Description
Students make pairs. The ALT/HRT/JTE sets the timer and says the target English. Students repeat. When the timer beeps, students play janken. The winner makes their move. They can choose any color block and draw it on their shared board. They then write their initial on the color block they used. If the color block is initialled, they can not use that shape again. The ALT/HRT/JTE sets the timer again and the game continues. The student who can’t place a block is the loser.
Notes
- The game follows the rules of other popular falling block games. Starting off, students can only place the blocks on the very bottom line and from there, they can place them on top of another block.
- This game can be played in a group but you need to change the rules.
- A block can’t be placed if there is no space on the board or if their block will go above the top line.
- Just because a student wins janken a lot does not mean they’re guaranteed to win. I’ve had winning students block themselves into a loss. Sometimes students also draw and make a perfect grid.
- This game definitely needs a demonstration.
- This can be played as an output game but the nature of the game is quite exciting and students tend to go straight to janken and block placing and skip the English – I think it’s better suited to a controlled input game.
- The example I’ve uploaded includes vocabulary for daily schedule.
