Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Memory Game - Simple Past
You can use only the cards with the verbs in the simple present and in the past tense to play a Memory Game with your students. You if want to make it more challenging you can ask the student who has found the pair os cards to change the complement in the cards... For example, instead of Feel exhausted, they have to say something else, For example, feel tired, feel happy, this way the students practice collocations as well. Good Game!!!!
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Monday, June 8, 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2015
BOWLING SENTENCES
This is a great game for practicing making sentences. I played with my students to make sentences in the simple present, but it can be used to practice any verb tense.
Remember that the bowling set does not come with the Play To Learn Games, so you have to buy it from any toy store.
So here is the Game:
You need to divide your students in two teams.
You can give the team names, to be more exciting and write on the board for example:
The Bears x The Cats...
Then you organize the pins and put one card of verbs from the Play to Learn Simple Present -Do Does under each pin.
One student from each team will, with a ball try to hit the pins.
If he-she hits three pins, for example, you have to see what verbs were under the pin and the students will make a sentence using the three verbs, if it is correct, he-she will score three points, if it is not, zero...
So, one team at a time will try to hit as many pins as possible and make a sentence using the words hit and the points scored will always be the same number of verbs used in the sentence. For example, three verbs, the points. Two verbs, two points.
You can change the verbs after each team made the sentence, so you give them opportunity to use more verbs.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
WH-QUESTIONS ON THE BALL
This is a
great activity for students who can’t sit still.
It will
give them a great opportunity to move around!
You need: A
set of cards Play to Learn – “Simple Present – Do – Does”
Some Styrofoam balls
From the
set of cards “Simple Present” you select only the verbs (orange cards) and put
them on a place not so close to the students, a place where they have to stand
up and move to get them, maybe the teachers desk is a good option.
On another
desk, far from where you have put the cards you are going to put the Styrofoam balls
with the with questions written on them (WHAT, WHERE, WHO, WHEN, HOW, ETC)
When the teacher
gives the signal to start, the students have to get one card, one ball, go to their
desks and write a question using the two words.
If he
picked the verb LEARN and the WH-word WHAT, he can, write the question –
What do you
learn?
The teacher
can set a time limit for the Game.
At the end
of the time set by the teacher, she corrects the questions and the winner is
the student who could write more sentences that are correct!
If the
teacher wants to continue with the activity, she can ask the students to sit in
pairs and ask each other the questions they have written and write down the
answers.
After all
the class has finished asking questions the teacher can ask the students to
tell the class two new things they have learned about their partner.
I hope you
and your students enjoy doing this activity and learning English with the Games
– PLAY TO LEARN!!!!
Skills used
in this activity – Writing, Listening, Speaking
Márcia
Garcia
Monday, May 11, 2015
RING THE BELL
1. Here is a great game. It will make your students think, move, learn and have a great time!!
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The teacher can divide the class in
two or three teams.
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All the students have to stand before
a line set by the teacher , if we have three teams, we will have three lines of
students.
·
The teacher says a word chosen from
the Deck of Cards - PLAY TO LEARN - (SIMPLE PRESENT - DO DOES)
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The teacher has already put the bell
on a table.
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The student who rings the bell first
has to say a sentence with that word.
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If the sentence is correct, he-she
scores a point.
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If the sentence is not correct,
another student can ring the bell and say a sentence.
·
The teacher keeps track of the
points.
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The winner is the team that has said
more sentences that are correct.
