1. Put the kids in two teams

2. Ask the kids a review question or show them a flashcard and get them to make
today’s sentence with it.

3. The quickest person to answer comes to the front.

4. They roll a die.

5. You write this number on the board.

6. If they want they can roll the die again.

12bust

7. You add this number to the previous number.

8. They can keep repeating from step 6 as many times as they like. But ….

9. If they go above 12 they are bust!

10. If they stop before twelve they get to keep this number of point for their team

11. Repeat from step 2.

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4 Responses to “New Game: 12 and Bust!”

  1. Brendan

    Awesome game, thanks mate!

    Simple (non complicated rules), yet fun (as all dice games seem to be for the kids!).

    Regards,

    Brendan (English teacher in Jinan, China)

  2. Ewa

    Sounds great. I think my students will love it.

  3. Elvira

    I think mine will do too!

  4. hanen

    it sounds funny and atractive game

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