This is a basic game but gets the students talking the required script and my 1年 students love partner games so it makes them happy! The rules are located on the worksheet as well, but this is the general premise:
1. Students get the sheets, go through the rules together. The rules are as follows:
1. Play janken with a friend. The winner will ask the questions.
2. Choose three items to eat. You can choose if you want dessert. Circle and sign your name under the picture.
3. You get a point for every row you complete.
- Because it's all in English, I did a practice round with my JTE to help the students understand. The winner asks the questions and circles on their paper, then the other person signs their name under the circles so that the winner can't cheat (and that the winner heard the right order as well). For each row that is completed, I give them a motivation sticker. It's up to you if they get anything! You'll also see the rest of the script at the bottom. This is for them to say once they have signed their partner's worksheet. My JTE wanted to include it so this way seemed most natural in what we could realistically do.
Again, feel free to change everything that you want. I wanted to make both the dessert and the drink optional when they order, but my JTE didn't like that idea cause then none of the students would ever win. Which is so true cause these kids try their hardest to make sure there's no way their friends can win. It's fun watching them outsmart their friends, and then their friends doing the same thing back :)
Edit: I made a bit of an error on the worksheet, which I changed! So now hopefully it makes more sense. To re-iterate, the students 'order' 1 entrée and 2 mains, and a drink before they can choose whether or not to get some dessert. I hope this helps!
I must be missing something, but I don't understand why you would make the dessert optional. If they only janken once and they are trying to complete a row, then of course they're going to choose a dessert. And aside from winning at janken, I don't see how the students can stop their partner from getting anything. What am I missing??
The dessert is optional purely because that's what it's like in the textbook. I.e. they have the option to say 'no, thank you' in the textbook, so my JTE also wanted that option in the game. As I said, you can change it however you want, this is just how my JTE wanted it :)