Aimed at junior high school students.
Shiritori Race
This activity is just like the Japanese Shiritori game where students fill-in-the-blanks with English words they know until they reach the finish point.
When Mario Called Me
Students make groups and take turns saying "when" sentences to make other students mark stars off of their worksheets. The last student with stars left on their sheet is the winner.
Let's Have Fun
Students find their match using 'Let's' and 'use' dialogues.
Briiing Briiing Briiingo
Students learn simple telephone conversation English and practice it via bingo.
Who Which
Groups race to turn Japanese Relative Clause sentences into English ones.
Whose Is It?
A fun board game where students practice all the possessives in groups or pairs.
Super Mario EIGO
An updated version of Super Mario Typhoon by Alexander Grant. This version is a review of prepositions, comparatives, verb tenses, articles, and pronunciation. You can edit to add your own material.
Preposition Partners
Basic info gap activity for basic prepositions of location.
Do You Know How To Play Bingo
Students will play bingo by interviewing their classmates, using "Do you know how to...?" and then will create sentences based on the signatures they received.
Call a Celebrity
Students choose a celebrity then try to guess who their partner chose by asking them their phone numbers.
What Do You Like To Do
In pairs, students ask "What do you like doing?" and answer with the information on their card.
Reading Discovery
Students search the classroom for questions and tell the answers to the teacher.
Christmas Dash
A Christmas Themed Race activity useful for reviewing various lessons
Pronoun Karuta (her/him/them)
Students test their listening skills and their ability to differentiate between he/she/they and him/her/them by playing karuta.
Christmas Quiz and Krampus Attacks
Quizzes and either write and race or speak and race activities.
Find Someone Who...
Students make their classmates find other students who match their criteria.
Halloween Karuta
some cute Halloween-themed cards to use in class along with a complimentary vocabulary list of the cards.
English Tongue Twisters!
This is a worksheet I made for my JHS 2nd years to have fun with English tongue twisters while still focusing on important sounds.
What would you like POINTS Mingler
A mingler to practice polite requests and a write and race activity
Which vs. That Relative Clauses Quiz
A powerpoint quiz to which clause to use
"Does he/she" Guess-the-character Game
Students compete to guess as many characters as they can by asking "Does (pronoun) (verb + object)?" questions. This uses the characters in the Sunshine textbooks.
A bunch of Questions for Quizzes
Questions lists focused on various grammar points
Save the Ducks and Survivor Game
For practicing 'I know him' and 'I don't know them'
S/he (verb)s karuta
Practice verbs with an "s" at the end by playing karuta.
Gang War Battle Game
A powerpoint game useful for review.
Clock and Time Cards
Students try to find their pair by asking, "What time is it?" and answering, "It's ~~."
Spot the Number
This is a number version of the game "Spot it" (also known as "Dobble")
What's Popular?
Students interview their friends on what they enjoyed doing last night, write down their answers, and decide what activity is the most popular in their class.
Calendar King
Students use a calendar to work out the dates of Japanese holidays.
Draw the Object
Students practice drawing pictures based upon the preposition given.
World Travelers
Students interview each other at a school reunion to find out where they've been since graduation.
How Many Guesses
Students practice speaking with a set dialogue and try to guess their classmates' magic numbers.
Hands Up
Students play Karuta while practicing pronouns.
Find Someone Who
Students ask each other questions about whether they've been to various locations.
Birthday Race
Students listen for birthdays and find who was born on that date.
What's That Doodle
Get the students to practice asking 'What is that?' by drawing some wild art.
We Call It "Sta-ba"
Students learn the nicknames of places and things and review what they know about Japan.
English Only Challenge
The ALT/JTE put on their acting hats and become the role of various occupations/situations found in English-speaking countries.
ALT's Room
Students practice using prepositions by asking the whereabouts of objects.
Dondake Money
Students blindly bet money they can spell words correctly.
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