Listening

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.

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.

Inventions

A fun and creative project for OC Elective classes.

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.

Andy's Bedroom

Students listen to the teacher describe their bedroom and they must draw it. Afterwards, they write sentences about what they've drawn.

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.

Pronunciation Pyramid Mummys

This activity is to help the students with difficult minimal pairs. It is a good warm

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.

Visiting A Doctor

Students learn various doctor vocabulary and expressions by completing a crossword and creating a dialogue with their partner.

Money Flip

Students practice the 'have to' grammar point while playing a board game and flipping fake money.

What Do You Want Trump

Students try to make pairs with a standard deck of cards by answering the question "What do you want?"

Do you _____? Board game.

Very exciting board game for 1st grade JHS.

Juicy Sabotage

Get the kids to create their own juice combinations in a race to serve it first.

Question Word Review

This activity is a question/answer review that reviews the following question words: when, where, who, whose, what, how and which.

Fountain Of Youth

In teams, students try to piece a story together.

What Do You Like - Guess Who

Students practice asking and answering "What ___ do you like?" while testing how well they know their classmates in this "guess who" acitivity.

Horizontally Challenged

Students race their teams’ animals horizontally across the chalkboard by answering questions asked by you. However, the added excitement comes from the mysterious bonus and pitfall cards.

Hungry Hungry Hippo

Students play a fun card game while practicing "Would you like some ~?".

Neighborhood Race

Blindfolded kids are guided by their teammates through a map to find a place. This game uses the directions: right, left, up, down, back and stop.

What Is Yoda Doing?

An information gap activity which can be played in pairs or a class where students find out what various characters are doing.

$1,000,000 Vacation

Students plan how they will spend $1,000,000 by writing future tense sentences.

Search The Textbook

This is a review game for New Horizon 2's textbook. Students are given questions and they must find the answers in their textbooks

Simon Says

A game in which students perform actions according to the teacher's commands, but only if the command is followed by the phrase, "Simon says."

Will You Phone Convo

Students write sentences and plug them into the phone conversation dialog.

Go Fish

Students walk around playing Janken and asking for target vocabulary cards.

Sentence Making Relay

Students try to make passive sentences from sheets over paper located on the walls of the classroom.

Spontaneous Interviews

Students aim to complete the interview task using the grammar point.

Characters Calling

This activity is to help students get familiar with speaking on the phone and inviting their friends out.

Janken Gestures

Students play rock-paper-scissors and practice the Classroom English vocabulary. This activity works best with Total English but fits with most textbooks.