Writing

My Family's Rules

Students practice the modal verbs "must" or "have to" by writing about the rules of their household.

My school year memories

Students practice past tense by writing about their memories of the school year.

Plural Monsters

Students practice plurals (and the names of body parts) by drawing comical monsters.

Dolphin Tale

A questionnaire about the film Dolphin Tale (New Crow 3 and New Horizon 2)

How Many Cats

Students are race to drawn the nouns given by teachers.

My Kanji of the Year

Students think of which kanji represents their experience in this calendar year and explain their choice in English.

Valentine Compliment Card

Students get into the spirit of Valentine's Day by writing compliments to each other.

Animal guessing game - Can

Students quiz each other about animals using "can" sentences.

Odd One Out

Students practice explaining reasons by quizzing each other with lists of four items - which one of them is the odd one out?

Could you tell me how to get to Shinjuku?

Giving direction at a train station. To be used with New Horizon 3, pg 68 (or a similar dialogue)

Would you like to... New Horizon 3, pg 44

An activity that goes with "Would you like to..." in New Horizon, page 44.

He is teacher. She is is a doctor.

Practice He is a ... She is a... based on New Horizons 1, page 34.

Hello, this is Yun-ho. Talking on the phone.

Used with New Horizon 1 page 72. Practices phone conversations.

Which do you like, apples or oranges?

A fairly simple activity where students ask the question: "Which do you like,.....? to their partner

to - Infinitives

to - Infinitives I want to go to the library to read books. A task based activity allowing students to practice to - infinitives. Based on the New Horizons 2 book, page 64, Daily scene 4.

Do you like cake?

Students can practice "Do you like" sentences with their partners.

Have you ever eaten sushi?

An activity that gives students a chance to practice "Have you ever" sentences.

Who was eating the cookies?

A whodunnit game using past progressive. Students ask questions to find out who ate the cookies.

Class Paparazzi

A very basic interviewing game in which students chase each other and ask basic "Are you~?" questions with "I am" answers while sporting tiny printed cameras.

My week

Students practice the days of the week by writing out their weekly schedules.

Collaborative review of New Crown 1

This is a review of the first 40 pages of NC1. A collaborative lesson where all members of each group have a role. Students need to work together to complete the task.

Review - A winner never quits

A quick and simple warm up/ review activity for New Crown, page 8 (A winner never quits)

I have played nintendo for 28 years

Students practice writing sentences using the present perfect. Then they write 3 true statements and 1 false statement about their lives. Other students must guess which is the false statement.

Code Breakers

ALT reads a series of numbers and students must convert them to letters to figure out the secret word.

Are you Anpannman?

This is a simple game in which the students become a member of the Sazae-san family. The goal of the game is find the other characters and make Sazae-san's family.

"That looks like..." Blind Drawing

Students cover their eyes, draw something, and then ask each other what the picture looks like.

In my house... (Passive)

Students write passive sentences to explain which people in their family do what things in their household.

Mad Libs: Dolphin Tale

Students review the Dolphin Tale passage in New Crown by playing Mad Libs.

3 Truths, 1 Lie

Students write four statements and try to guess which one is false.