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Games, Activities, and so on for Third Year Students |
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*All activities are designed
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Term One – (April to July) |
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Name of Game or Activity |
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Target Grammar |
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This is a cloze exercise[1]
to practice the present perfect tense in English.
It’s based on the dialogue on page 15, but is much longer and more
elaborated. When I did it, I told the story first, more or less according to
the text as it was written in the exercise, but with diagrams and gestures to
make it a little more understandable, and, I hope, more interesting as well.
I told students beforehand that they would be “tested” a little based on what
I had said, and so they should listen hard for any information they could
pick up while I was talking. They were told to take notes if they liked. I
then passed out the sheet, and they performed the cloze exercise. Note: this
exercise is designed with pretty gung-ho students in mind. If you want to use
it for students with a lower academic level, you will obviously have to
modify it somewhat and reduce the number of blanks. The file is B4 sized. so
use that size of paper to print it. You’ll have to keep a master copy for
yourself, and white out the answers to make the student copies. |
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Page 15 |
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Yes, it’s another BINGO game! Sixteen locations have already been
entered on this 5 x 5 BINGO sheet; each student has to come up with eight
more locations on his/her own and enter them in the eight empty squares. Tell
them they should think of locations they believe their friends are likely to
have been to (the bathroom, for example). Then, they leave their desks and
interview each other, saying “have you been to [a location on their own
sheet]?” If the answer is “yes I have”, the asking student gets to mark off
the square, and writes the name of the friend they interviewed in the space
provided. If their friend answers “no I haven’t” then the student has to ask
about a different location. One line or two lines is BINGO. Award prizes at
your discretion. |
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Have you ever been to
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Pages 26–27 |
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This practices the same grammar, but gets students to practice
a few more past participles than simply “been”. It takes a bit of
preparation, and it’s a bit hard to get students started on it, but once you
do get them playing it they really seem to enjoy the game. Click on the link for a full explanation. |
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Have you ever ~? |
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Pages 26–27 |
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Term Two – (September to December) |
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Name of Game or Activity |
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This is a drill to practice the English structure “know how to
〜”. It’s an interview activity in which all students
circulate the room and ask “Do you know how to 〜“-type questions to try to figure out each other’s “secret
identities” (Kitty-chan, Winnie the Pooh, Spiderman, Luffy, Astroboy, or
Doraemon.) Detailed instructions are on the sheet
itself. |
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how to 〜 |
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Page 44 |
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This is a game to practice comprehension of sentences using participial phrases as modifiers. That is,
structures like “wearing glasses” in the sentence, “The monster wearing
glasses is Cool” ß [This sentence is
straight from the New Horizon text and is, I want to point out, really,
really stupid.] It’s a drawing game, and it doesn’t practice forming the
structure, just sorting out what the sentences mean. The details of how to
play are here. |
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participial phrases i.e. “The one eating
cookies is Munchy” |
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Page 54 |
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Term Three – (January to March) |
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Name of Game or Activity |
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This is the same game as Participle Pictionary, directly
above, but it practices comprehension of sentences using relative clauses as modifiers. That is, structures like
“that changed our view of nature” in the sentence, “It was a book that
changed our view of nature.” The details of how to play the game are here. |
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relative clauses i.e. “which makes us
happy” in the sentence “This is a movie which makes us happy.” |
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Pages 68-69 |
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This is an activity sheet for the same grammar point as
directly above, the relative clause. Students choose answers from two
separate boxes to discover the years in which various things happened.
Detailed instructions are on the sheet
itself. |
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relative clauses i.e. “which makes us
happy” in the sentence “This is a movie which makes us happy.” |
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[1]
Cloze exercises are texts in which some of the words have been replaced by
gaps, and the student’s task is to guess the missing words. If you have never
used one before, first try one out for yourself at http://www.hf.uio.no/east/bulg/mat/cloze/bright.html.
