Students speak in the activity.
Dolphin Tale
A questionnaire about the film Dolphin Tale (New Crow 3 and New Horizon 2)
How Many Cats
Students are race to drawn the nouns given by teachers.
Do you know him/her? Peanuts
Students learn about the characters in Peanuts and practice pronouns.
Could you tell me how to get to Shinjuku?
Giving direction at a train station. To be used with New Horizon 3, pg 68 (or a similar dialogue)
Would you like to... New Horizon 3, pg 44
An activity that goes with "Would you like to..." in New Horizon, page 44.
Plural nouns. e.g. I have four pens.
An activity that practices "How many notebooks do you have?" "I have three notebooks."
Karuta
A game in which the teacher says a word or phrase and students race to slap the correct card.
Karuta: Alternative
Different ways of playing karuta games
Karuta: Can Convo
Liar Liar
Students draw cards of target vocabulary and make a sentence. Other students guess if they are lying or not.
Job Fair Janken
Students carry around cards with various jobs on them and try to create a full set using Janken and, of course, English.
Hullabaloo
Students touch target vocabulary cards that match categories the ALT calls out. The group standing on the exact card the ALT calls out is the winner of that round!
Is there a _______ in your house?
Students practice "There is" questions by asking each other what they have in their houses.
Hot Potato
Students pass an object around while listening to music. When the music stops, the student holding the object says a target vocabulary.
He is a... / She is a... matching game.
A quick and fun matching game designed to practice "He is a..." "She is a..."
He is teacher. She is is a doctor.
Practice He is a ... She is a... based on New Horizons 1, page 34.
Hello, this is Yun-ho. Talking on the phone.
Used with New Horizon 1 page 72. Practices phone conversations.
This is That is card game
"This is a - That is a" review using a fun card game.
Which do you like, apples or oranges?
A fairly simple activity where students ask the question: "Which do you like,.....? to their partner
to - Infinitives
to - Infinitives I want to go to the library to read books. A task based activity allowing students to practice to - infinitives. Based on the New Horizons 2 book, page 64, Daily scene 4.
Do you like cake?
Students can practice "Do you like" sentences with their partners.
Have you ever eaten sushi?
An activity that gives students a chance to practice "Have you ever" sentences.
What time do you get up?
A matching game where students walk around the classroom and find the person with the matching card.
Who was eating the cookies?
A whodunnit game using past progressive. Students ask questions to find out who ate the cookies.
Class Paparazzi
A very basic interviewing game in which students chase each other and ask basic "Are you~?" questions with "I am" answers while sporting tiny printed cameras.
My week
Students practice the days of the week by writing out their weekly schedules.
Collaborative review of New Crown 1
This is a review of the first 40 pages of NC1. A collaborative lesson where all members of each group have a role. Students need to work together to complete the task.
I have played nintendo for 28 years
Students practice writing sentences using the present perfect. Then they write 3 true statements and 1 false statement about their lives. Other students must guess which is the false statement.
Inside Outside Circles
Students practice answering and asking questions while moving around in circles to music.
Land of the Blind
Students work in pairs; one blindfolded while the other one issues directions. They must move around the room to avoid being caught by the Oni team.
Code Breakers
ALT reads a series of numbers and students must convert them to letters to figure out the secret word.
Are you Anpannman?
This is a simple game in which the students become a member of the Sazae-san family. The goal of the game is find the other characters and make Sazae-san's family.
Are you From DokoDoko?
Students ask each other "Are you...?" questions and collect signatures.
In my house... (Passive)
Students write passive sentences to explain which people in their family do what things in their household.
Honeycomb Bees
Students compete against each other to name the flashcards and try to link their bees together.
Hi, Friends 2! Review Board Game
A bright and colorful boardgame that reviews the entirety of the Hi, Friends 2 textbook.
Flashcard Police
An engaging strategy for practicing tedious memorization. As an alternative to the “read-and-repeat”, it works best with younger students but can be altered for older students.
Flashcard Baseball
Review flashcards while playing baseball with your students.
Fiddle Sticks
Students draw a stick from a cup and say the English word. The student with the most sticks at the end of the game/ end of the time limit is the winner.
Drawing Dash
You show 'drawers' a secret flashcard. They draw it, and their team guesses. How many can they guess in one minute?
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