Listening

Can you ~ ?_Telephone Skit

JHS Year 1 Telephone skit. Grammar point is "Can you ~ ?" *request form

Up And Down

Students play a Snake & Ladders type of game while practicing present continuous form and also the past tense singular/plural forms.

Finger Twister

Students practice the days of the week by playing Twister using their fingers.

Make A Face

Students connect numbers to the correct phrases and finally to the appropriate pictures.

'Be' Verb Fruit Basket

Students play the Japanese favorite Fruit Basket game using the verb 'to be'.

Spongy Intros

The aim of this worksheet is to help 1st graders practice self-introductions and understand its format structure.

How To Get Around School

This lesson should be used as a review activity AFTER the students already know how to ask and express directions.

Whose ~ is it?

Students listen to the ALT and JTE's conversation using possessive grammar and write what they heard.

Actionnaire

Students practice saying prepositional sentences and watch them come true right in front of their eyes.

Janken, Change, Retire

Students work in pairs to answer two questions in order for their pair to retire from the game.

You Look Happy

A 50-minute team-oriented practice of adjectives using a "You look..." sentence formation.

Imperative Blindfold Drawing

Shout out the imperative your blindfolded teammate is trying to draw before anyone else to gain a point for your team.

Omikuji Fortune Telling

Students draw fortunes (omikuji) from different categories to determine their futures!

Paper Janken

Students practice asking and answering "Which is your favorite, A or B?" (or which do you like?) and play a modified version of janken.

Magical Cards

This is a mathematical card trick that is good for introducing numbers and mystifying your students.

Weather Chat

To complete a weather map of Japan, students interview each other.

Introducing Characters

Students mingle and exchange character cards whilst introducing the characters to their friends. The aim is to try to find out the relationship of as many characters as possible within 8 minutes.

Household Chores

Students do a survey in class to see how often they help their mother around the house.

Bus Directions

Students work at a hotel front desk giving "customers" written directions to various sites around the city using a bus route map. (Review of New Crown 2 & 3 We're Talking 1)

Doink

In this fast-paced gesture game, students throw a Doink ball around the room acting out various adjectives.

May I Take Your Order?

Students act as waiters, playing janken and taking orders to see who can make the most money in this quick and easy to set up game!

Remember

Students aim to remember multiple "May/Could I ~" sentences.

Best Sentence

A judge will decide after hearing each slip of concluding sentences which one is the funniest or most interesting.

Fruit Basket "Have You Ever...?"

A fun game played with a circle of students in chairs.

Would You Like To Interview

Students try to ask 16 other students "Would you like to..." questions.

Dice Station

A group game where students take turns calling out stations and giving directions while trying to win points.

Greetings Board Game

Somewhere in the 1st year textbook, students have to learn how to give reactions and learn appropriate responses. This is a fun game for students to practice responses as they try to win the game.

Farm

Students practice saying various animals and colors by placing them on a giant farm.

Can I Play Janken?

Students try to get bingo by asking for favors/permission using 'Can you/Can I...' questions.

Continuous Guessing

This is a Guess Who-style game using cards and point tokens.

Invite Me Baby

Students aim to understand the grammar and form a free dialogue around various questions.

It's About Christmas

A Christmas-themed worksheet activity where students learn Christmas vocabulary and create sentences with prepositional phrases.

Oh No! Bingo

A tactical bingo game where bingo is bad. Students practice speaking as well as listening.

Past Tense Dice Game

This is a board/dice game that practices the irregular and regular past tense verbs. Students make one sentence each time they land on a square.

First Phonics Lesson

This game gets them to associate letters with word sounds by having students generate English words in various categories that start with specific letters.

Mystery Burger, Please

Students learn how to order various fast food items then customize their own dialogue to practice with their friends.

Time And Weather

An information gap game where students ask each other the time and weather in different parts of the world.

You Decide T/F

The ALT reads 4 sentences and the students have to decide which sentence is false. In groups, students write their own sentences and the other students have to find the liar.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus SONG ACTIVITY

A fun Christmas activity for listening, reading, and writing. San-nensei.

Listening Race

Students listen to the teacher read Present Tense verb sentences and circle the correct picture.