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author: Nigel
level:
Elementary
Get the children to put their chairs into a circle and then sit down.
One child, one seat.
As the teacher you stand in the
middle.
Say to them "If you are wearing ??????, change seats" or "Anyone
who is wearing ???? change seats"
The children wearing the item of
clothing you mentioned should then get up and change places with another child
who is also wearing that same particular item of clothing.
Remind the
children that they cannot start to change seats until after the words "change
seats" are spoken, and that only the people who are wearing the item are allowed
to move, the rest remain seated where they are.
Repeat the process a
couple of times until the children understand what they are doing and when they
have to sit in another persons chair.
Then when you think they have got
it, repeat the statement one more time and then quietly sit down in a vacant
chair, leaving one child standing.
That child then has to make a similar
statement and then he/she should try and sit in a vacant seat leaving another
child standing.
If the children have difficulty with the sentence or
clothing words you could write them on the blackboard so that they can read them
and therefore not stand in the middle looking lost or embarrassed.
Other
suggested statements are:
If you are a boy/girl student/teacher etc
If you have long/short/black/blond hair / brown / blue eyes / a brother etc
If you live in Japan/an
apartment etc
If you like.....
If you want.....
If you can....
If
your birthday is in....
If you are in the ? grade
If your name
is....
as well as others.
WARNING. this can be a dangerous game if
several students rush to the same vacant chair or if students pull chairs away
from classmates before they sit down.
That aside, the kids love this
game.
Nigel
(this game is known as "fruit basket" in Japan. If you decide
to play it, just make sure the Japanese teachers don't translate everything
you say, as they often have been told they have to! - Richard )
Here's a very short video of the game. There isn't much going on, but you
can see the general layout of the classroom.
The teacher, and then all the kids, asked the middle student a question
at the beginning, which is a very good technique.
You'll also notice the student comes out with a Japanese "katakana" pronunciation of "fruit basket". This is something that
really needs fixing. If it happens in your class, in any game really, you
can simply do some pronunciation practice with the class before going on
to the next round. Then from the second round if anyone uses "katakana"
pronunciation it doesn't count! As usual you have to balance this with
making sure you don't de-motivate the kids. But this is something that
comes with experience and practice, and you'll soon realise where to draw
the line.
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