Creativity

You Make the Rules! (have to/must)

Students pretend they're the leader of the school and can change any school rules they want!

My bucket list

talk about what you have done and what you want to do. 3rd grade activity. TEXTBOOK: Columbus 21 year 3

Pokemon Evolution Was Were

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

Movie Star

Students pretend they are movie directors and choose their classmates for different roles. Then they interview each other to find out what they want to do in the movie.

Sentaku Poetry

This lesson teaches the students the basics of how to write two types of poetry—acrostic and persona.

Best Sentence

A judge will decide after hearing each slip of concluding sentences which one is the funniest or most interesting.

Make a Monster

Students use present tense plural verbs to form sentences to describe an original monster.

Drawing Comparatives "-ER~THAN"

Students draw three sets of two comparatives according to the descriptions under each. Adjustable for superlatives.

My Country Tis Of Thee

Students make their own country while practicing possessives.

Answer Me Bingo

This is a group Jeopardy game mixed with a flavor of Bingo.

Superhero Powers

Students write a description of a superhero and then try to draw their friend’s superhero.

I Have No Idea

Students try to guess their partner’s drawing then write their answer on their worksheet.

What's That Doodle

Get the students to practice asking 'What is that?' by drawing some wild art.

Double D

Double D stands for 'Devastating Demonstratives'. Students draw pictures based upon a secret demonstrative pronoun sentence and post them around the class.

Inventions

A fun and creative project for OC Elective classes.

Jerseys

Students design their own soccer shirt using different colors. Then, they ask their friends what colors.

Blind Man's Drawing

This is a fun game that consolidates 'feelings' vocabulary and provides the opportunity to practice Object Complements in that context.

Alphabet Shopping

This is a shopping game using uppercase letters, the aim of which is to have children familiarise themselves with the letters in a non-patterned way.

Crazy Story

Students fill in a form then insert the info into a template to create a crazy story, then have a go at writing their own.

My English Diary

This diary gives students an opportunity to write in English freely.

Land Of The Blind

Students work in pair teams; one blindfolded while the other issues commands　to move around the room and avoid getting caught by the Oni (Devil) team.

Story Cards

Pairs of students listen to teacher read a bad and crazy fairytale. If they match, they win!

Beginner's Poetry

This poetry writing exercise allows students the chance to express themselves via the beautiful language of poetry.

Shapely Animals

Students draw animals using the shapes they are taught. This is a very easy and basic activity which teaches students to recognize shapes in animals.

Christmas Blast Power Point Game

This is a template that I made that can be filled in to make a review game for almost anything. Since the questions are able to be customized, this power point can work at any level.

How Many Cats

Students are race to drawn the nouns given by teachers.

Odd One Out

Students practice explaining reasons by quizzing each other with lists of four items - which one of them is the odd one out?

Class Paparazzi

A very basic interviewing game in which students chase each other and ask basic "Are you~?" questions with "I am" answers while sporting tiny printed cameras.

Collaborative review of New Crown 1

This is a review of the first 40 pages of NC1. A collaborative lesson where all members of each group have a role. Students need to work together to complete the task.

I have played nintendo for 28 years

Students practice writing sentences using the present perfect. Then they write 3 true statements and 1 false statement about their lives. Other students must guess which is the false statement.

Get it

Students listen for their card to be called and rush to collect toys.

Drawing Dash

You show 'drawers' a secret flashcard. They draw it, and their team guesses. How many can they guess in one minute?