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>out</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
and has to go back to their chair. Finally, the last team standing is
the winning team.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
you have done this a few times you will be able to incorporate other
vocabulary into the chant. The teacher points to the door and shouts,
“Door!” The students point to the door and shout, “Door!” The
teacher points to the whiteboard and shouts, “Whiteboard!” and
the students do the same. The teacher points to the “Floor!” the
“Wall,” the “Fan,” the “Poster,” the “Window,” etc.,
etc., each time pointing and naming the object with the students
pointing and repeating. The teacher suddenly shouts, “Sit down!”
and the last to sit down is out.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After
you have been playing this game for a while you will be able to use
it to drill flashcards. Simply stick flashcards around the classroom
– maybe one on the door, one on the whiteboard and some in various
places around the walls – and play the game again, this time
pointing and saying the flashcards too.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">The
only problem with this game is that the students who are early to be
called </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>out</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
will be sitting on their chairs watching their classmates having fun
and may get restless. This can be overcome by allowing them to join
the teacher, standing next to or behind the teacher with the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>live</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
students in front. They could alternatively help the teacher in
deciding who was last to sit down, or even take turns to be the
teacher themselves.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Also,
rather than wait for all the students of one team to </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>die</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
you can make it so that after the first four or five students have
been called </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><i>out</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">,
the team with the most members left standing is the winner.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There
is of course another small problem in that the students can get sore
bums; although this never seems to hamper their enthusiasm for
another round of the game.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-37513027632322129142022-08-29T21:30:00.003-07:002022-08-29T21:53:13.684-07:00Floor Tennis<p> Floor Tennis</p><p><br /></p><p>This game is similar to <b>Attack and Defend</b>, except the ball remains on the floor, it cannot be bounced.</p><p>To give a clear idea of what is meant by 'cannot be bounced', this game was originally played using a roll of sellotape/sticky tape that would slide across the floor.</p><p>Each competing student has a square block that they use to hit the tape/ball across to the other side of the classroom.</p><p>Use whiteboard markers to draw the lines on the floor - they erase easily.</p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br /></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US">Team A<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Team B</p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">_____________________</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#5s</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br /></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB">#1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span>__________________ </span></span><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="en-GB"> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US" style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span lang="en-US" style="text-align: left;"><span><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span>__________________</span> </span><span lang="en-GB" style="text-align: left;">#4</span><span lang="en-US" style="text-align: left;">s</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="en-GB"> #6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#5s</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">_________________________</span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br /></p><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><p>If the ball crosses the defending students's line, then the attacking student gets one point. Each student attacks and defends, just like in tennis - they use the blocks to hit the ball/roll of tape and to block the ball/roll of tape that is sliding/rolling towards their line.</p><p>The middle zone, or 'net' is a zone in which neither student can enter. I.e. they cannot hit the ball/tape while in that zone. They can enter the zone, grab the ball/tape, then take it back to their side of the court and hit from there.</p><p>Three points is the winner!</p><p>But if the game goes on for too long, do a countdown and the game ends on the current score.</p><p>Then it is time for more drilling.</p><p>Then the next two students can play.</p><p><br /></p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">Note: As mentioned before, this game was originally played using a roll of tape but a small ball works better because the tape does not always slide across the floor so easily and quickly.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div>This is a compex game, with rules that have to be followed (don't hit while in the neutral zone, you can only defnt with your block, not your hand, if the ball disappeared under a chair, you can retrieve it but only if it's on your side, you are not allowed to enter the other side of the curt, etc).</div><div><br /></div><div>However, once you've played it a few times it can be eay to set up.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-53122298695683212662022-08-29T21:22:00.002-07:002022-08-29T21:22:39.738-07:00Other Drilling Games<p> Other Drilling Games</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">Of
course all of the above drilling games posted here can be manipulated. In the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Attack
and Defend</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
game, for example, you may wish to swap the students over to give
them both a turn at attacking. With the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Crazy
Bowling</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
game you could always try a version where they are not allowed to
defend their cones. For the </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Ball
and Cone</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span lang="en-GB">
game you might want to put the cone in the middle of the classroom
with one student at each end competing to knock it over first. Or you
could try replacing the cone with a basket which students compete to
throw their ball into.</span></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once
you have been teaching for a few weeks you may well start to invent
your own drilling games based on the resources you have.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
example, your eyes fall on a pair of chopsticks in the teachers’
room and you get an idea. The students could compete to pick up
something with chopsticks and carry it to the other side of the
classroom. You might even turn this into a relay. You notice some
Lego or building blocks. The students could compete to build
something. Or maybe you could build something and the students could
race to destroy it. What if they build it and then destroy it? You
notice a Jenga set in the corner and you must be able to do something
with that. Plus there is that set of dominoes ... and the packet of
balloons you found in the cupboard ... they could race up and down
the classroom while keeping the balloon in the air; put the balloon
between their knees and jump along an obstacle course; or you could
even give them a plastic hammer each and see who is the first to pop
their balloon (no easy task – but the students do not know this!).</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
can also incorporate real sports like dodgeball, football (soccer),
baseball, basketball, volleyball, cricket, badminton, ten pin
bowling, crazy golf ... and the list goes on.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Such
popular sports games can be altered to suit the classroom set-up you
have. Often teachers favour 1v1 or 2v2 versions of these; although
some prefer to get the whole class to play between drills.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
lot of TEFL teachers survive on drilling games alone.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014342646884367150.post-5587761371410896952022-08-29T21:19:00.005-07:002022-08-29T21:19:52.828-07:00Attack and Defend<p> Attack and Defend</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
two [#5] students come to the whiteboard. They flip a coin or do
“paper, scissors, stone” to decide who is to attack and who will
defend.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><br />
</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">WHITEBOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br />
</p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US">Team A<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Team B</p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#5s</span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#1s</span><span lang="en-US"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #1</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#2</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #2</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#3</span><span lang="en-US">s _________________</span><span lang="en-GB"> #3</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#4</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span lang="en-GB"> #4</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">#6</span><span lang="en-US">s <span> </span><span> </span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span lang="en-GB"> #6</span><span lang="en-US">s</span></span></p><p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-US"><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="western" lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: small;">#5s</span></p>
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<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
attacking student then has thirty seconds to hit the whiteboard as
many times as they can with the ball (a soft sponge ball is ideal)
while the defending student tries to block them by getting in the way
of the ball (they must however hand the ball back to the attacking
student whenever they catch it). When the time is up, the attacking
student is awarded points according to how many times they have hit
the whiteboard.</span></span></p>
<p align="justify" class="western" style="text-indent: 0.25cm;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After
the next drill the teacher calls a new student number, e.g., [#3] and
this time the roles are reversed, i.e., the student representing the
team who was last attacking is now the defending student and vice
versa.</span></span></p><br /><p></p>Chris Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.com0