Genki English for Junior High School
+ Sometimes Senior High School!

• Stopwatch game 
  (my top game for junior high!)
• Spiderman!
• Shiritori(great for Junior High warm up)
• Criss Cross 
   (makes sure everyone plays!)
• Last Person Standing 
  (similar to criss cross)
• Da Vinci Code Game
• Leapfrog Game !  
  (change vocab to what you are studying)
• Body Building Game 
  (good scoring system)
• Timebomb (numbers and brain power)
• The Hammer Game!
   (good review)
• Tower Game!
  (good for "one shots")
• The Amazing GenkiEnglish Card Game!
• (Plus NEW cards in the CD Owners Club)
• Fun Comparatives ( using the cards above)
  

• Dominoes, Wordsearches & Crosswords

• String Game 
   (very fun, winding string as you talk)
• Banana Tree 
  (fun scoring system)
• Ball and Music 
  (classic "hot potato" game)
• Grand Prix 
  (scoring game)
• Ski Game
  (similar to Grand Prix)
• Jeopardy 
   (good review favourite)
• Drawing Game  
  (good group review)
• Snakes and ladders (by Neil Maher)
• Playing card Time (by Neil Maher)

• The Gokiburi Game 
  (honestly, it works great in JHS!)
• Lines quiz 
  (great, fast paced warm up)
• Bargaining 
  (fun numbers and "How much?" practice)
• Do You have....?   
  Target language: "Do you have a.....?", "No I'm sorry", "Yes, here you are" 
• Telephone Game  
  Target language : Any Conversation,  "My name is ...." "How are you?" etc. 
• What do you like? Bingo 
  Target language: "What do you like?","I like......" 
• Where are you from? Game 
  (simply interview game)
  Target language: Where? and Country Names 

• Simon Says Please polite version of classic game!
• Yes/No fortune telling Game
• Janken/The Coin Toss Game!
  This is a really fun on-line game!! You could play for
• Warm Up Game 
  English: Greetings, verbs, commands 
• Syllable Game 
  English: Curing Katakana accents! 
• An English Book 
  Great for 6th graders!
• Reindeer Race Game
• Hallowe'en Ideas

• Crosswords, Dominoes + Games

• Around the World Trip ( past / future)
• I know what you did last summer ( JHS questions)
  
• Fortune Teller / Cootie Catcher
  
• How well do you know your classmates? ( "does")
• Evil Numbers Game ( simple math)
• Buzz (Junior High Numbers)
• I AM A touch-matic ROBOT (sentence order)
• Celebrity Caption Competition ( 3rd year junior high)
• Court Jester - any Q&A, needs playing cards
• You're beautiful! You're wonderful
• Weather Clap Clap
• What's your favourite ...? Game
• Where do you live shiritori
• Higher Lower ( numbers, shopping)
• Celebrity Racers ( nice for JHS)
• "The Dating Game" ( Pick up lines!)
• "Rich Man Numbers Game"
• "Bad Fruit: a Shoppers' Nightmare"
• "Space Invaders" ( scoring game)
• "Polite Hot Potato Race" ( Here you are, thank you, etc. )
• "4 Hint USD"
• "Zodiac Chant" ( Chinese zodiac animals )
• "Snow Balls"
• "Cabbages"
• "Wake-Up Game"
• "Create- a -Country" ( Where are you from?)
• "Football Crazy"
• "Passy the Flashcard"
• "Musical Chairs"
• "I, You, She, He, Them Cards"
• "Famous People Cards"
• "Wordsearches"
• "Splat!"
• "(Shin Kei Gumi) Matching People Pairs"
• "Guess the Value" ( the most, the best etc.)
• "The Narcissist Game" ( short Q&As)
• "The One in Three Game"
• "Where in the World is Craig's Motorcycle?"
• "Typhoon Game"
• "Heads down, thumbs up" ( Body parts, I think...)
• "Spin the bottle"
• "Map Dash" (Country names)
• "English Banzai" (any vocab)
• "Murder" (high school, descriptions)
• "Flea Market Game" (shopping)
• "I'm going to"
• "Wow" ( any )
• "Catalogue Game" ( for clothes!)
• "Screaming Game" ( I like)
• "How old are you?"
• "Cowboy" ( any vocab)
• "3 Times" ( all vocab)
• "Pic Charades" ( any vocab)
• " Home Run Derby" ( vocab review)
• "What's not there?" (stationery)
• "3 Piece" ( any conversation )
• "Hexagon Game" (Do you have?)
• "Feelings Frenzy" (Feelings)
• "Shrinking Globe" (review)
• "Row & Columns" (JHS review)
• "One Red Game" (numbers, colours)
• "Balloon Passing Game" (any conversation)
• Chopsticks game ( How old, How are you?)

• + Share YOUR games ideas with everyone!

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NEW: Advanced Hip Hop Genki English

Funky new songs & online games aimed at High School Kids but work just as well in more advanced Junior High Classes!



NEW: Irregular Verbs Song

For JHS first graders the Kids Genki English songs also work great. Especially for the first few lessons in April, What's your name? and How are you? are the best way to set up a fun atmosphere from the start!

4 good tips for good high school lessons are:

Build up a good relationship with the kids,
Go in with a positive attitude
Learn a little about what they're interested in and use these to illustrate the points you are teaching. (popstars, movies, sports etc.)
Any game can be used with any target language

Try some of the games on this page which all work well in Junior High and many High Schools. As usual, vary, vary, vary and if at first a game flops, try it with a different class.

Don't expect them to magically make your classes as good as Elementary School, but they'll certainly be better than boring grammar lessons!

You might also want to have a look at the official Ministry of Education (MEXT) Course of Study for Junior / Senior High School

And also my article "Teaching Teenagers, the Harry Potter Effect"

Phonics

More JHS ideas