I got this idea from @onighost, who created the Pokemon Trump cards.
Cutting and laminating everything can take a whole day so please work on this in advance, whenever you have free time.
The goal is for the students to have fun creating English sentences by using the cards as a conduit for learning.
You can play the game any way you want, but I had students create groups of 4 (specifically). 5 is okay, but 4 is ideal because students will have more cards to play with, making the game last longer. After they create groups, my JTE and I will demonstrate how to play.
Example: "My character (or you can say the character's name) is the tallest." -OR- "My character is taller than your characters."
These are the categories that students can choose from: Height, Strength, Age/Grade, and Jumping Power
They can be as creative as they want when making the sentences
Example: "My character has the longest hair."
It depends on how comfortable they are with their English and being creative in that sense.
The game can last for 50 minutes or as little as 10 minutes. Mine tends to be longer because I use both the Pokemon AND Haikyuu cards. So for students who enjoy both shows, or prefer one over the other, they can have the opportunity to try both.
My JTE enjoys it, the students love it, and it's a win-win for everyone.
Even after the class, students ask to continue playing the game (most likely in Japanese though) or they ask to keep the cards.
This is aimed for 2年生 in JHS, but it can serve as review for 3年生 in JHS or even review for SHS.
Enjoy.
Thank you for sharing. The cards are wonderful. But couldn't find Pokemon cards there.
Can I get more information about the ways to play with cards?
Here are the Pokemon cards and an explanation of how to use them to play Top Trumps.
https://altopedia.net/activities/2721-pokemon-card-top-trumps-updated
I've just uploaded the rules I made for my classes. I apologize for the delay. You're free to switch up the rules, but this seems the most fair to me. I'm still trying to think of a way to make it fair for the students. For example, when one student wins, they get a surplus of cards, and it's sometimes hard to catch up. So I'm wondering how to make it fair for students who are in a deficit. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas.
I think the idea that was provided in the Tops Trumps Pokemon write-up of only having games last a certain number of rounds helps with that problem. After 5-10 rounds, they can restart and that gives every student the chance to win at least once.
I'd love to use these for next year! One tiny thing though, I wish Tsukishima's name was in the same order as everyone else's (Last name First name) and I also just noticed that Bokuto's name was misspelled. Can you upload an editable file?
@tuxedoneko ahhh im so sorry. I'm not big on haikyuu so I apologize for the errors. The issue is that I made those cards on PicsArt so it's not editable. I went ahead and edited tsuki and bokuto. I've also edited tanaka because I had the wrong age on his card. please let me know if there's anything else I can fix for you. the new file is up.