I was once visiting a (non-Genki) school and whilst the kids were doing their homework I asked “What are you doing?”
The answer, after the teacher had translated, was a very proud “The present progressive!!!”
So don’t do that. ย There’s no point learning the name of a fishing rod if you don’t know how to use it ๐
The best way to learn, of course, is by doing and my two top games for this are …..
I’m eating! Magic!
- The week before, set the ย Eat! Drink! Dance! lesson and then the What are you doing? lesson as Homeworkย for this week.
- Quickly review, with gestures, ย the vocab and structures to make sure the kids have learnt and understood everything.
- Choose a volunteer, give them a magic wand and tell them to cast magic spells on the kids one at a time by waving their wand and giving them an imperative i.e. ย “Eat!” ย “Drink!” or “Dance!”
- The “victim” student is now under a magic spell and repeats the command and does the gesture for this action over and over!
- Go round all the class and if the student is already under a magic spell and doing something already they they say “I’m …..” + the action they are doing e.g. “I’m eating!” ย The magic is broken and they are now free to sit down!
- Choose another magician when the whole class is sat down!
Harry Potter Game….
Once the kids have got the hang of this, ย it’s fun but quite simple, try it in groups and then for the big finale, ย do the Harry Potter Game!ย ย Which is perfect for this time of year! ๐
Of course the kids can learn all the language in advance with the Genki English Homework ย or if they are on Tik Tok I just put up a new video there – which has already had 15,000 students watch it!! ย Enjoy!
Be genki
Richard
P.S. ย Or if you want some real genki magic …..ย
