In Japan, Junior High School consists of 3 grades. Students are usually between 12 and 15 years old. English is a full, required subject and consists of speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice. Much of the curriculum is designed around the grammar points and vocabulary used for school entrance exams.
A fun way to review lots of language points
A fun board game to get students using the present perfect tense.
Same as Almost Pokemon Battle, but with some small tweeks.
This is a powerpoint game that can be used for quiz games, write and race or row feud quizzes.
A 4-hint listening quiz using famous things about different Japanese prefectures.
This is a culture activity with 10 questions designed to show students that, although the USA and Japan are very different, there are many things they have in common too.
A student and their partner both hold up a card with pictures, and they have to race each other to make a sentence first.
Sheet with twenty-four comparitives question prompts: which do you like better/best.
Crossword puzzle with clues from the Sunshine 3 textbook.
Three choice quiz to introduce and a feud quiz to practice passive voice
Country food quiz!
Questions and sentence prompts that can be used with passive voice.
Students compete to make the best sentence they can for an adjective. Grammar used includes ~er, ~est, more, most, and as ~ as.
Inspired by the old board game Guess Who, students try to guess who their partner is before their partner guesses who they are. Grammar point used: present progressive
Students play Bingo by walking around the room and asking their classmates questions. Grammar points used: ~er than, ~est, as ~ as
Students guess what their classmates said was the most ____ .
Recapping grammar taught in Lesson 7 (NC2)
Students challenge each other with their WORDS!
Students write many sentences to guess what various teacher's childhoods were like. This uses past tense ~ed (and irregular verbs, but not necessary).
Students interview their partner about their junior high school experience to find out which Hogwarts House they belong in. Intended for use with third year JHS but could be adapted.