Games and Activities for ESL Classes英语课堂活动和游戏200个.docx

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GamesandActivitiesforESLClasses

1.‘A’and‘AN’

Drawalarge‘a’andalarge‘an’onseparatepiecesofpaper.Itisbestifthesewordsarewritteninsideamusinganimalshapes.Dividetheclassintotwoteams.Thefirstchildfromeachteamputstheirhandsontheirheads.Showthechildrenavocabularyflashcard.Theybothtouch（orslam）the‘a’or‘an’.Theonetotouchthecorrectpaperfirstgetsapointforherteam,providedthatshesays,“It’sa…”or“It’san…”correctly.Ifshemakesamistake,theotherchildisofferedachancetomakethecorrectsentence.Aftertheclassgetstheidea,oneofthechildrencanholdupthecardsinsteadoftheteacher.

2.A-BPAIRWORK

StudentAisgivenhalfoftheinformationandStudentBisgiventheotherhalf.Studentshavetoworktogetherandaskeachotherquestionstofillinthemissinginformationoneachoftheirsheets.

3.ADJECTIVES1

Writedownthreeadjectivesandaskpairsofstudentstowritedownasmanythingstheycanthinkofthatallthreeadjectivesapplyto.Forexample,“big,cold,beautiful”mightapplytosnowman,mountain,Alaska…Getstudentstocomeupwiththeirownadjectives.Seewhocangetthemostnumberofwords.

4.ADJECTIVES2

Choosesomeadvertisementswithbigprintandnottoomuchwritingonthem.Numberthemclearly.Blackouttwoadjectivesfromeachandmakealistofthemissingwords.Beforethelesson,posttheadsonthewallsoftheclassroomsomewhere.Dictatethelistofadjectivesandtellthestudentsthatthesearethewordsthathavebeenblackedoutonthewalls.Theobjectistomatchtheadjectiveswiththeirads.Studentswritethenumberoftheadthattheythinkthatadjectiveappearedin.

5.ALPHABET1

Usebigcards.Gothroughthealphabetonceinorderthenmixthemup.IntroducethepronunciationofBandV,MandN,andLandRcarefully.

6.ALPHABET2

Usechalkasabaton.Arrangeteamsbehindalinebeforetheblackboard.ThefirststudentwritesAinher/herteam’sdesignatedspace,thenpassesthechalktothenextstudent.Thefastestteamwins.TheJapaneseteachermonitorsthekidstokeepthembehindtheline.Friendscancalloutfrombehindthelinetohelp.Givepointsforspeedandneatness.WhenthestudentsareconfidentwithAtoZ,getthemtotryZtoA.Ifsomestudentscanwritethewholealphabet,pitthemagainsteachother.Insteadofrunningtotheboard,youcantryhavingwheelbarrowracesorhoppingraces.Themovementandthecompetitionareimportantinanelementaryschool.

7.ALPHABET3

Usesetsofalphabetcards.Makegroupsof5students.Intheclassroom,clearthedeskstotheside.Thestudentsmustmakeanalphabetline,cardtocard,fromAtoZ.Canusetocheckrecognitionofcapitalsandsmallletters.

8.ALPHABET4

Maketwosetsofalphabetcards,eachletterabouthalfthesizeofB4.Dividetheclassintotwo.Distributethetwosetsofcardsamongstthestudents.Someofthestudentsmaygettwocards.Theteacherselectsawordforspelling.Eachteamhastospellthewordbyitsmembersrushingtothefrontandholdinguptheircardsincorrectsequence.Thefastestteamwins.

9.ALT’SAPARTMENT

Drawanemptyapartmentontheboard.Havestudentstrytoguessthecontents.Drawtheminastheynamethem.Forexample,thestudentscouldask,“Isthereachair?

”.

10.ANAGRAMS（WORDSCRAMBLES）1

Mixupvocabularywordsandgetthestudentstounscramblethem.Canbeplayedinteams,inpairs,orwiththewholeclass.Theteamwhocanunscrambletheword（i.e.sayitinEnglish）andgiveitsmeaninginJapanesegetsapoint.Theteamwiththemostpointswins.Youcanalsogetthestudentstospellthewordscorrectlyforpoints.

11.ANIMALGAME

Giveeachstudentthenameofananimal.Afterpractisingthedifferentanimalsounds,thestudentsmakethesoundinordertofindtheotherstudentswhoarethesameanimal.Japaneseanimalcries（nakigoe）aredifferentfromtheirEnglishcounterparts.Explainthesoundsusingpictures.Thekidsfindthedifferencesamusing.Theytendtoknow‘dog’and‘mouse’（afteryoumentionMickey）.Ialsoused‘kangaroo’witha‘tch,tch’sound.Haveacardforeachstudent,butmakesuretheydon’tshowittoanyoneelse.Afterfindingtheirpartners,theycanshowtheircardstoeachother,thentheJTEandALT.Presentationisimportantaswithoutthepreparationofcardsandtheexplanation（i.e.“youcan’tshowyourcardtoanyoneelse”）,thisgamecanbeaflop.Ittooksomefinetuningbeforeitsucceeded.

12.ANYTHINGGOES

Studentstrytocomeupwithasmanydifferentanswerstoonequestionastheycan.Theteacheraskssomethinglike,“Howmanyfingersdoyouhave?

