Last week I was looking for a great game to use with CD9‘s “Excuse me, are you…?”
It’s a really cool theme and a perfect follow up to the free “How are you?” theme. But I didn’t have the game to get the kids speaking the English fluently.
Gaz suggested the Genki English version of Karuta, which many of you have been using to great success with CD3‘s “Do you like…?” theme and you know what, it’s a brilliant idea!
So it’s this month’s newsletter “Game of the Month” and is now in the official lesson plans manual!
Enjoy!
That game might even be the best one to use with CD8‘s “Do you like vegetables?” or do you have a better suggestion?
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I did this game last term with the “I like “topic. In fact I liked it, everybody is involved and has to listen carefully. So it’s great for quiet kids as well as for genki ones.
I just had one problem:
How can I control the runners?
With 35 kids I had to make about 6 groups. As I’m not in the gym they had only about 3-4m to run. especially the boys were so fixed on running that it looked really dangerous to me. And sometimes there were a few quiet runners mixed up with genki ones and of course they didn’t have a chance.
Just so you know, theres a mistake in the “febletter” link, so it doesnt work without having the “,” changed ~
Where in Saitama will you be? What’re you planning on doing?
@Margit: I usually just have two groups these days with one runner from each group. It’s not important if you become the runner or not, so I usually just ask for volunteers or get the “too much sugar” ones to do it!
@Julian-k: Thanks for the link fix!
Workshop is probably in Omiya. I’ll do a needs assessment at the beginning but it will probably be loads of themes plus Q&A which may be confidence techniques, personal development, business development or whatever comes up!
@Margit
I always find I have the same problem. So I just don’t place this game at my school (just with my small private groups). “I like pink fish” is ok, because I can be at the front keeping control, but if im walking around the room things just break down with kids running when I say “no”, falling over each other excreta. I’ve found putting kids in groups and playing with mini-cards works quite well … but it does lack the fun part – running!
@Richard
Looks like I have a lesson booked later in the afternoon anyway that day, which is a shame as it’s in my neighborhood (well, I’m in Toda, so kind of). Thanks for the info though!