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author: Nigel
level:
Elementary
big_small: Big / Small Groups
A scoring game
You need a blackboard, a suction
ball that will stick to the blackboard, or wet tissue and children.
A
little like the arcade version, draw a number of aliens on the
blackboard.
Each Alien is worth x number of points.
Divide the
class into 2 or more teams.
Ask them questions
If they get the
answer right they then get to throw a suction ball (or wet tissue) at the
blackboard.
Aliens which have been hit are wiped off the
board.
Options are to also draw earthlings or something which they are not supposed
to hit. These hits are worth minus points.
Another option is to draw aliens and earthlings on the blackboard and have
the children divided into earthlings and aliens and they have to hit the
oppositions pictures. Last alien / earthling standing is the winner.
You can change the aliens/earthlings to fish/sharks, flowers/insects etc
etc etc.
Nigel
Readers' Comments
This game is a Godsend; I use it all the time because it really motivates
the students to say whatever you want them to say. I use minus points
as values a lot because point elimination is more exciting for older kids.
I've just started doing this with a class of 3-4 year olds. They
love it. Thank God for sticky balls. - Gary Green
Readers' Comments
Thank you, what a gift! This has come in very handy as all my students ( including adults who are super-competitive.) - Ashley
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