Junior High School

T-Puzzle

A four Parts of Learning activity that can be used to review any grammar point for any grade.

Number Slaps

Students practice saying numbers 1 to 13 in a card game.

I Was Alibi Searching

Whole class mingles asking and answering questions to find two mystery criminals.

Time Q&A

Students ask each other questions relating to what time they do something (get up, eat breakfast, go to school, etc). Chopsticks are used to keep score.

Does/Doesn't Quiz

Students secretly choose one character and then interview their friends to find out their choice.

What Is This Used For?

A memory matching card game.

I Am Mr Tornado

A fast-paced game that gets students writing and saying sentences using the "be"-verb. They build houses, and pulling the Tornado card blows down (erases) all their houses!

World Weird Festivals

This activity can be a sort of quiz game for the students while practicing the "I think (that)... sentence pattern. Though it can be used with any other grammar lessons, like verb tenses.

Shiritori Circle Battle

Students practice spelling by playing the game "Shiritori" and trying to find a word that can complete a cycle.

Immigration

Students pretend they are going through immigration in the U.S.

TV Is Interesting

This is a writing activity that introduces simple adjective statements while reviewing "What is ~?"

English Conversation Board Game

A bright and colorful board game focused on getting students to converse in English.

Andy's Bedroom

Students listen to the teacher describe their bedroom and they must draw it. Afterwards, they write sentences about what they've drawn.

Fish for Adjectives

Students try to get their classmates to say specific adjectives by asking "What do you think about _____?"

We Call It Bowser

Students guess the names of different Mario characters in English.

Busy Schedule

A simple Information gap activity where students ask partners questions using the future tense to find out what certain characters are doing when.

Shop Till You Drop

Students practice shopping dialogue and use a shopping catalogue to make a shopping list. They then buy items.

Pronunciation Pyramid Mummys

This activity is to help the students with difficult minimal pairs. It is a good warm

Directions Race

Students race to find all the places on the map. This is a first year friendly take on World Rally.

Mario Wants Luigi To

A translation exercise, listening exercise, and charades game practicing infinitives.

Visiting A Doctor

Students learn various doctor vocabulary and expressions by completing a crossword and creating a dialogue with their partner.

Money Flip

Students practice the 'have to' grammar point while playing a board game and flipping fake money.

Do you _____? Board game.

Very exciting board game for 1st grade JHS.

Agree Writing Practice

Students practice writing why or why not they agree with certain controversial statements.

Question Word Review

This activity is a question/answer review that reviews the following question words: when, where, who, whose, what, how and which.

Shopping Yesterday

Students read a short passage and answer the Past Tense questions.

Guess How Many

Students go to different stations in the classroom and try and guess how many items are in a bag/container at each station.

At The Restaurant

Students play the role of waiter or customer in a restaurant.

Blind Man's Drawing

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

Is There Sumo In America?

Students play a true or false guessing game about America while using "there is/are."

Good Witness

Students test their memory by looking at a picture and in prepositional phrase form, writing what they saw.

If

This activity focuses on students ability to create a consequence when given a condition.

Fountain Of Youth

In teams, students try to piece a story together.

Horizontally Challenged

Students race their teams’ animals horizontally across the chalkboard by answering questions asked by you. However, the added excitement comes from the mysterious bonus and pitfall cards.

Hungry Hungry Hippo

Students play a fun card game while practicing "Would you like some ~?".

What Is Yoda Doing?

An information gap activity which can be played in pairs or a class where students find out what various characters are doing.

$1,000,000 Vacation

Students plan how they will spend $1,000,000 by writing future tense sentences.

Small Talk Board Game

A basic boardgame to practice making questions

I Will Give Her The World

Two activities for practicing 'I will give her something'

Face Game and Happy Devil Game

A few activities to practice the copula verb