Once again this is a group activity I usually do with groups of 4 but I think a larger group of 5 or 6 would be okay too.
I use this activity to review our Sunshine textbook program 3-2. Which is all about the infinitive adjectival,「～するための」。
This is a very simple game that students enjoy quite a bit. I like it because students get to listen, speak, read and potentially write. But basically each group gets a set of cards. One student in the group takes a card and proceeds to read it to their group. The other members listen and if they think they know the answer they can raise their hand. If they are correct they get the card which is worth 3-5 points. If it's wrong there is no penalty and the reader continues to read hints until someone answers correctly. When that quiz card has been answered the student to the left of the current reader takes the next card and continues with a new quiz card. Students keep going until they've used all the cards or time is up, at which point they will add up their points to see who the winner is. Pretty straight forward but there is one slight curveball. The minion bomb cards which are -5 points. When a player draws one of these cards everyone in the group plays janken, or rock/paper/scissors, to see who gets the minion bomb. I usually give it to the janken winner to switch things up a little bit but anything is ok. They are completely unnecessary but really add some excitement to the game. Oh, I almost forgot there is also a banana card that is +5 points. Minions love bananas after all. I think I added this card last time I made some new cards but I don't think I've used it yet. In any case I plan for it to have the same rules as the minions bombs with the janken winner getting the card but I think something silly would be fine as well. Maybe whoever shouts, "BANANA" first could get it.
For this activity I do a quick intro with a couple of 3 hint quizzes I printed out on A4 paper in the same style as the ones for the game. That way I can read them and then hand them to the student who answers. I also print out an A4 minion bomb to explain the rules for that.
For printing I will say that I have mine printed on A4 and it's fine but if I could do it again I would print them a size larger to make them easier to read. I also have a simple print for group work if there is extra time after the game. It's very simple with students just making their own quiz like the one from the game. I do like getting students to do this though because it gives me a lot of great ideas for new cards.