Aimed at junior high school students.
CANversation
Students create simple conversations, focusing on the helping verb 'can'.
Can you read Kanji?
Students ask other classmates if they can read unknown kanji characters.
Can I use your Battleship?
Can I use your battleship? Let students practice many "Can I use your..." sentences and have fun playing the classic Battleship game.
Can/Fail Sentence Race
This activity has students making can/can't sentences using funny pictures that really emphasize the ability meaning of the can verb.
Can/Does Mastermind
Students play a simplified mastermind using 'can' and 'does'.
Can Animals
Students practice an array of activities to help them learn the proper way of using the CAN helping verb.
Which is taller? Comparatives quiz
A quiz using comparatives. Warm up activity.
Can & Can't
CAN helping verb. Students are given a card with a name highlighted on it. They must make two sentences using can or can't and their partner must work out who they are to win the card.
Battle for Japan
A write and race game based on the Senkoku Jidai quiz game found on the Englipedia site.
Zoltar the Fortune Teller
This is a simple and mildly amusing way to introduce 'which' questions for a first grade class. It can be edited for a second grade classes studying 'Which do you like better'
Big Top Circus and Happy Clown Surprise
These are paired speaking games. Happy Clown is the bomb game and Big Top Circus is a Race and Speak game.
ALMOST MARIO KART Powerpoint Game
The students work together in teams to answer the teachers questions in fun class race.
Once Around Board Game
Practice third year grammar point 'we want you to do something' with an exciting board game.
Are You Anpanman?
Students practice the grammar "Are you... / Yes, I am / No, I'm not" whilst trying to find who their colleagues are.
Are You Bingo
This is an interview game, with a Bingo twist. This is super easy to edit to fit your style.
Am Signature Bingo
Students ask each other "Are you...?" questions and collect signatures.
The Best and Worst of Winter Vacation
Students practice the superlatives "best" and "worst" by giving their opinions on winter vacation.
I + plural verb/be verb
This is a listening and writing activity intended for a JHS first grade lesson focusing on the use of the subject "I" + plural verbs / be verb.
New Year's Resolutions
Students write goals for the new year and ask their friends about their goals.
"Can you ~ ?" Pokemon "Guess Who?" style game
Students choose a Pokemon and keep it a secret. Their partner must ask "Can you ~ ?" questions to find out which Pokemon their partner has.
"May I ~ ?" flowchart janken
Students practice polite requests as they try and reach the finish line by winning janken matches.
What do you want to do for winter vacation?
Students practice the Infinitive verb form by asking each other what they want to do in winter vacation.
"Shall I show you a..." New Horizon 2, pg 110
I pair activity where students can practice shopping language, such as "shall I show you a smaller one." etc.
The boy sleeping on his desk is...
Students try to identify the students of a class full of slackers by listening or reading to descriptions.
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.
Super Mario Christmas Blast
A fun Christmas Mario-themed quiz game, where teams battle each other in a test of knowledge! Built off the original Super Mario Typhoon by Alexander Grant.
Something to do for the holidays
Students practice the "something to ______" grammar pattern by giving each other advice.
Will you...? Janken Race
Students practice using the target grammar "Will you...?"
She is the girl who is... New Horizon 2, pg 85
Pair activity where students practice the grammar point "He/She/Yuki is the girl who is riding a bike." It can be used with New Horizon 2, but could also be a stand alone activity.
Tom will eat sushi.
A pair activity where students practice future (will) sentences
New Horizon 2, page 78 "Which bus goes to...?"
A pair activity that allows students to practice giving directions in a real world situation.
I'm looking for the... New Horizons 1, page 100
A pair activity that allows students to practice speaking to their partners in a real world situation.
Passive - Guess the food
Students practice the passive verb form by quizzing each other about food.
If points
Students practice "if" by coming up with conditions and rolling dice to earn or lose points.
I know a person who likes...
Students practice relative pronouns by guessing which classmate their partner is talking about.
Passive Guessing
Students practice the passive verb form by playing an information gap guessing game.
The Least Popular Things
Students practice "too" by talking about things they dislike.
I went there to ...
Students practice infinitive verbs by explaining why they went to different places.
Useful Japanese words
Students practice passive grammar by thinking of words that they want to teach to people learning Japanese.
What will you take on vacation?
Students practice the grammar pattern "want to" by choosing what they'll bring with them on a vacation.
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