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Title Person Level Aims Grammar Time Materials
Circle Race Game Mel Brashaw senior high school first year extra fun any 30 mins pre-prepared list of questions
Squeaky Hammer Sentence Halves Mel Brashaw low-level senior high school extra fun any 25 mins Two squeaky hammers, genki students
Ball and Bag Game Lindsey Bridges elementary school - junior high school and above extra fun any 10 minutes Question cards, ball (or other item), music tape, tape recorder
Criminal Craig Brierley junior high school speaking wh' words 25 mins worksheets
Can Quiz Ed Edgar junior high school grammar review can, can't 15 mins question list(s)
Commercials Ed Edgar senior high school Jump-start the economy by creating soul-less consumers. none 40 minutes TV, VCR, tape of commercials, big pieces of paper with product names, slogans, etc.
Dictionary of Japanese Culture Ed Edgar senior high school grammar review relative clause 25 mins worksheets
Internet Challenge Ed Edgar senior high school information searching, play on the internet none 35 mins + Computers hooked up to the internet, worksheets.
Job For You Ed Edgar junior high school dialogue practice want to..., enjoy ...ing, jobs 30 mins worksheets
Lies Ed Edgar junior high school speaking any 25 mins none
Map Game Ed Edgar senior high school, first year speaking place prepositions (in, on, near...) 20 mins. a big map of your home country
Mystery Interview Ed Edgar Senior High School 1st Year pair-work follow-up must 35 mins. Pair-work interview worksheets, Pre-prepared funny possible answers.
Taboo Ed Edgar senior high school just speaking none 20 mins word cards
Japanese-Style Show and Tell Bryan Esenberg senior high school first year culture what, where, when... Eternity worksheet
Strip Simon Says Jacques Fasan junior high school extra fun commands 10 mins list of simple commands
Clapping rhymes: Patty Cake Joan Froelich elementary school English with rhythm none 5 minutes none
Jump Rope Chant Joan Froelich junior high school, first year English with rhythm none 10 min a jump-rope
Thumper Joan Froelich elementary school and above English with rhythm none 10 - 30 mins. none
Basketball Tara Grove junior high school and above extra fun any entire period question cards, a basketball goal and ball.
Miss Body Tara Grove junior high school second year extra fun body parts 15-20 mins. Cards with body parts drawn on.
Sentence Building Tara Grove junior high school second year- third year grammar review any a whole period various props
Gambling Rob Jones junior high school extra fun comparatives (but adaptable) entire period worksheets, lotsa counterfeit money
Inane Third Year Quiz Rob Jones junior high school grammar review relative clause 20 - 25 mins question list(s)
Jeopardy Questions Rob Jones junior high school and above teach Western stuff various entire period this question list
Kathy's Game Rob Jones junior high school second year grammar review There are structure, those place preposition thingies 20 mins strips of paper with instructions for each group
Valentine's Day Cards Rob Jones junior high school and above cultural exchange, an excuse for you to write raunchy things to your JTE various entire period lots of A4 paper, color markers
Wear My Clothes Rob Jones junior high school extra fun any 15 mins dress shirts
Baseball Glen Mathes senior high school, first year extra fun any 15-20 mins. Four lists of questions
Price is Right Glen Mathes senior high school first year prices and money (good for an intro to a shopping lesson). numbers 15 mins. three or four common objects, money, paper and markers.
