Students speak in the activity.
This/That Relay
Students race to make sentences using visual clues.
Can You Find A Pair
Students ask each other "Can you..." questions until they find their pair.
5 W's & H
Students practice asking and answering questions using the 5Ws and H question words.
Relative Pronoun Matching
A find your partner game where students use slips of paper to complete a relative sentence.
Memory Challenge
This activity has two parts: 1.) Students aim to remember a series of sentences, 2.) Students use the grammar and a constructed picture to describe a holiday scene to their class.
Horoscope Review
Students review first year grammar points by playing Janken and finding their horoscopes.
Stereo Noise
The class listens to a group of students announce in unison what they want to be. The class must listen carefully to and try to decode each student's occupation.
Matsuko Deluxe Birthday
Students compete in rows to score points for being the first team to relay celebrity birthdays back to the ALT.
Infinitive Poker
This activity is a high stakes card game that gets kids using infinitives.
Washing His Face
Students practice using present progressive sentences and reviewing
Seasonal Food (Shun) Game
Students guess the seasonal foods of Japan using passive voice.
Janken Swap
A card game where students janken and win cards from their opponents.
Memory
Match the cards with the 'Why' question to the 'Because' answer, followed by a short interview game.
Popularity Contest
Students choose between various popular characters to slowly whittle down which is the most popular.
World Tour Game
Students practice the phrases "Where do you want to go?" and "I want to go to ~" in an exciting dice rolling game.
What's Wrong? Board Game
Students play a board game to practice telling each other about their ailments and giving each other advice.
Ping Pong Pang
Students play an adapted version of the popular drinking game (a point that should NOT be made in class).
Superhero Powers
Students write a description of a superhero and then try to draw their friend’s superhero.
Shadow Guess
A silhouette quiz with the entire class followed by a similar quiz done in pairs.
Imagination Quiz
Students make pairs and take turns asking each other questions to find out what the other student is thinking about.
What Is The Best Interview
Students fill in their own answers and then ask their classmates questions such as, "What's the best movie you have ever seen?"
Your Monkey?
In this game, students secretly draw pictures on cards and try to guess the artist of each card. Students learn to understand, ask, and respond to simple questions of ownership/possession.
I'm Full
Students trade cards with each other in order to get a full meal and declare, "I'm full!"
Bedroom Drawing
Students listen to their partner’s instructions and attempt to draw a replica of a bedroom.
Kathy's Game
A fast-paced game where teams race to be the first to do the instructions correctly.
Fun With Prepositions
Using teamwork, students search for pictures around the room and describe it to their team members.
Hot Seat
A student sits at the front of the classroom and answers questions. Other students try to guess their answers.
Strange Patient
This a simple guessing game that has students playing the role of a patient who kind of has an idea of what sickness they have, and the doctor is trying to guess whether or not they are lying.
Phone Janken Out
Student engage in a fun conversational activity that practices an easy phone conversation.
Sequence
Just like the Sequence board game, teams battle to line up four cards in a row to win.
Ouch
Students learn how to describe their symptoms by playing Janken games.
Eat See Visit
Students learn a little about other countries, their food and famous places through playing a modified version of shinkeisuijaku (pairs).
Infinitive Cards
Students talk to each other, trying to match the sentence fragments on their cards.
"How Many Apples?" Janken
Students will try to "collect" apples by playing janken and asking "How many apples?"
Pick a Side
Students move to the left or right side of the classroom depending on what they can or cannot do.
I Have No Idea
Students try to guess their partner’s drawing then write their answer on their worksheet.
Guess Me
Students ask five questions and guess the secret identity of their group members.
"May I" Card Game
This is a simple card game that uses the polite request form and its answers. It is an extremely simple game for the students to pick up and start playing quickly.
Crazy Bus Race
Based on New Horizon's Speaking Plus 2 (grade1), students create their own dialogue using the Crazy Bus map and worksheet.
Do You Like Bingo
An ice-breaking bingo game for 1st year JHS students that practices the 'do' helping verb.
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