Connect

 Connect

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.

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.

Whiteboard

FC         FC         FC         FC         FC         FC

A             B             C             D             E             F             G

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 Points Behind FCs 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.

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].”

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].”