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