board. They should not say the exact word on the board. In order to be easier to guess, I also tell them the category that word belongs to( e. g. fruit, vegetables, domestic animals...)
Last One Standing A topic is given to the children e. g. fruit. They have to stand up in a circle and the teacher counts to three and gives out the topic. After that, the first student in the circle will have to give a word related to the topic and so on. The students who cannot say a new word or repeat the word of the last student within a few seconds has to take a seat. The last student standing will be declared the winner. Because I don ' t have enough room to stand up in a circle with all my students I play twice, once with half of my students and after some time, with the other half.
Pictionary The class have to be divided into two teams. Each team will sit on the opposite side of the classroom. One student from both teams will be asked to come to the board where the teacher will give out a word or phrase for the student to be drawn on the board. The word will be different for each team. The team who can guess the word will get the point. Drawing can be difficult for some learners so we can use dotted line drawings for more complicated pictures in order to help them.
Bingo In this game, the teacher shows students 10 or more flashcards / pictures. After that, the teacher selects one picture in a random way without saying it and gives the students its description, definition or synonym. If a student guessed the right word, he or she should shout BINGO! and wins the round.
The washing line It is essential to pre-check the children’ s knowledge of new vocabulary even if they had learned it a week before. Get two children at the front of the class who will hold the rope. Divide the class into two teams and each team should choose a representative. Now ask for an item: Could you bring me a yellow sock? The two representatives search in the bags or boxes for the clothes item and the one who chooses the right thing should hang it on the line. The first who hangs all the clothes items is the winner. Then another two children are going to compete. The game is over, when one team has their line full of clothes. I don ' t choose only two representatives because I think there should be as many students as possible involved in the game, so children from each team take turn to bring clothes to the washing line. There are many other possible ways of playing this contest by changing the title.
Simon Says The person chosen as " Simon " stands in front of the classroom and issues commands. The rest of the class only follows these commands if prefixed with the words " Simon says ". If someone follows a command not prefixed by " Simon says ", he is out of the game. The last person remaining becomes the next " Simon ". To make it harder, speed up the actions. Some examples of commands are: stand up, sit down, touch your left ear, say " yes " and so on.
What ' s Your Name? One student sits in front of the classroom( usually in the teacher ' s chair) with his back to the other students. The teacher then points to students in the class and asks " What ' s your name?" The student indicated must respond " My name is …." with either his own name or the name of someone in the class. The student in the front cannot see who is speaking.
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