A PPT I made for writing and speaking activity I made. In groups students will plan their dream vacation. While discussing their plans in their group they will write them down using will and when they come up and present their ideas they will use going to.

The hammer/ flyswatter game: For those who don't know, you split the class in two (either down the middle or boys vs girls) and have one student come up to the front from each team. On the board/ TV you have a variety of pictures/ words (for reading practice). Get the class to ask the key question (eg. "What are you going to do?"). You answer with one of the pictures/ words on the board (eg. "I'm going to... read a book.") The first student to hit the picture/ word (on the first try) stays up front, and the other sits down and is replaced by the next student on his/ her team. This continues until one team loses by going through all its players.

Variation of the hammer/ flyswatter game: This began at the beginning of the class, when I asked the students "What are you going to do this weekend?" When they answered, I asked them to go up to the board and draw a small picture of what they were going to do. I told them that if we made it through our practice and textbook portions of the lesson, then we could play the hammer game. It was a huge success, particularly because some students who almost never participate raised their hands so that they could draw on the board. Win! :)

A simple reading race about the weather.

My coteachers came up with this reading game called the Kimchi Game (very similar to the Baskin Robbins 31 game) and I thought I would share.
ENJOY!!

Potentially a bit late, but here's a Tactical Tic-Tac-Toe board and and full board game for this unit. Remember that for both, demonstration is crucial. It's possible to fit both into one lesson if your students are prepared.

Tactical Tic-Tac-Toe Gameboard

Target language for this game is "What are you going to do this [._.]?" and "I'm going to [._.]." Primary vocabulary items used are: read a book, watch a movie, go hiking, this afternoon, tomorrow, this weekend. Extension vocabulary items are: make a snowman, play Minecraft, practice taekwondo, go inline skating, after school, tomorrow afternoon, this Saturday, this Sunday.

Print one copy between two students. It is a pair activity.

To play, students take turns asking and answering the question (target language is marked on the worksheet). Player 1's statement determines the row, and Player 2's response determines the column. Player 1 then puts their mark in the intersection of these items. Three in a row wins. By having the one who asked the question make the mark (you have to make this clear) it forces both students to both speak and listen in order to play. The larger board also only requires three in a row, but the strategy is impacted significantly.

File is a single A4 ready-to-print PDF. Takes 10 minutes plus demo.

Future Tense and Weather Board Game

A full, colourful board game for the future tense with 'going to'. Instructions are included in the PDF. I've also included the Word doc of the cards so you can change it to suit your own needs, and a PPT that goes over the setup, and provides the means to demo three rounds with a few volunteer students up the front. This one went down very well with my classes.

Be forewarned: This takes a fair amount of printing and prep. Each team will need one game board and one deck of cards (that's 3 pages per group, so probably 18 total). We laminated all of our components because we have an utterly insane eight classes to get through. The bonus is that they shuffle well and have a good tactile response. Of course, this might not be feasible for smaller schools. Each team will also need a die (3 to 6 sided work well) and a counter/token (you will have to stress that just one is needed per group).

Takes upwards of 15 minutes plus demo depending on which dice (D3, D4, D6) you have available.

Here is a satirical clip from George Carlin from 1966 about the weather forecast.
(This is appropriate for sixth graders because it does not have Carlin's 7 dirty words).

This is a different Avengers game from the one previously posted. So I used the template of a another game I found on waygook and plugged in the questions from another teacher's game for chapter 9 (thanks!). When I worked at a middle school I used this game template and students loved it! Review for ch. 9

I made a PPT for the introduction for part 6 and added part of someone's Spongebob powerpoint to the end as a review.