Toilet Paper Icebreaker Level: Any Level This activity is used as a "getting to know you", icebreaker on the first day of class Teacher takes the toilet paper roll and takes several squares of toilet paper, then hands the roll of toilet paper to a student The teacher tells the student to take some, more than three After everybody in the class has some paper, we count the squares we have, then we have to tell that many things about ourselves, in English This activity works well with substitute teachers also The toilet paper is such an attention getter Submitted by: Linda LeBlanc Sentence Race Level: Any Level A good game for large classes and for reviewing vocabulary lessons Prepare a list of review vocabulary words Write each word on two small pieces of paper That means writing the word twice, once on each paper Organize the pieces like bundles, bundles, sets of identical words Divide the class into teams get them to make creative team names Distribute each list of words to both teams every student on each team should have a paper Both teams have the same words When you call a word, students should stand up, one from each team The students must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence using their word The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence This is always a hit with kids For more advanced students, use tougher words Submitted by: Thomas D J-B Pictionary (Game 1) - revamp - Charades (Game 2) Level: Any Level Write out series of categories like professions (doctor, bus driver, etc.), animals, foods, actions (fishing, haircut, etc.) then divide the class into groups of One student draws and the other guesses Next turn, the guesser draws and drawer guesses This game works best with the arbitrary stop watch (30 seconds) This is designed for one lesson Then for another day take the same categories (or create new ones) and play the same game except students, this time, act it out (no speaking or noises) Submitted by: Ell Saunders Catching up on your ABC's Level: Any Level This game is short and simple Write the alphabet on the board Throw a bean bag to someone and say a word begining with the letter A This person must catch the bean bag, say a word begining with the letter B and then throw it to another person This third person says a word begining with the leter C and so on Obviously the game is meant to be played fast If played with higher level students you may not want to write the alphabet on the board There are many ways to change the game to make it adaptable to your level of students Submitted by: Adam in China Who am I?? Level: Any Level You can use use this with any subject Write the names of famous people (mixed nationalities) on small pieces of paper Tape a name on the forehead of each student The individual student should not see his or her paper, but the others should Then, like with 20 questions, only yes or no questions should be asked Perhaps start with yourself and ask "Am I am man?" If the answer is yes, I can ask again, but if the answer is no, it's the next person's turn Play until everyone has guessed who he or she is! This can be played with nationalities, countries, household objects, anything and it's a gas, especially for adult students!! Submitted by Laura Loder Hangman Level: Any Level Divide the class into two teams On the blackboard, draw spaces for the number of letters in a word Have the players guess letters in the word alternating between the teams If a letter in the word is guessed correctly, the teacher writes it into the correct space If a letter is guessed which is not in the word, the teacher draws part of the man being hanged The team which can guess the word first receives a point, then start the game over