People say that this picture can't be explained. Split your class into teams and let them try.
herman's game
This is a perfect energizer and a good way to remember names.
The whole group stands in the circle, the leader holds a small ball in his hands. The game starts with leader throwing the ball to someone and saying that person's name. That person must pass the ball to the next person saying that next person's name. The ball must 'visit' all the people in the circle without repetitions and return to the leader. Then the leader asks the people to repeat the sequence and starts to pass the ball again.
After everyone has remembered the sequence, the game becomes harder - the people are asked to change places. After that it becomes more hard when the leader takes the new ball and asks the people to create a new sequence. Finally, the game is played with two balls simultaneously.
The whole group stands in the circle, the leader holds a small ball in his hands. The game starts with leader throwing the ball to someone and saying that person's name. That person must pass the ball to the next person saying that next person's name. The ball must 'visit' all the people in the circle without repetitions and return to the leader. Then the leader asks the people to repeat the sequence and starts to pass the ball again.
After everyone has remembered the sequence, the game becomes harder - the people are asked to change places. After that it becomes more hard when the leader takes the new ball and asks the people to create a new sequence. Finally, the game is played with two balls simultaneously.
mad libs
Mad Libs is a phrasal template word game where one player prompts another for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story. The game is frequently played as a party game or as a pastime.
Find a small text and cut out some words.
After that ask students to fill in the gaps with random words to make a funny story.
Find a small text and cut out some words.
"_____________! he said ________ as he jumped into his convertible exclamation adverb ______ and drove off with his __________ wife." noun adjective
After that ask students to fill in the gaps with random words to make a funny story.
"Ouch! he said stupidly as he jumped into his convertible cat and drove off with his brave wife."
word ball game
Students stand in circle. One person has a ball (or something soft) and starts the game by saying a word and throwing a ball to someone. The person who caught the ball must say a new word beginning with the last letter of the previous word. And then throw the ball to someone else. The game repeats until everyone is bored to death.
alias
First ask your students to write down different words on separate small papers, and ask them to be creative. Then collect all the papers and split students into several teams. The teams take turn to play. One person from the team receives a bowl with all the papers and has 1 minute to explain as many words to his teammates (without actually saying the word) as possible. Each guessed word gives the team one point.
ransom note
Give your student a bunch of English magazines and newspapers and split them into several groups. Each group is a gang of kidnapers - they have to come out with their victim (who or what they kidnapped), with their demands (1.000.000 dollars and a plane to Cuba) and their threats. And then they have to make a ransome note by cutting out words and phrases from the magazines and glueing them to a paper.
good/bad news
First off give the students examples of good news and bad news. E.g. Bad news: extra homework, bad weather, car accident, death. Good news: less homework, class finishing early, wedding. After that teach them sentence: “The good news is..., however, the bad news is…..”
After that ask everyone to write 5 good news and 5 bad news. Then collect all the news and put them in the separate pile. Have a student come to the front of the class and choose either a bad news or good news. They then have to read the good/bad news out loud for the class and think of a matching good/bad news.
After that ask everyone to write 5 good news and 5 bad news. Then collect all the news and put them in the separate pile. Have a student come to the front of the class and choose either a bad news or good news. They then have to read the good/bad news out loud for the class and think of a matching good/bad news.
riddles
You can have some fun by making your student solve logical puzzles.
For example:
Suzi, Jack, Mary, and Bob were playing mah-jong. By the end of the game, the four players came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. However, someone lost the score paper and nobody knows the score now. So, the judge asked each of the players what they remember:
Suzi: I didn't have 1st place.
Jack: I lost to Bob, but I defeated Mary.
Mary: I am definitely not the last.
Bob: The people who lost to me are Suzi and Mary.
One of the players is telling a lie. You need to find the liar and the real score.
The trick is, you have to assume that each of the person is a liar one by one.
For example, if you assume Suzi is the liar, then everyone else is telling the truth. Therefore, you must look if there is any contradiction. To make the long story short, the liar is Bob, and their rank is: 1st Bob, 2nd Jack, 3rd Mary, 4th Suzi.
More here: http://www.folj.com/puzzles/
For example:
Suzi, Jack, Mary, and Bob were playing mah-jong. By the end of the game, the four players came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. However, someone lost the score paper and nobody knows the score now. So, the judge asked each of the players what they remember:
Suzi: I didn't have 1st place.
Jack: I lost to Bob, but I defeated Mary.
Mary: I am definitely not the last.
Bob: The people who lost to me are Suzi and Mary.
One of the players is telling a lie. You need to find the liar and the real score.
The trick is, you have to assume that each of the person is a liar one by one.
For example, if you assume Suzi is the liar, then everyone else is telling the truth. Therefore, you must look if there is any contradiction. To make the long story short, the liar is Bob, and their rank is: 1st Bob, 2nd Jack, 3rd Mary, 4th Suzi.
More here: http://www.folj.com/puzzles/
portrait story
You give the students a portrait of a (funny looking) person. They have to come up with a biography - who he is, where he works, what are his hobbies etc.
darwin awards
Using short interesting stories (like Darwin awards cases) for cutting to pieces and putting back into the correct order.
five letters
Think of a five-letter word, for example ‘heart’, and for each but one letter write a dot on the board, revealing only one of its letters, eg.:
.e...
Students call out a five-letter word, eg. ‘fears’. Circle the letters that appear in your word too, and put a square around the letters that not only appear in your word but are at the right place (e, a and r in my example). The goal is to find out the teacher's word in maximum five tries (hence the name; there are going to be five lines and five columns).
Students call out a five-letter word, eg. ‘fears’. Circle the letters that appear in your word too, and put a square around the letters that not only appear in your word but are at the right place (e, a and r in my example). The goal is to find out the teacher's word in maximum five tries (hence the name; there are going to be five lines and five columns).
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