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Classroom games & activities for ESL Teachers

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 Playing a game is a great way to end a lesson. Take 10-15 minutes and try one of these with your class today. Most of these games are quick and require little to no preparation.

Quick tip: How to make funny team names:
If you’re pressed for time you can just name the teams “team 1”, “team 2”, etc. You can make it more fun by asking someone for a color. Then write that color on the board. Then ask someone different for an animal. Write the animal next to the color. Don’t tell the students that you’re making the team names.

— CLASSROOM GAMES —

Language pong

You can make this game easier by not putting the numbers in the cups. It can just be about who can get the ball in the cup.

Setup:
You’ll need 10 plastic cups, 2-3 ping pong balls, and numbers 1-10 written on small pieces of paper
Put a number in each cup
Write numbers 1-10 on the chalkboard
Write a different word next to each number

How to play:
Students try and get the ball in the cup (each student gets 2 throws)
Arrange the cups in a triangle formation
Put a ruler on the floor a little ways away from the cups
The student who throws the ball can’t step past the ruler
When a student gets the ball in the cup, they look at the number and word next to it
The student makes a grammatically correct sentence using the word (can ask his teammates for help)
1 point for getting the ball in the cup, 2 points for using the correct grammar

CONSTANTINOPLE

Setup:
A chalkboard and chalk for each team.

How to play:
Great warm-up game for nearly all levels of ability and especially large classes. Good for vocabulary and spelling. Divide the class into equal teams and have them stand in lines facing the board. For each team write the word CONSTANTINOPLE vertically on the board.  This is a race, so make sure no student begins until you say, “Go!”. The first student in line on each team races to the board and writes a word beginning with ‘C’, then they return and the next student goes up to the board and writes a word beginning with ‘O’. However, point out that they cannot repeat words they used for the first ‘O’, ‘T’ and ‘N’. Each one must be different. Continue until students reach ‘E’ at the end. Have them go through the process twice to make it more exciting. Award extra points to the teams in the order in which they finished (e.g., 3,2,1).  Then review what the students have written to check spelling and whether or not they have repeated words. Award one point for each word spelled correctly and not repeated. Add that to the bonus points for the order of their finish to determine the winner. Due to mistakes the first team to finish is not always the winner.

 

Yesterday I went shopping

How to play:
The first student says that sentence then says something beginning with A (example: Apple). The second follows and must say “yesterday I went shopping and I bought an apple and a baboon” etc. Go through the alphabet. This involves a lot of listening and speaking to go through the alphabet. When students say silly things it becomes funny.

My name is… and I like… (a memory game)

How to play:
Go round the class: the first person completes the statement “My name is …and I like ….” (Or “…and I’ve always wanted to…” or whatever seems appropriate for their level). The next person says this (“Her name is …and she likes….”) and then adds their own name and something they like, and so on, each person saying what everyone else has said, before adding something new.

Colder Cooler Warmer Hotter

How to play:
Start by writing on the board Cold, Colder, Cool, Cooler, Warm, Warmer, Hot, Hotter and, if necessary, explain their meanings to the class. Take any small object from a student’s desk or from your desk. Choose one student and have him or her close their eyes. Then hide the object somewhere in the classroom. The student then must get up and search for the object, directed to it by all the rest of the class shouting hints. They shout “cold” when the searcher is far away, “colder” when the searcher moves farther away. They shout “cool” and “cooler” as the searcher gets a little closer, “warm” and “warmer” as the searcher gets nearer and finally “hot” when the searcher is very close the hidden object. After finding the thing the searcher then chooses the next “victim”, hides an object of theirs and the game continues.

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