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Vocabulary Review

The activity is primarily used to review vocabulary that students have already learned.

Before tests or at the end of a chapter in a textbook, it's a good idea to review recent vocabulary that the students have learned.

Which is BETTER, (A) or (B) ?

Which is better, ramen or Altopedia?

Merry Crimbo!

Christmas in the UK! Food ! Food ! Food !

4 hint quiz

A quiz giving easy hints to an animal that the students guess.

Are you a SUSHI expert?

Japan's most beloved, but do your students really know about sushi?

New Crown 3 - Grammar Review USE English

Get the students engaged and actively using English! Great for reviewing taught grammar!

NC Let's Talk 4 - HOW MUCH IS IT? UK Edition

Money Money Money ~ Must be funny ~ In a rich man's world!

3 hint quiz - LET'S WARM UP!

Enjoy testing the students critical thinking with these 3 hint questions!

Which do you like? TEACHER and ALT QUIZ

Do your students know you? FIND OUT!

Brazil

Introduction into Brazil

Vocabulary Spell-A-Thon

This game allows you to review vocabulary with the students by testing their listening and writing skills in pairs. Suitable for JHS and SHS, as well as low-level SHS students.

Time zones worksheet

This is a complementary worksheet for the ''Time zones '' PowerPoint that is posted on the website.

"Do you ~" Buzzfeed style quiz

Buzzfeed quiz style activity to find out what Disney movie you or your partner like.

"When can ~" Code Breaker

Use a numerical code to answer the questions.

"What do you like?" Relay

A quick activity that requires no preparation. Get the students into groups and have them ask each other what they like, then race to draw it on the board.

Keyword Game - Social Distancing

This is a variation of the eraser grabbing keyword game commonly played throughout Japanese schools! Its a simple variation with no prep!

Traffic Signs in the USA - Must/May

A short powerpoint with a quiz to introduce Must/Must not/May by comparing driving laws in Japan vs the US.

Pokemon Evolution Was Were

Use different pokemon evolutions to have the students practice "was" and "were."

Gimme Gimme

An activity that has students running around to give you the item you ask for while practicing "This is / That is" and "Here you are."

SasadangoMan

Alternative Hangman activity

Stereo Game/ Shotoku Taishi

Group of kids speak/yell their target vocabulary while the rest of the class listens to them. The rest of the class must individually pick out who said what.

Goodnight Gorilla

A story about a Gorilla freeing animals in the zoo.

WRITING ACTIVITY What's this/that?

Writing activity to reinforce the target language being learned by the students. This is best used as a final activity if you have listening, speaking and reading activity prior to this activity.

Safe Zone

Players try to escape to the safe areas before they are tagged.

Keyword Game

Make the teachers say a keyword or phrase to get some points.

Flash Card Telepathy Game

I usually use this to practice school subjects and week days

Take the Train Game

Board game to practice "Change trains at _____" "Get off at ______ station." "Take the _______ line."

Oh No! Bingo

A tactical bingo game where bingo is bad. Students practice speaking as well as listening.

First Phonics Lesson

This game gets them to associate letters with word sounds by having students generate English words in various categories that start with specific letters.

Cross Out Spelling Relay

Students take turns in teams to spell out a word the instructor calls out by crossing out a letter on their team

Oh No! Origami

Students answer questions or get folded.

Eraser Get

This is a quick and easy vocab review 'game' for 1st grade past tense verbs. Ideal for a quick review before doing a writing exercise.

Yamanote Line

Students pound on their desks and while practicing various English target vocabulary.

Martin Luther King Jr Crossword

Rockets

Students race to rebuild their rockets by correctly answering the AET's questions.

Listening Bingo

A fun and challenging listening-based bingo game.

Haetataki

'Haetataki' means 'fly-swatter' in Japanese. This is a competitive game that forces students to listen carefully while practicing both telling time and numbers in general.

Shiritori Race

This activity is just like the Japanese Shiritori game where students fill-in-the-blanks with English words they know until they reach the finish point.

Spot the Number

This is a number version of the game "Spot it" (also known as "Dobble")

Discovery Chance

Students (in 2-person teams) take their chances to discover their opponents’ hidden spots while they’re using the appropriate target language of the day.

Dondake Money

Students blindly bet money they can spell words correctly.