Cluedo/Battleships Style Game Gameboard ("Lost and Found Game")
This is a simple-ish game that tests the target language "Is this your [._.]?" as well as clarifying responses. To play, print one sheet per student. It is a pair game.
Step 1: Fold the page in half. The lower half is kept concealed, the upper half is public.
Step 2: All students must hide ("lose") their six (6) items on the lower grid. Once done, that is placed firmly down so it cannot be seen.
Step 3: RPS for player order.
Step 4: Player 1 points at a square on the upper page and asks for ANY of the six items, "Is this your [._.]?"
Step 5a: If that is the correct description/placement of the item, then Player 2 responds with "Yes, it's mine." and Player 1 can draw the item in the box. They get 1 point for this.
Step 5b: If that is not the correct description/placement of the item, then Player 2 responds with "No, it's not. Mine is [._.]." and provides any one of the 6 remaining hints (out of the 8: 4 colours and 4 sizes) to Player 1. No points are accrued.
Step 6: Roles reverse and Steps 4 and 5 repeat ad infinitum.
The winner is the first to "return" all six items to their partner, or if time runs out, the player who has "returned" the most items. Unlike the activity in the textbook, this does not require realia sourced from the students, and the potential hassles associated with such an activity. Yes, I know realia is good in theory, but really, in practice, it is a royal pain, and the last thing I wish to deal with is students getting their gear muddled up or accusing each other of theft. Hence this pen and paper based activity instead.
Target language is marked atop the worksheet. Winner is determined by a healthy mixture of luck and strategy.
Also attached is an
addendum to the review sheets found
here that you can get the students to paste in the inside cover of their books. Its a cute and basic table displaying the relationships between I/my/mine/you/your/yours that hopefully they will refer back to when necessary. It's pretty small so there are four to a page.