Games in English: Thanksgiving
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THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH GAMES IN AN ENGLISH CLASS
Instructor: Irina Pomazanovschi, ETRC/IRIM
Workshop for EFL teachersNovember 2015
What are the qualities of a good learning game?
Research shows that use of games in children’s classroom can be beneficial for academic achievement, motivation and classroom dynamics.
These two sentences best express the qualities of a good game:A good game will stay with us all our lives.A good game makes us long to play it again.
(- Wolfgang Kramer )
5 KEY ELEMENTS OF GAMES1. Rules2. Time3. Players/Teams4. Competition5. Prize
Types of Games in Teaching
Guessing Games
Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games
Sunken treasure
Thanksgiving Race
Thanksgiving Jeopardy Game 1 Game 2
Types of Games in Teaching
Board Games
Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games
More pintables:http://allfortheboys.com/home/2011/11/22/thanksgiving-printables.html
Types of Games in Teaching
Dice Games
Name … thing(s) that is/are …:• Red• Juicy• Cold• Strong
Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games
Types of Games in Teaching
Race Games
Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games
Types of Games in Teaching
Word Games
Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games
Types of Games in Teaching
Movable Games
Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games
Pass the paper
Thanksgiving activities for kids
•http://www.kidactivities.net/category/holidays-thanksgiving-games.aspx
Games for learning English, Vocabulary and Grammar• http://www.eslgamesplus.com/
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
References:• 100 Great EFL Games: Exciting Language Games for Young Learners Paperback – May 31, 2011
by Mr Adrian Bozon (Author) • ESL Games: 176 English Language Games for Children: Make your teaching easy and fun Paperback – May 18, 2012
by Shelley Ann Vernon (Author)