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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.
Comments by Chris:
- Tug of WarI played this today for the first time with ESG4. They loved it quite a lot. I changed it to using dice instead of RPS, and, I tried a second variation using two students each rolling a die vs the teacher rolling. It was pretty fun for the students, and in the end, we finished in a draw, which made it even better for the students. I also drew stick figures of a few students pulling a hastily drawn rope vs two hastily drawn stick figures of the teachers. It worked incredibly well, and the students asked to play this again next week. I think if you have a bigger class, starting off with one die per row of students or and one each for the teacher could be a fun way to let all the students have a turn rolling the dice and also help finish up the game quickly. I only have 10 students in that class, so, I can experiment with many different variations easily.
- Quick CrossfireI like this idea. I'm gonna try it!
- Mt Fuji Climbing GameMy students weren't so interested in the spinning wheel after they played this once. So I tried it with a die. I let them take turns rolling the dice instead. i only have small class sizes this year, so each student got a chance to roll the dice, but in a large class you could do something with the day's leader or something. I did it once where each of my 10 students got a die, and, we alternated choosing the highest roll, then the lowest roll. It works well in a small class.
- 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.