”.Thefirststudentwillprobablysay,“Ihavetenfingers.”.Thenextstudentcansay,“Ihavemorethanninefingers.”Thenext,“Idon’thavesixteenfingers.”.Thenext,“Iamanalien,soIhavesixtyfingers.”,etc.Trytogetthemtouseanygrammarpointthattheyhaveevercovered.

13.BACKTOBACK

Teamsoftwostandbacktobackandhooktheirarmsaroundeachother’sarms.Racetoamarkerandthenbacktothestartinglinegivingboththechancetorunforwardandbackwardsonce.

14.BACKWRITING1

Afterreadingatext,eachstudentselectsabout5new,difficultorunusualwords.Inpairs,theywritethewordsoneatatime（withtheirfingers）ontheirpartners’backs.Thepartnerguessestheword.Variation:

thepartnermustusethewordinasentence.Booksclosedmakesitamemorygame.Booksopenmakesitascanningactivity.

15.BACKWRITING2

Eachrowisateam.Thelastpersonineachrowcomesuptotheteacher’sdeskandlooksataflashcard.Whenallstudentshavereturnedtotheirseats,theteachersays“Start!

”andthegamebegins.Thestudentsattheendoftherowwritetheword（withtheirfingers）onthebackofthepersoninfrontofthem.Whenthatpersonseemstounderstandtheword,theywriteitonthebackofthepersoninfrontofthem.Thepersoninthefrontoftherowwritesthewordontheboard,thengoestotheteacher’sdesktolookatadifferentcard.Oncehehasrememberedthecard,hegoestothebackandwritesitonthebackofthepersonwhousedtobeattheendoftherow.（Allthestudentsshouldmoveforwardoneseatwhilethepersonatthefrontoftherowislookingatthenewcard.）Thewinningteamistheonethatcanwritethemost（correctlyspelled）wordsontheboard.

16.BASEBALL1

Theclassisdividedintotwoteams.Fourchairsareplacedintheshapeofabaseballdiamond.TheAET/JTEproceedstoaskeachteammemberaquestionwhichmustbeansweredinacompletesentence.Ifthecorrectanswerisgiven,theplayermovestofirstbase.Iftheansweriswrong,theplayeris“out”.Whentheteamhasthree“outs”theotherteamcomesuptobat.

17.BASEBALL2

Drawabaseballdiamondandascoreboardontheboard.Students,inturn,are“atbat”andchoosehowdifficultaquestiontoattempt:

asingle,double,triple,orhomerun.Ifastudentanswerscorrectly,s/hemovesaheadtheappropriatenumberofbases.Thestudentswhoarealreadyonbaseadvancetheappropriatenumberofbases.Playerswhoadvancetohomeplatescoreapointfortheirteam.Ifaplayeranswersincorrectly,s/heisout.Onceateammakesthreeouts,theotherteamisup.Thisworkswellwithspellingpracticebecauseitisfairlyeasytocompilelistsofeasytodifficultwords.

NotefromSteveMendoza

IteachataJapanesehighschool,andIhavesomeadditionalideasforthegame“Baseball2″.Itmaybeagoodideatouseplayingcards,i.e.ace=single,2=doubleetc.Alsothejokercardcanbeanautomaticwalk,andkingcanbeanautomaticstrikeout.Thecardsareputfacedownandthestudentspickonerandomly.Thisaddsamorerandomelementtothegame.InJapan,moststudentswouldjustpicksingleeachtime,ifgiventhechoice.

18.BASEBALL3

Drawabaseballdiamondonapieceofpaperandplaceapileofflashcardsinthemiddleofit.Dividethechildrenintotwoteamsandgiveeachteamsomecounters.Theteamtakesturnsatbat.Thefirstchildonthebattingteamputshercounteronhomeplateanddrawsacardfromthetopofthepile.Eithertherestoftheteamorthepitchingteamaskheroneormorequestionsaboutthecard（e.g.Whatisit?

Whatcolourisit?

）.Ifsheanswersthequestionssuccessfully,shemoveshercountertofirstbase.Therearevariouswaysofproceedingfromhere.

（1）Thesamechildcandrawmorecards.Ifshegetsthreemorecorrect,shegetsahomerun.Ifshemakesamistake,theturnpassestotheotherteam.

（2）Thenextchildonherteamdrawsacard.Iffourdifferentchildrenmakecorrectanswersconsecutively,theirteamgetsahomerun.（3）Shecanchoosenottogotofirstbase,buttotryforatwo-basehit.Ifshemakesanothercorrectanswer,shecanchoosetomovetosecondbaseortryforathree-basehit,etc.Eachteamisallowedthreeoutsbeforetheturnpassestotheotherteam.

19.BATTLESHIP

Studentsgetintopairsfacingoneanother.Eachstudentgetsagamesheet.Thegamesheetincludestwogrids.Onegridisforthestudentstoplacehisbattleshipson.Theothergridisforthestudenttorecordhisguesseson.Onthestudent’sowngrid,heplacesvarious“ships”.Forexample,onebattleship（takingup4connectingsquares）,twocruisers（3squares）andonesubmarine（1square）.Shipscanbeplacedanywhereonthegrid（horizontally,vertically,butnotdiagonally）.Studentsmustnotshowtheirgamesheetstootherstudents.Tomakethegamesheet,putbeginningpartsofsentencesinthesquaresofthefirstcolumn（forexample“Iam”,“Youare”,“Heis”）.Thenputtheendingsofthosesentencesinthesquaresofthefirstrow（forexample