Cyrille

See the sticky.

Titled, perhaps somewhat obtusely, 'GAMES'

My_Kow_Lope

Alternatively, dress up in a clown's outfit or white monkey suit....and play the game...WHAT AM I?

Seems to be a firm favorite with so called teachers and students alike in Asia.

Cyrille

^ Haven't seen that superb avatar for a while, MKL.

Are you still in the UK?

nepurangi

Rugby

Laowai

Teacher will prepare 5 sheets of paper for 5 teams simply by writing Team A on the top of each of 5 sheets of paper, Team B, Team C, etc.

Divide the class into 5 teams of 5 to 6 students, i.e. teams A through E. Try to spread the teams out around the classroom if possible. Only the team member that writes needs to sit, the others can stand around him/her. Give each team their first sheet of paper (minimize the risk of confusion).

When the game is being played, 4 or 5 students will speak words and 1 student will write them down. Explain to the students that each person in their team must have a turn at writing the words.

The teacher will say one of the below-listed categories and students have 2 minutes to think of and write down as many words as possible for that category. Spelling is not important as long as the teacher can understand the word, i.e. ‘french fried’ is obviously ‘french fries’, but ‘stick’ may not be accepted as ‘steak’; it’s up to the teacher.

The teacher will call out ‘Start’ and ‘Stop’. After the teacher has called out ‘Stop’, the writing team member has to run to the teacher and hand-in their team’s sheet. The last team to hand in their sheet loses 2 points! (as an incentive to stop writing immediately the teacher calls out ‘Stop’.

After each round, the teacher will read out the word list of each team and write their score on the board. Optionally, the teacher can discuss (joke about) any incorrect spelling and strange words. Teacher will then give each team their second (and so on) sheet of paper.

Categories

colors

food

animals

clothes

countries

MisterStretch

Not if it's being used as an adjective unless of course you have decreed that they can only write nouns.

Laowai's suggestion is a good activity that I've used with several classes. I, though, am a stickler for spelling if the students are already at a level that they should be spelling correctly. I have the students write their answers (from their papers) on the board and only credit the ones that are spelled correctly. (This also takes up even more class time - if that's the goal).

To make it especially challenging I only give points for 'unique' words in their lists. For instance if the catergory is food and one group has 'hamburger' they can only get credit/points if no other group has hamburger in their list. It makes the students really dig deep into their vocabulary, something called 'restructuring'. It's a great challenge for students and they generally enjoy it.

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