Eraser game for period 1 / listening. Monkey themed, an idea I got from builderstea in the 3rd and 4th grade Daekyo threads (thanks, builderstea!). But I've adapted it to include level-up slides. Everyone starts hands-on-head. After a few prompts, students with high points put their hands behind their backs, and students with low points put them in front of their chest. A few prompts later, it's cover your eyes, hands in the air, or hands on the desk. It's still preferable to make fairly competitive pairs.Note I've included pictures for extra expressions like "borrow a computer", "touch the shark", "dance here", etc. I had students say "Sorry, you can't." when the expression was wrong, but "Sure!" or "Yes, you can." when it was correct.
Hi, rtw_acrobat, Checked out your ppt and couldn't figure out how the game is played exactly. Could you kindly explain how the teacher would facilitate the game, please? Thank you!!
Quote from: Waygeek on September 21, 2016, 03:16:32 PMHi, rtw_acrobat, Checked out your ppt and couldn't figure out how the game is played exactly. Could you kindly explain how the teacher would facilitate the game, please? Thank you!!Sure! (Sorry about that, it's an old classic on this site from what I can tell - had to search around to find the instructions the first time I came across it, too. Definitely can't take credit for the idea. It also appears in the teacher's guide at some point.)In the simplest form, you just show the picture and say one of the lesson's key expressions - or any English expression. Start with something that doesn't match the picture. Then say another non-matching expression. Eventually say the expression that matches the picture; at that point students grab the eraser. Then move on to the next picture, rinse and repeat. I usually do between 0 and 3 incorrect expressions, varying tricksiness. If your students are high level, you can mix in incorrect grammar or something; but as I use this 1st period, it's basically just a variation on O/X listening. (And in case this response is too late, note the template is easy to adapt for any lesson - just swap out the pictures.)