Students speak in the activity.
What is this? What is that? Guess the Sound
Play random sounds and have students in groups guess what they are.
"I think" game and writing
Students practice expressing their honest opinions with "I think" while playing a game and then writing about what they said during the game.
"Did you" Bingo
Here are 32 different versions of a bingo sheet to use for reviewing, "Did you ---? Yes, I did. No, I didn't."
What Time Is It, Mr Wolf?
This game is exactly like the 'Red light, green light' game. Students practice asking the time and listening to the ALT count while trying to make it across the room.
Next Number?
After saying their own number, students decide on, and call out the next number.
Dont Go Attack
Students play the game Attack 25 or Attack 16 and practice using the words 'Don't' and 'Go'.
Fast Food Mc Norm
This is a fast food role play based on Total English 1's Talk Time 2 exercise.
Five-by-Five
Teams receive points based upon their ability to answer questions on a 5-by-5 grid.
Criss Cross
Students race to answer questions in hopes of sitting down before their friends.
May I Give You A Bomb?
A quick activity to teach the "May I" grammar point and wake up the students.
Will You Get A Card?
Students ask fun / silly requests to try to get the most cards.
Dr Doctor
Students play a doctor/patient game, naming the body part where they are hurt, and bandaging it with toilet paper. Works well with teaching about body parts and feelings.
What's In My Pockets?
This game isn't rocket science. Students try to guess the objects in your pockets.
What Do You Know?
Students will use decks of cards and dice to form crazy sentences about what they do and don't know how to do.
Have To Crazy
Inspiration from the MAD magazine board game, Janken winners have to do various things according to what the losers tell them. Students have to do the crazy thing to get the signature.
Preppy Shapes
A fun point-based competition between groups aimed at reviewing the students' knowledge of shapes and prepositions.
Cut Out Caterpillar
This is a task based activity which practices the days of the week. It involves the students making a picture of a caterpillar by colouring, cutting and gluing the pieces.
J-Style Fast Food
Students practice eating at a Japanese-style fast food restaurant.
I Doubt It
Similar to the game Bull$hit, students use a deck of cards to ask each other how many of a certain card they have.
What Janken
Students rotate partners, play janken, interview each other and embrace their artistic skills.
T-Puzzle
A four Parts of Learning activity that can be used to review any grammar point for any grade.
Number Slaps
Students practice saying numbers 1 to 13 in a card game.
I Was Alibi Searching
Whole class mingles asking and answering questions to find two mystery criminals.
Time Q&A
Students ask each other questions relating to what time they do something (get up, eat breakfast, go to school, etc). Chopsticks are used to keep score.
Does/Doesn't Quiz
Students secretly choose one character and then interview their friends to find out their choice.
What Is This Used For?
A memory matching card game.
Inventions
A fun and creative project for OC Elective classes.
I Am Mr Tornado
A fast-paced game that gets students writing and saying sentences using the "be"-verb. They build houses, and pulling the Tornado card blows down (erases) all their houses!
World Weird Festivals
This activity can be a sort of quiz game for the students while practicing the "I think (that)... sentence pattern. Though it can be used with any other grammar lessons, like verb tenses.
Immigration
Students pretend they are going through immigration in the U.S.
TV Is Interesting
This is a writing activity that introduces simple adjective statements while reviewing "What is ~?"
English Conversation Board Game
A bright and colorful board game focused on getting students to converse in English.
Number Bingo (Hi, friends 1)
Students review numbers 1-20 by writing them on the Bingo worksheet and listening to the teacher call them out.
Fish for Adjectives
Students try to get their classmates to say specific adjectives by asking "What do you think about _____?"
We Call It Bowser
Students guess the names of different Mario characters in English.
Jerseys
Students design their own soccer shirt using different colors. Then, they ask their friends what colors.
Busy Schedule
A simple Information gap activity where students ask partners questions using the future tense to find out what certain characters are doing when.
Shop Till You Drop
Students practice shopping dialogue and use a shopping catalogue to make a shopping list. They then buy items.
Directions Race
Students race to find all the places on the map. This is a first year friendly take on World Rally.
Mario Wants Luigi To
A translation exercise, listening exercise, and charades game practicing infinitives.
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