Wakaranai (Sentence Writing) Glen Mathes senior high school first year grammar review any 10 mins. question list(s)
Fast Food Cashier Kirby Minor senior high school 1st/ 2nd year dialogue practice money terms 15 mins (more with dialogue practice) Real money from your own country if you have it, calculator for the math impaired, copies of the menu for everyone
Paperbag Drama Kirby Minor senior high school use English creatively none two periods various props in a bag
What are you? Le Nguyen senior high school time-filler none 10-15 mins. none
Fan Game II Melissa Paulse (originally by Tara Zuhlke) junior high school and above extra fun any 20 minutes two fans
Letters to penpals Melissa Paulse junior high school first year and above letter exchange any 10 mins per lesson? none
Newspaper Information Search Natalie Sellmer High School/ Adult Class Familiarize students with an English newspaper format and how to search for information. none 20 min Old copies of "The Daily Yomiuri" newspape
Yes and No Natalie Sellmer junior high school grammar review Yes, I do/ No, I don't, Yes, I did/ No, I didn't, Yes, I have/ No, I haven't 30-40 mins. Worksheet
Jigsaw Conversations Andrew Taylor junior high school general any 30 mins dialogue scripts cut up line-by-line and jumbled
Doctor Abigail Wakelin senior high school dialogue practice health and visiting the doctor 20 mins Pre-taught vocab worksheet
Negotiation Abby Wakelin senior high school - adult Use English to express a desire and to negotiate a situation none 15 - 20 mins. Pre-prepared situation cards
Congo Bongo (not known) junior high school extra fun any 30 mins game sheets and markers
Future Bubbles (not known) junior high school grammar review future tense 30 mins cards, worksheets...
Animal ESP Minefields junior high school second year To have fun using comparatives to describe animals Comparatives 30-45 mins Work sheets
Battleships Minefields junior high school to adult Consolidate words, phrases, sentences or questions any (eg. to inf. + time-frame) 10-50 mins worksheets (and/ or OHP sheet)
Bingo! (s) Minefields elementary school to junior high school grammar review any 20 mins Bingo work sheets
Bird In The Hand Minefields senior high school to Adult To get S/s thinking in and about English any 40 mins 3 copies of a story cut into strips; tape; 10 sheets of paper.
Board Games Minefields junior high school to senior high school Practice test grammar in a time-pressed situation, with stress relievers. any 35 mins Game sheet(s), dice
Celebrity Schedules Minefields junior high school second year Practice the target phrase "...is going to...". "to" infinitive 50 mins 'Schedule' worksheets, envelope, character name cards.
Charades Minefields junior high school To practice ing form, and "You told him/her to..." -ing form, "You told him/ her to... 10 mins Imagination, and maybe a list of topics for the ALT.
Charades 2 Minefields junior high school to senior high school Kinesthetic use of English for better comprehension any 25 mins Task cards
Circle the Word Game Minefields junior high school second year to third year Text review, listening practice, warm up. any 20-25 mins Blackboard and different coloured chalk.
Commands Minefields junior high school second year grammar review, listening practice imperatives 10 mins A list of imperatives for the ALT and JTE.
Crazy Animals Minefields junior high school first year To have students ask and answer, "What's this?" "What is this?" 40 mins OHP sheets and markers.
Cube of Fortune Minefields junior high school to Adult Review grammar patterns and new words. any 30 mins A Cube and timer.
Dialogue Puzzles Minefields junior high school third year to senior high school teach dialogues in a fun way, make students think, use real English, accomplish a task without translating EVERY word. Interrogatives and sundry other forms. 10 mins dialogues, cut into strips, paper-clipped together
Discovery Minefields junior high school To practice reading, speaking, listening, and writing. any entire period Four large copies of a story - one on each wall. 10 sets of 4 'Task' cards (class of 40).
Do Me A Favour Minefields Club or Adult To practice asking, agreeing and refusing, and household tasks "Can/Could you...?" 30 mins Game cards, a list of nouns and verbs
English Challenge Minefields junior high school third year to senior high school extra fun any entire period Clue sheets distributed about the school.
Evening News Minefields junior high school second- to third- year Consolidation of passive voice through speaking & writing. passive voice 10 mins Copies of 5 variations of the w/sheet, pictures.
Family Feud Minefields junior high school to Adult To review and build vocabulary. none 10 mins Blackboard and chalk, card with large red spot on it.
Fan Game Minefields junior high school to adult Consolidate or review learned material. Warm-up game. any 10-15 mins cassette of loud, exciting music; two fans; questions on cards
Feelings Minefields elementary school to adult To create or reinforce memories of different feelings. "How are you" 20 mins As many copies of the game cards as necessary.
