Please let me know if an activity like this already exists so I can link it.
As the description suggests, this activity is basically a musical chairs game. I wouldn't consider this a full activity. This works best if you pair it with a sentence writing practice which is what I did when I put it into practice.
I ran this game last minute when I had nothing else on hand. It worked pretty well all things considered, and the students enjoyed it.
Materials:
- a timer
- a substitute for the "chairs" (I had the students use their own erasers)
- a worksheet with a few sentences to practice speaking
Number of students:
- 40 kids, around 9 groups of students
Like musical chairs, the goal of the game is to not be the one without an eraser when the music stops. I had the students practice reading sentences one at a time in a rotating order, with the speaker holding their hands high above their head holding the worksheet to serve as a disadvantage. In this way, it motivates them to speaking faster, and say more sentences to not be the one with the disadvantage.
I ran this activity as a fun treat after some sentence writing practice. To make it a bit more chaotic, I combined the groups into 3 larger ones to get them more tensed.
Here is the link to the random timer that I used. It worked on my school's tablet, but any randomized timer should work for the activity. I think its great for the customizability, but there are plenty online with similar functions.
https://www.randomtimergenerator.com/