Requires the teacher to print out the activity on paper.
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.
Famous Infinitives
Students choose a famous star and, in pairs, ask each other questions to determine which star they have chosen.
UNO and GO FISH CARDS And Extras
A speaking activity based on the Uno Card Game. The same deck can also be used to play Go Fish
Bingo Bongo
Students ask the ALT questions to try and get a Bingo or Bongo.
Does He Like Sushi?
Students interview three friends and try to guess which character they have chosen using "Does she/he...?" questions and a process of elimination.
Letters To Hakuho
This activity gives the students an opportunity to make funny or interesting sentences using the 'it...for...to...' pattern.
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."
Who is Sazae's brother?
Students race to find the correct Sazae-san family member based on questions asked by the ALT.
Show me your Passport... or else!
Students will play the roles of the customs officer and tourist in a guessing activity.
GO FISH
Great flexible card game
Uso
Uso means lie. Students choose objects they don't like and try to make their partner believe they do like it.
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.
The Man Wearing A Striped Shirt
Students must find Waldo/Wally and other people in the picture before other groups!
Katakana Karuta
Students learn to hear the difference between katakana pronunciation and REAL English by playing this fast paced card game.
Daimeishi Relay
Groups race to place their pronoun cards in the correct place on their invisible grid located on the chalkboard.
Shopping For Mom
Students go shopping using Mom's list while role playing and practicing the target grammar.
Crazy Months
This is a cool Crazy 8's game that practices the months of the year.
Dice Of Fortune
Students guess letters of the sentence on the board, similar to Wheel of Fortune.
Give us a Card, Please
Students exchange cards with their classmates, practicing 2 sentence patterns: "Give me a card," and "Give us a card."
Sazae-san's Family
This is a simple game in which the students become a member of the Sazae-san family.
Pyramid Game
Students have to think of English words, phrases and sentences in order to help other students understand the mystery word.
Squares
In this strategy game, students draw lines to try and complete a square.
Tools Of The Trade
This simple activity is to introduce the simple Passive Voice phrase "...is used by...", and to expose the class to various tools people use in their occupations.
Do You Have To Study?
Students try to get as many cards as possible by asking others what they have to do.
Comparative Shopping
Students are divided into shopkeepers and customers and role play. Customers use comparative adjectives to request a different item.
ROBOTS ATTACK THE TOWN
If it looks like ROBOTS ATTACK THE WORLD. That's because it pretty much is.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUIZ (gerunds)
A group quiz game to practice infinitive statements and gerunds
MINGLER QUESTIONS
A simple activity useful for communicating and reviewing target language.
Jake's Snakes and Ladders
This a simple Snakes and Ladders game I made for one of my special needs classes.
ZOMBIE ATTACK powerpoint Game
This is a colorful powerpoint game along with a sign game and some follow up writing I often use with it.
My JHS highlights
Students reflect back on their years in junior high school and share their memories with their classmates.
Where should Naomi Osaka choose?
Students discuss whether Naomi Osaka should choose to become a Japanese or American citizen.
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