Find Your Partner Minefields junior high school Communicative English with textbook grammar. Interrogatives or any 20 mins 20 pairs of information cards
Fortune Telling Minefields junior high school second year To provide fun practice of 'will', reading aloud, and listening. future tense 40 mins 40 worksheets, 20 dice or spinners.
Fruit Basket Minefields elementary school To review known nouns, and consolidate new ones. none 15 mins Flash cards and miniature copies
Getting To Know Canada Minefields junior high school to senior high school To introduce your country (not necessarily Canada). any 45 mins Large map of the target country
Go Fish! Minefields elementary school junior high school first year To familiarize S/s with: this game, vocabulary, asking simple questions. "Do you have ___ ?" 45 mins Picture, letter or number cards; master sheet
Go Fish!(2) Minefields junior high school second year Actively practice using 'to' infinitives. "to" infinitive 20 mins Game cards you have made.
Gokiburi (Cockroach) Minefields senior high school Minimal pair revision. none 10 mins List of minimal pairs (e.g., rice/lice, light/right etc.).
How Does She Look? Minefields junior high school second year to third year To practice, "How does s/he/it look?" "S/he/it looks ___". Adverbs 10 mins Lots of clippings of people from magazines from your country.
How Many? Minefields elementary school and junior high school first year Counting, and asking "How many___ are there?" "How many...?" 20 mins Pairs of work sheets
Jeopardy Minefields junior high school to senior high school extra fun any 30 mins Category- and degree-of-difficulty- cards; questions
Karuta Minefields elementary school to junior high school first year To improve listening abilities, and reinforce vocabulary. any 15 mins About 8 - 10 packs of picture cards, or 4 copies of 30cm x 30cm picture cards.
Kokon Tozai Minefields senior high school Brainstorm vocabulary review. none 10 mins none
Ladders Minefields elementary school To consolidate listening memory for any group of nouns. none 20 mins A large, clean area (school gym).
Machigae Alphabet Minefields elementary school to junior high school first year Review alphabet, teach, "Thank you", and "You're welcome". ABCs; "Thanks", "You're welcome" 20 mins Chalk and Blackboard
Mad Libs Minefields junior high school third year to senior high school Review any 20-25 mins Mad Lib sheets
Magical Tsuno Power Minefields elementary school to junior high school To consolidate and increase students' vocabularies. any 10 mins Large, colourful flash-cards (use pictures for elementary S/s).
Minefields Minefields elementary school to junior high school second year To teach asking for, and giving, directions. Giving directions 20 mins A blindfold, and misc. books, cushions, and/or chairs.
Mr. Wolf Minefields elementary school To teach how to ask the time, and basic replies. "What's the time", telling the time 20-30 mins A large area in which to run around; maybe a large toy clock.
N.E.W.S. Minefields elementary school To teach the directions; North, South, East, West. Directions (north, south, east, west) 10 mins Four large cards with N, E, W, and S on them, and tape.
Nervous Breakdown Minefields junior high school first year to second year To consolidate the 'ing' form of verbs Present continuous (-ing) 40 mins Two sets of paired picture cards.
Object Hop Minefields easy senior high school Warm-up and review activity. none 15 mins 10-20 objects (or name cards).
Partial Pictures Minefields junior high school first year To consolidate asking and answering "What is this?" "What is this?" 15 mins Large flash cards
Party Crawl Minefields junior high school second year to Adult To consolidate or review direction giving and understanding. directions 15 mins Work sheets, an OHP sheet master map.
People Bingo Minefields junior high school to senior high school Brainstorm students' use of English. any 10 mins None, or whatever you decide to prepare
Plane Crash !!! Minefields senior high school to Adult to get students creating their own English none 30 mins Item lists for each group.
Q. and A. Scraps Minefields junior high school To have as many students speaking as much English as possible. Q. and A. forms 20 mins 80 scraps of paper; 2 per student.
