Requires the teacher to print out the activity on paper.
Cross it Out
A quick activity useful for practicing simple questions and answers. I usually use it for 'What's this?'
Drawing Challenge
A short activity for practicing simple be verb sentences
Fun Fruits
A group based point getting game. It works well as a write and race type activitiy.
Paper Airplane Introductions
Students read a self-introduction from one of their classmates, then the class guesses which student it's from.
BB Fun
BB stands for Birthday Bingo. Students learn the basics for months and days in English.
Town Directions
A map of a town with a worksheet.
Train Travel Directions Activities
Quizzes, maps and worksheets to be used for giving train directions.
Ways To SF
This is a simple listening exercise for students to learn how to ask for directions and draw on the map while famous places in San Francisco are being introduced to them.
Kyoto Invasion
A power point game that can be adapted to many lesson points
Nice To Meet You
Students practice expressions used during self-introductions.
Asteroids
A dice rolling game to practice sentences with 'must' in them.
Number Train
This listening activity is for helping students catch the difference between "teen" and "ty" at the end of numbers.
Making Monsters
This is a drawing activity for Halloween that can be used to teach body parts and plurals.
Cleaning The Haunted House
Two fun passive voice riddles that can be used after students learn to use the passive voice.
Buying and Selling
Game involving every student, reviews numbers 10-100.
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.
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.
Calendar Otaku
Students are asked about the dates of various Japanese holidays and receive points for answering correctly.
Relative Matching
Students make sentences using 'that/which' Relative Pronouns.
Phone Numbers
A listening and speaking telephone number activity.
Fruity Collection
Students walk around and exchange their picture cards with other students, with the goal of collecting many fruits that they like and giving away fruits that they don't like.
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.
Alphabet Order War
Students stategically play alphabet cards in hopes to gain the most cards.
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.
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