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Hit and Blow
Game very similar to the Mastermind we have used before that can be used for vocab, answer, question, or all of the above.
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Self-Introduction Teacher Quiz
In lieu of the traditional introduction of teachers where teachers show pictures and talk at the students, teachers prepare a simple quiz to let the students practice the language they learned in previous years while learning about their teachers for the year. Especially good if the ALT is the same as the previous year.
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- Lava GameThis is a fun idea, I think. I was playing around with it, and you could pretty easily make this a longer game. First, just put the original slides into a section in PowerPoint. Then, copy the template a few times. In each extra section, you could make new questions, recycle questions, randomize the questions, etc. If students miss or win, you just click next through the losing slide, and you can start on the new section without any extra work. If you wanted, you could give them X number of lives, and every time they fall in the lava, they lose a life and start over. Lots of possibilities :).
- KAHOOT!I tried this game today, and the students really loved it. I had some thoughts about how to use it: - There's no option for free answer, so, when you're thinking about questions, we have either yes or no option or choose from a list options. This was the most difficult part for me, because I kept thinking of only free answer questions. - The point disparity can get really big really fast, so, next time I am thinking to try and put some easy questions worth double points in the middle or the quiz to give weaker/slower students a chance to catch up. Especially if I know those students and can tailor those catch-up questions to their interests, it might give them a chance to catch up. - On my first try, it took me about 2 hours to make a 7 question quiz as I was struggling to make the right kind of questions and make good visuals to put into the game, but, as I am making my second quiz, it's faster and easier, so, don't get discouraged on the learning curve. The biggest hurdle for me was making questions with limited response possibilities.
- Point QuizI've made a few theme variations for this game, and uploaded them to the Mega drive. There's Halloween, Christmas, Summer, Fall, etc. in the folder. They're in the Fujieda ALTs -> Materials -> Games -> PowerPoint Games folder.
- Heads UpAh, I see now. Student A is using the target grammar question to try and guess what they're holding. Thanks for clearing it up! I was thinking the questions were being asked to try and get hints at the card they're holding. :)
- Heads UpHey Rose, this looks interesting to me, but I'm not sure I understand the fine details 100%. Is it possible that you could add an example of how one round would go? A holds the cards, but B asks questions, and then A has to guess based on, whose answer?
- Donut GameOther variant would be to eliminate the matching, and put in some jokers. We've used doubled-sided question mark cards or even once a teacher I had used character cards instead. When they turn over the joker, they take all the cards. Game ends when all the jokers are revealed.