Rainforests Minefields junior high school first year Consolidation - eg. target colours + nouns, past progressive, can, and has/have to. any 10 to 50 mins Game-grid worksheets, (OHP master-grid also possible)
Red Rover, All Over! Minefields elementary school To practice colour word recognition in a TPR environment. Colours 15 mins Students, a gymnasium (taikukan) or playing area.
Rows & Columns Minefields junior high school to senior high school speaking any 10 mins none
Sentence Deconstruction Minefields junior high school to Adult To have students discover grammar rules for themselves. any unlimited A sentence, and white or black board for ALT use only.
Sentence Shiritori Minefields senior high school Grammatically correct sentences. any 10 - ? mins Chalk and blackboard.
Shiritori Minefields junior high school first year & second year Confidence in writing skills, develop vocab, speaking skills. none 10 mins Chalk, a blackboard, and students.
Snakes and Ladders Minefields junior high school to Adult grammar review any 10 - 50 mins 4-6 die (, place markers, question cards, OHP copy of game
Spelling Bees Minefields junior high school first year Vocabulary consolidation and listening practice. none 10 mins Letter cards
Spot the Difference Minefields junior high school to Adult ,difficult sounds - 'th', 'r', 'l', 'sh'..... none 15 mins 'Word-tree' work sheets
Telephone Minefields junior high school to Adult To emphasise (ize) spoken English. any 45 mins Toy/real phones (x2), work sheets.
Tell Me A Story Minefields junior high school third year grammar review Relative pronoun 'that' 40 to 50 mins Sentence strips (x2), copies of the worksheet
Test Your Knowledge Minefields junior high school third year to senior high school first year To have students ask and answer clues using 'which'. relative clause 40 mins Pictures (calendar size are great) and sets of clues for each.
The Hunt Minefields junior high school Communicative English any 10 mins Work sheets.
There's a Zoo in The Loo Minefields elementary school - junior high school first year to provide number listening practice, and help understand and practice "What is it", and answer, "It's a ___". "What is it?" 20 mins Pairs of work sheets
Thief Minefields junior high school first year Consolidate 'Whose' and 'It's', reinforce the distinction between her/his. whose, his, hers, mine... 15 mins a big, opaque bag or box
Three Ws Game Minefields junior high school first year Answering What/When/Where, and using 'sometimes' and 'always' in a fun atmosphere What/Where/When,@Sometimes/Always 20 mins Question and answer sheets, and name cards
Time & Place Minefields junior high school third year to Adult Consolidation or warm-up activity. "Have you ever been...?" 20 mins "Time and place" cards
Twister Minefields elementary school To teach/review colours, shapes, and body parts. none 20 mins Ground sheet.
Ultimate Communication Game Minefields junior high school to Adult English as a means of communication - mistakes OK! None (or all) entire period Situation sheets in JAPANESE (!!!).
Weather Interview Task Minefields junior high school Weather, multiple answers to the same question. weather, days of the week 20 mins Work sheets
What's The Time ? Minefields junior high school to Adult Asking and answering the time; time zone awareness. time 15 mins 40 Work sheets
What@Number is That? Minefields elementary school junior high school first year Number listening practice, question "What is it?", and answer, "It's a ______!" numbers, 'What' + interrogative 20 mins Worksheets
Where are my Glasses? Minefields junior high school second year to Adult Prepositions of place: under/on/next to/opposite etc. place prepositions 30 mins Work sheets
Whisper Down The Alley Minefields junior high school to senior high school Memory acquisition of target phrases and sentences, information exchange in English. any 20-25 mins Students, a text book, and a timer.
Who am I? Minefields junior high school first and second year Review exercise "Did you... yesterday?" / any 15 mins Game cards and worksheets
Who's Who Minefields junior high school second year To have students actively use comparatives and superlatives. Comparatives and Superlatives 40 to 50 mins Work sheets and 6 sentence cards.
Word Bridge Minefields elementary school to junior high school@second year To consolidate new words none 10-15@mins 15cm cards with target words or pictures on them.

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