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This collection of classroom activities includes paper car racing, paper ball fights, word formation games, number corner game, newspaper toss, monkey ball game, and blindfolded newspaper fight. These activities promote teamwork, communication, and vocabulary skills.
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Fast Cars • Make a paper car for each group. • Use masking tape to mark a starting & finish line. • All groups must place their ‘fast cars’ behind the starting line. • Shout a word, for example: “PRETTY!!!!” A secretary from each group must write a sentence using that word: “Susan is a very pretty girl.” • The first ones to finish writing a correct sentence get a chance to blow their car. (They get down on their knees and blow the back of the car.) • Repeat the same procedure until a group is able to get their car to cross the finish line! • Make sure that all students get the chance to be the “secretaries”. info@paoloiotti.net
Each student needs a sheet of paper and a pencil or pen. • Everyone starts by writing a new / interesting word, or a word they like (remember to check the words). • Then each person crumples the paper into a paper ball. • Students make a circle.Say "GO!!!!" and everyone starts a paper ball fight (they just take the paper balls and throw them to each other). • The teacher says "STOP!!!" Each student picks up another student's paper ball, unfolds it, reads it to the person standing next to him/her, and makes a sentence using that word (if they can’t…).Everyone crumples the paper balls again and you repeat the "GO!!!" and “STOP!!!" goes on for a few more rounds. info@paoloiotti.net
Divide students into two (or more) groups. • Ask one of the groups to come to the front. • Give each group letters (written on separate pieces of paper) that make up a word, for example: “E I I D F H N P R S ”. (the hidden word is FRIENDSHIP) • Students have to form as many words using the letters they have. (With these letters they may from : • SHIP, FRIEND, END, DIP, IN, RED... • They have 2 minutes to make as many words as they can. • At the end of the activity, the group that has more correct words is the winner. info@paoloiotti.net
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Number the corners of the classroom or playing area from 1 to 4. • Select one student to be "It“; “It” closes his/her eyes while the rest of the students go to one of the four corners in the classroom. • When all the students are situated in a corner, “It” calls out a number. • All the students standing in the called corner are out and must sit down… (before they sit down they have to identify a flashcard or answer a question). • “It” closes his eyes again, calls out a number, and more students sit down. • When the game gets down to four people or fewer, each must choose a different corner. • The game continues until only one student is left. • That student becomes “It” and you can start again. info@paoloiotti.net
Divide the class into small groups. • A newspaper is placed on the floor. • Ask a “secretary” representative from each group to come to the front. • From an appropriate distance each representative throws a coin (or a small object) so that it lands and stays on the newspaper. • If they’re able to do so, they get a point for their team. • If they fail, they have to identify a flashcard or answer the teacher’s question using the target structure. • Repeat the same procedure for the following rounds. • Make sure that all students get a chance to participate. info@paoloiotti.net
Divide the class into two teams. (See next slide) • You’ll be the first monkey, so stand on the monkey area. • Give a soft ball to one of the teams. • Tell them to throw the ball from one team to another. Every time a student throws a ball he/she has to say a word in English (any word, as long as it’s in English). No repetitions are allowed. • As students are throwing the ball to each other you try to catch it. • When you catch the ball, the student who threw it becomes a monkey, and he/she is asked a question (use the vocabulary or structure you want to revise). • Now there are two monkeys (you and the other student) trying to catch the ball. Then three, four, five… “monkeys” • At the end, the last student who didn’t become a monkey is the winner. If you’re running out of time, the team with more students is the winner. info@paoloiotti.net
Ask them to stand far away from each other. • You can use making tape or chalk to mark the playing area for each team. • Be careful... Safety should be your #1 issue! info@paoloiotti.net
Divide the class into small groups. • Ask a representative from each group to come to the front. • Blindfold each one and give them a rolled-up newspaper. • Ask them to turn around three times. • On the count of three they try to ‘hit’ each other with the newspaper. • The first one to hit another student is the winner and gets a point for his team. • Teammates can guide their representatives by shouting directions: “To the left! No, to the right!” • Students who didn’t get a point have to identify a flashcard, write a sentence on the board or answer some teacher’s questions. • Repeat the same procedure for the next rounds, by asking different representatives to participate. • Don’t use a complete newspaper, just a few sheets will do, otherwise the game can get too violent. info@paoloiotti.net
It’s your turn, now: create (or adapt) games foru your kids and share they with your collegues! • (and with me!) • Have a good time! info@paoloiotti.net
