Divide the class into two teams and give each team a colored marker. Draw a line down the middle of the board and write a topic at the top. The students must then write as many words related to the topic in a relay. The first person will write the first word and pass the colored marker to the one next in line.
Score each team with one point for each correct word. Unreadable or misspelled words are not counted. Looking for a game which can help your students practice synonyms and descriptions? Try Taboo Words — suitable for more advanced learners.
Divide the class into two and have the two teams sit on opposite sides of the room, facing each other. Choose one person to sit in front of their team and stand behind the students and hold a piece of paper with a word on it. The team has three minutes to get the one in front to say the word on paper.
A favourite game among teachers, Hangman can be used at the start of the class to warm up the students and get them active. This is especially good for young students. First, think of a word and write the number of letters on the board using dashes to show many letters there are.
Then, ask students to suggest a letter. If it appears in the word, write it in all of the correct spaces. If the letter does not appear in the word, write it off to the side and begin drawing the image of a hanging man. You have to continue this until the students guess the word correctly, your students will win. Give each team one point not only for spotting the difference, but also for each correct answer. This is a great way to practice possessive pronouns.
Cut out images of people from magazines. Make sure you have men and women, but also pairs and groups. Cut out pictures of:. Put the people in one bag and the possessions in another. Students take turns pulling one picture from each and talking about the items. This is his house.
His house is very big and has a swimming pool. There are three bedrooms in his house. Challenge students to say as much as they can! You can use this fairy tale boardgame or design your own. Students roll the dice and tell their story by using the character they land on. You can use people, objects, places, and make the game as long or as short as you want their stories to be.
This game is guaranteed to spark conversations. Have one person from Team A come up to the front. Have the student draw a card try using Pictionary Junior cards if the adult ones are too advanced for your class. Alternatively, you can write words on slips of paper for students to choose.
The student must convey the word to his or her team using only drawings. Students cannot use words, symbols or hand gestures. Limit the time to three minutes maximum. Each correct word is a point and the first team to get 10 points is the winning team. If you want more fun types of visual-based learning, FluentU is a great asset to have for your classroom.
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Click here to check out the website or download the iOS app or Android app. Charades is quite similar to Pictionary , but it uses actions to communicate the secret word in place of photos. This is a great game for those days when your class is dragging and people are falling asleep.
Get them up and get them moving! Write down words on slips of paper for students to choose. Verbs are likely to be the easiest, but you can also use more complicated words, provided you are sure most of the students know them. Divide the class into two teams and have one person from each team choose a piece of paper and act out the word.
The teams must guess the correct word before three minutes run out. Practise prepositions or positional words. Place the apple on top of, under or to the left of the table in this pedagogical knowledge game. The apple is moved by dragging and dropping it across the ro.
Fifth grade - Eleventh grade and above. Practice writing by looking at the picture and then write the word which best describes the picture. Lots of categories of words are available.
If it's too difficult, you can get help with the first a. Drag your finger or mouse over the letters and spell the requested words.
Can you find all the words in the puzzle? Practicing the order of the month of the year. Do you know how the month before September is spelled? Which month comes after December? You will master the order of the months when you have finished t. Practice to find the vowels in common English words.
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