Idea copied from crspence17 (Thank you crspence17!), I just made 6 different versions to add more verb options, and made my own design.
Battleship - from the classic boardgame where you choose a secret location for your battleships. Then take turns with your enemy to find out the location of each other's battleships. The first player to correctly locate all ships wins.
This version is for JHS 1年生 students to practice Past Tense of Verbs, with speaking practice for both asking past tense questions and answering questions in past tense.
You can print 2 designs on 1 sheet back-to-back, to save on paper, and add more options for students who finish quickly.
Mechanics:
1. Can be played 1 vs 1, or 2 vs 2 for those students that need support.
2. Give the same sheet / design to those competing against each other. (You can have the class do the same design together, then move on to the next design after they finish. OR You can have the class choose which design they want to do first, then choose another one after they finish the first.)
- On the My Ships portion, draw 4 battleships on any 4 of the 12 spots available. (Simple ship or Circle drawing is ok.) Each spot corresponds to a unique Answer Sentence in this format: Yes, I (verb-past tense) (time). Example: Yes, I caught a fish yesterday.
In the spots not chosen by the student, their answer should be in this format:
No, I didn't (verb-present tense) (time).
Example: No, I didn't buy a hamburger last Wednesday.
Once both players have drawn their 4 ships, they keep it a secret from their enemy.
Then they take turns asking questions, to determine or rule out any of the locations of their enemy's battle ships.
Question Sentence should be in this format*
Did you (verb-present tense) (time) ?
Example: Did you bring your jacket this morning ?
Their partner has to answer with the Yes/No sentence format (indicated in #3).
They make notes on their worksheet to eliminate locations or mark the final location of their enemy's ships.Once a player thinks he has found out the 4 enemy ships' locations, he will show his answers to his partner (keeping his own ships hidden - fold the upper part of the paper).
The partner checks the answers. If all 4 ships are correct, he concedes and says "You Win." If there is a mistake, he says "Try Again."
Once both sides finish, they can try a different design or have a rematch.
*Note: I also grouped similar patterned-past tense verbs together in one sheet. If there is time/opportunity, the JTE or ALT can point this out to students to help them remember how to say these words, or how to remember the past tense form of the verbs.
(Example: grouped all the -aught/-ought, long A (_a_e), long O (_o_e), etc.)