Students speak in the activity.
Movie Star
Students pretend they are movie directors and choose their classmates for different roles. Then they interview each other to find out what they want to do in the movie.
Boring 4 Taro
This is an interview activity where the students ask each other questions in this style and write them down to create somewhat odd and random sentences.
Call Me Up
Students aim to communicate with each other without actually seeing each other, as they would on a telephone.
Touch Command
Students play Janken and touch the body part listed on the card.
Janken Points
Students read an English sentence and either win or lose the corresponding points over a game of janken.
Daytona
Students race to see how fast they can introduce themselves to each other.
How Long Bingo
Students play Bingo but instead of a teacher reading out numbers, the students ask each other, "How long have you...?" The answer is the number they must circle.
Dictation Race
Students race to dictate a passage to their partners.
My Name is _____ Song and Worksheet ES
Practice writing name and saying "Hello. My name is ~ . What’s your name?”
Luigi is taller than Dorami
Students ask each other about the characters on page 1. Then, they write sentences about the characters compared to each other.
My Dream School Week
Students practice school subject names by constructing their dream schedule.
Guess the Doraemon character
Students read descriptions of Doraemon characters (who have different names in English) and try to guess what their original Japanese names are.
Past Tense Sentences Snakes and Ladders
Play "snakes and ladders" while making sentences using past tense
Past Simple Mystery Game "Who Dunnit"
A "Who Dunnit" game where the class are detectives and interview five students to solve a mystery
Keyword Game
Make the teachers say a keyword or phrase to get some points.
Mario Phonics Review B and V
Powerpoint Game Warmups for reviewing contrasting phonic sounds B and V in a Mario Theme.
Passive Picture Guess
Students race to explain the pictures using the grammar point.
Can You Job Hunt?
A speaking based, find your partner activity practicing "Can you ~?"
Typhoon
Students answer various English questions in hopes to choose a square from a grid and receive points while trying to avoid the evil typhoon squares.
Who Is Your Classmate
Students fill out a worksheet about themselves, and then do an activity where they try to guess who their friends are based upon the hints they wrote on their worksheets.
Can you ~ ?_Telephone Skit
JHS Year 1 Telephone skit. Grammar point is "Can you ~ ?" *request form
Up And Down
Students play a Snake & Ladders type of game while practicing present continuous form and also the past tense singular/plural forms.
Sentaku Poetry
This lesson teaches the students the basics of how to write two types of poetry—acrostic and persona.
Finger Twister
Students practice the days of the week by playing Twister using their fingers.
Grabbing Guess
Students guess how many objects you have in your hand or a box.
Sengoku Jidai PPT
A version of Sengoku Jidai made in Powerpoint. Instead of answers starting with the same letter as the prefecture, it has questions relating to the prefecture itself.
'Be' Verb Fruit Basket
Students play the Japanese favorite Fruit Basket game using the verb 'to be'.
Secret Sentence
Students must use their powers of deduction to guess the hidden sentence on the board.
Flash colours pairs memory game
*A twist on the classic memory game where you try to find matching pairs (and forgetting them 5 seconds later...)*
Spongy Intros
The aim of this worksheet is to help 1st graders practice self-introductions and understand its format structure.
How To Get Around School
This lesson should be used as a review activity AFTER the students already know how to ask and express directions.
Is There Any Milk?
This is an activity to practice using countable and non-countable nouns.
Actionnaire
Students practice saying prepositional sentences and watch them come true right in front of their eyes.
Janken, Change, Retire
Students work in pairs to answer two questions in order for their pair to retire from the game.
Imperative Blindfold Drawing
Shout out the imperative your blindfolded teammate is trying to draw before anyone else to gain a point for your team.
Omikuji Fortune Telling
Students draw fortunes (omikuji) from different categories to determine their futures!
Memory (Card Game)
Like the classic game memory, but with pictures and words. Pattern practice for -er comparatives.
100 Yen Shop
Students guess which items are 100 yen or antiques.
Paper Janken
Students practice asking and answering "Which is your favorite, A or B?" (or which do you like?) and play a modified version of janken.
Magical Cards
This is a mathematical card trick that is good for introducing numbers and mystifying your students.
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