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| Title | Person | Level | Aims | Grammar | Time | Materials |
| 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 |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Jigsaw Conversations | Andrew Taylor | junior high school | general | any | 30 mins | dialogue scripts cut up line-by-line and jumbled |
| What are you? | Le Nguyen | senior high school | time-filler | none | 10-15 mins. | none |
| Gokiburi (Cockroach) | Minefields | senior high school | Minimal pair revision. | none | 10 mins | List of minimal pairs (e.g., rice/lice, light/right etc.). |
| Spot the Difference | Minefields | junior high school to Adult | ,difficult sounds - 'th', 'r', 'l', 'sh'..... | none | 15 mins | 'Word-tree' work sheets |
| 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 |
| Fruit Basket | Minefields | elementary school | To review known nouns, and consolidate new ones. | none | 15 mins | Flash cards and miniature copies |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Ladders | Minefields | elementary school | To consolidate listening memory for any group of nouns. | none | 20 mins | A large, clean area (school gym). |
| Twister | Minefields | elementary school | To teach/review colours, shapes, and body parts. | none | 20 mins | Ground sheet. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Spelling Bees | Minefields | junior high school first year | Vocabulary consolidation and listening practice. | none | 10 mins | Letter cards |
| 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. |
| Object Hop | Minefields | easy senior high school | Warm-up and review activity. | none | 15 mins | 10-20 objects (or name cards). |
| Kokon Tozai | Minefields | senior high school | Brainstorm vocabulary review. | none | 10 mins | none |
| 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 |
| Bingo! (s) | Minefields | elementary school to junior high school | grammar review | any | 20 mins | Bingo work sheets |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Partial Pictures | Minefields | junior high school first year | To consolidate asking and answering "What is this?" | "What is this?" | 15 mins | Large flash cards |
| 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 |
| Can Quiz | Ed Edgar | junior high school | grammar review | can, can't | 15 mins | question list(s) |
| Who am I? | Minefields | junior high school first and second year | Review exercise | "Did you... yesterday?" / any | 15 mins | Game cards and worksheets |
| 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. |
| Sentence Building | Tara Grove | junior high school second year- third year | grammar review | any | a whole period | various props |
| Find Your Partner | Minefields | junior high school | Communicative English with textbook grammar. | Interrogatives or any | 20 mins | 20 pairs of information cards |
| Animal ESP | Minefields | junior high school second year | To have fun using comparatives to describe animals | Comparatives | 30-45 mins | Work sheets |
| 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. |
| Commands | Minefields | junior high school second year | grammar review, listening practice | imperatives | 10 mins | A list of imperatives for the ALT and JTE. |
| 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. |
| Future Bubbles | (not known) | junior high school | grammar review | future tense | 30 mins | cards, 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. |
| Go Fish!(2) | Minefields | junior high school second year | Actively practice using 'to' infinitives. | "to" infinitive | 20 mins | Game cards you have made. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Inane Third Year Quiz | Rob Jones | junior high school | grammar review | relative clause | 20 - 25 mins | question list(s) |
| 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 |
| Mad Libs | Minefields | junior high school third year to senior high school | Review | any | 20-25 mins | Mad Lib 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. |
| 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. |
| Cube of Fortune | Minefields | junior high school to Adult | Review grammar patterns and new words. | any | 30 mins | A Cube and timer. |
| Wakaranai (Sentence Writing) | Glen Mathes | senior high school first year | grammar review | any | 10 mins. | question list(s) |
| Dictionary of Japanese Culture | Ed Edgar | senior high school | grammar review | relative clause | 25 mins | worksheets |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Gambling | Rob Jones | junior high school | extra fun | comparatives (but adaptable) | entire period | worksheets, lotsa counterfeit money |
| Wear My Clothes | Rob Jones | junior high school | extra fun | any | 15 mins | dress shirts |
| Strip Simon Says | Jacques Fasan | junior high school | extra fun | commands | 10 mins | list of simple commands |
| Fan Game II | Melissa Paulse (originally by Tara Zuhlke) | junior high school and above | extra fun | any | 20 minutes | two fans |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Congo Bongo | (not known) | junior high school | extra fun | any | 30 mins | game sheets and markers |
| Jeopardy | Minefields | junior high school to senior high school | extra fun | any | 30 mins | Category- and degree-of-difficulty- cards; questions |
| 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 |
| Charades 2 | Minefields | junior high school to senior high school | Kinesthetic use of English for better comprehension | any | 25 mins | Task cards |
| English Challenge | Minefields | junior high school third year to senior high school | extra fun | any | entire period | Clue sheets distributed about the school. |
| 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 |
| Sentence Shiritori | Minefields | senior high school | Grammatically correct sentences. | any | 10 - ? mins | Chalk and blackboard. |
| 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 |
| Baseball | Glen Mathes | senior high school, first year | extra fun | any | 15-20 mins. | Four lists of questions |
| 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 |
| Clapping rhymes: Patty Cake | Joan Froelich | elementary school | English with rhythm | none | 5 minutes | none |
| Thumper | Joan Froelich | elementary school and above | English with rhythm | none | 10 - 30 mins. | none |
| Jump Rope Chant | Joan Froelich | junior high school, first year | English with rhythm | none | 10 min | a jump-rope |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Letters to penpals | Melissa Paulse | junior high school first year and above | letter exchange | any | 10 mins per lesson? | none |
| 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. |
| What's The Time ? | Minefields | junior high school to Adult | Asking and answering the time; time zone awareness. | time | 15 mins | 40 Work sheets |
| Job For You | Ed Edgar | junior high school | dialogue practice | want to..., enjoy ...ing, jobs | 30 mins | worksheets |
| Jeopardy Questions | Rob Jones | junior high school and above | teach Western stuff | various | entire period | this question list |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Doctor | Abigail Wakelin | senior high school | dialogue practice | health and visiting the doctor | 20 mins | Pre-taught vocab worksheet |
| 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. |
| Japanese-Style Show and Tell | Bryan Esenberg | senior high school first year | culture | what, where, when... | Eternity | worksheet |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Lies | Ed Edgar | junior high school | speaking | any | 25 mins | none |
| Criminal | Craig Brierley | junior high school | speaking | wh' words | 25 mins | worksheets |
| 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. |
| Weather Interview Task | Minefields | junior high school | Weather, multiple answers to the same question. | weather, days of the week | 20 mins | Work sheets |
| Rows & Columns | Minefields | junior high school to senior high school | speaking | any | 10 mins | none |
| 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 (!!!). |
| Telephone | Minefields | junior high school to Adult | To emphasise (ize) spoken English. | any | 45 mins | Toy/real phones (x2), work sheets. |
| Map Game | Ed Edgar | senior high school, first year | speaking | place prepositions (in, on, near...) | 20 mins. | a big map of your home country |
| Taboo | Ed Edgar | senior high school | just speaking | none | 20 mins | word cards |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Hunt | Minefields | junior high school | Communicative English | any | 10 mins | Work sheets. |
| Paperbag Drama | Kirby Minor | senior high school | use English creatively | none | two periods | various props in a bag |
| Plane Crash !!! | Minefields | senior high school to Adult | to get students creating their own English | none | 30 mins | Item lists for each group. |
| 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. |
| Internet Challenge | Ed Edgar | senior high school | information searching, play on the internet | none | 35 mins + | Computers hooked up to the internet, worksheets. |
| 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 |