Junior High School

Sazae-san's Family

This is a simple game in which the students become a member of the Sazae-san family.

Pyramid Game

Students have to think of English words, phrases and sentences in order to help other students understand the mystery word.

Squares

In this strategy game, students draw lines to try and complete a square.

Tools Of The Trade

This simple activity is to introduce the simple Passive Voice phrase "...is used by...", and to expose the class to various tools people use in their occupations.

Do You Have To Study?

Students try to get as many cards as possible by asking others what they have to do.

That's My Bag

The ALT and JTE "steal" items from the students' desks and the students must claim them using demonstrative pronouns.

Comparative Shopping

Students are divided into shopkeepers and customers and role play. Customers use comparative adjectives to request a different item.

ROBOTS ATTACK THE TOWN

If it looks like ROBOTS ATTACK THE WORLD. That's because it pretty much is.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUIZ (gerunds)

A group quiz game to practice infinitive statements and gerunds

MINGLER QUESTIONS

A simple activity useful for communicating and reviewing target language.

ZOMBIE ATTACK powerpoint Game

This is a colorful powerpoint game along with a sign game and some follow up writing I often use with it.

My JHS highlights

Students reflect back on their years in junior high school and share their memories with their classmates.

Where should Naomi Osaka choose?

Students discuss whether Naomi Osaka should choose to become a Japanese or American citizen.

Thirty-six

Students review recent vocabulary by quizzing each other.

What are they doing?

Students practice Present Progressive grammar by drawing two people and asking their classmates what they're doing.

CHARACTER RACE

The horse race activity played on the board. I often do it as a review before tests.

CASTLE BATTLES

Another territorial battle game. Like Robots attacking the world it is meant for longer or more advanced questions.

ASK the TEACHERS

Simple 'YES' or 'NO' interview activity. Its mean for practicing 'Did you' questions and negative past tense writing.

Present continuous - I'm playing tennis.

An activity worksheet that practices presesent continuous, for example, "I'm eating ramen."

ODD ONE OUT

A discussion activity useful for 3rd year classes.

ROBOTS ATTACK THE WORLD

A battle power point game similiar to the Battle for Japan activity or Invasion USA. The groups work at their own speed though.

Speed Circling

A karuta styled activity to be played in pairs.

I watched TV past simple

A "Who Dunnit" game that has students asking other students what they were doing recently.

There is... There are

An activity (set in Tokyo, Japan) for practicing "There is" and "there are"

Comparative student search

Students practice comparative grammar by stacking themselves up against their classmates.

Comparatives "Totoro is bigger than Mei"

Pair activity to practice comparatives.

Our Town is Loved by Us

Basic 'write and race' activity about the student's town.

Super Mario Review Quiz

A modified version of the Mario Typhoon Game from the Englipedia with a lot of questions (most) provided by an ALT from Nagaoka named Morgan.

Superlative Challenge

A short silly group activity to practice or introduce superlative writing. It can be adjusted easily for adverbs.

SOCCER GAME

A 'janken based' pair game useful for practicing many patterns. It is most useful for 'Yes' and 'No' question patterns.

Almost Pokemon Battle Game

This is a write and race activity the students play in groups.

Do you have ESP?

Students test their classmates' powers of perception by drawing hidden shapes.

Superlative survey

Students practice superlatives (-est only) by asking each other about people they know.

Phonics and Alphabet Worksheets and Presentations

This is a collection of phonics and alphabet worksheets and a few presentations I've used over the last few years.

Totally Awesome Quiz Game

This is a general use quiz game for various group quizes. It is a variation on the typhoon game.

Tsum Tsum Character Writing Game

The main game has the students write about various characters, people or animals

Teacher Can You~?

Basic Interview the ALT and JTE to get Yes or No answers to Can you~~ questions.

Battle Cards and Introduction Quiz

This is an amazing card game created by a Nagaoka ALT named Scott. It is based on the eigomon card game from Englipedia.

INVASION USA

Variation on Battle for Japan.

Psionic Powers Warm Up and Unscramble Sentences

A short and somewhat silly warm up for indirect questions and then a sentences to unscramble worksheet.