This is a
drilling game. I.e. a game in which the students are repeating the new vocabulary
as a class, now and then taking a break between drills to do an exciting
activity. Ball and Basket is an
example of what that ‘exciting activity’ can be.
Two balls
(preferably basketballs) are placed in the basket/box, which is put about a
metre in front of the whiteboard, as shown in the diagram. One ball belongs to
team A, the other belongs to team B. A line is drawn on the floor at the other
end of the classroom (again shown in the diagram).
WHITEBOARD
|
basket/box
TA TB
#1s #1s
#2s #2s
#3s #3s
#4s #4s
#5s __________________ #5s
#6s #6s
The teacher
calls on “[#1]” students (i.e. the student from each team who has been
allocated the number [1]) to compete in taking their ball, bouncing it along
the classroom floor, then when they get to the line they can take a shot at
getting their ball into the basket/box (with a well guided throw). If
their ball misses the basket/box, they must try again; bouncing the ball along
the classroom floor, turning around when they get to the line and throwing once
more. If the ball lands in the basket/box, they return to their seat – the
first student to do this is the winner and is awarded points for their team.
