Requires students to have a pencil or a similar writing instrument.
Plural Monster Drawing
Students draw monsters while practicing body parts.
How To Make Origami
An interview activity where students find out what their friends know how to do.
Phonics Fun
Students listen to the ALT pronounce words from the worksheet and choose the corresponding words in an 'amida' or 'ghost leg' activity.
Bingo Interview: Who/He/She
Students interview each other using "Who is he/she?" questions.
Mastermind
This game can be adapted for any grammar point. It encourages students to create, and say aloud a particular grammar point repeatedly.
Bye Bye Spelling
Students memorize words written on the chalkboard and write them as you randomly erase them.
Which Do You Like
Students try to get a bingo while practicing, "Which do you like, ____ or ____?"
Snoopy's Busy Month
Students read sentences and change the verb in parentheses to the past tense form.
ALT and JTE Interview
Students think of 'Do you like' questions to ask the teachers and fill in the worksheet.
Canada Quizzes
Three choice quizzes I use when first start at schools. Might be useful for other ALTs from Canada.
English Class Rules
This is a relatively quick game to practice the must/mustn't grammar form while also reviewing verbs and basic rules of behavior in English class.
Alphabet Mistakes
Guess what letters are not correct and fix them.
Thief
Students compose a series of questions to try and guess who the thief of the chocolate cake the ALT made was.
Imperative Bingo
This is just a simple bingo game that practices Imperative phrases.
Bananaman
Students go round asking their friends "Do you like bananas?" in order to find 8 hidden bananamen.
He Looks Terrible
The students look at pictures and listen to sounds, and then write sentences to describe what they saw/heard.
What Do You Think Of English
Students translate the adjectives into Japanese then ask each other their opinions.
Relative Matching
Students make sentences using 'that/which' Relative Pronouns.
Have You Ever Bet
Students practice "Have you ever ....?" questions while having fun betting about classmates' experiences.
Daily Routine
Students race to read and write sentences and complete the passage.
How Many Monsters
Students practice asking "How many?" and review body parts by drawing monsters.
How Much Shopping
Students ask "How much is~?" to find out the prices of the items in this info gap activity.
Do As I Say
Students work in groups to respond to commands from the teacher and formulate appropriate responses.
Scattergories
The objective of Scattergories is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit.
Bingo Bongo
Students ask the ALT questions to try and get a Bingo or Bongo.
Letters To Hakuho
This activity gives the students an opportunity to make funny or interesting sentences using the 'it...for...to...' pattern.
Alphabet Madness
An activity to motivate students to write the alphabet faster.
Monster Drawing
Students use their knowledge of English colors, numbers, body parts, and shapes (optional) to draw a monster based upon the ALT's description.
Word Finder
A simple yet addictive and competitive word finder game.
Run and Read
Pair activity that involves students finding information that is scattered around the classroom and passing it on to their partner.
Guess Who - I Have Already Eaten Lunch
An activity based on the popular Guess Who game.
Hawaiian Plane Crash
The students are given a plane crash scenario and they must choose objects from the crash to carry with them to survive.
Ghost Leg
Students practice the alphabet by playing a bingo game based on "amida kuji," which means "ghost leg."
Show me your Passport... or else!
Students will play the roles of the customs officer and tourist in a guessing activity.
Find The Wrong - Is/Are
This is a game in which the students race to be the first to find all the grammar mistakes.
Who kidnapped Miki Ando?
Students translate Perfect Present sentences from Japanese to English in order to solve the mystery of who kidnapped Miki Ando.
Can You Kanji
Students ask other classmates if they can read unknown kanji characters.
Where Am I?
Students practice giving and receiving directions while playing Othello.
Don't Guess The Number
A number guessing game where students try NOT to get the correct number. Reviews 0-100. (or any other range)
Shopping For Mom
Students go shopping using Mom's list while role playing and practicing the target grammar.
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