Junior High School

How to/When to/what to/where to/ BINGO

Using "How to/When to/what to/where to/" to interview others .

Plural verb board game ~ He cooks / she swims etc

Easy board game for students to practice plural verb pronunciation.

Let's Write Collection ✏️ (中1年2年3年)

A collection of all my JHS Let's Write activities I have been asked to do over the years. For most of the writing tasks, I have made PPTs providing examples, extra toolboxes, and of course worksheets.

Animal Crossing - Giving Directions

Practice giving directions (turn right/left, go straight for x blocks.. you can see it on your right/left) to help the (animal) tourists visiting the island!

Baseball game (gerund ~ 動詞 + ing)

A flexible, fun listening activity using the basic rules of baseball game.

Sushi Scramble 'SVOO=that clause'

@JoshJ's excellent Powerpoint game. This is for the very specific grammar point referred to as 'SVOO=that clause' in the One World 2 JHS textbook. I just entered the questions into the template.

Which, A or B?

Have students read the prompts on the board in pairs. Have each kid select and write down their choice for a reveal!

Where~ (Prepositions)

A PowerPoint presentation to present the use of prepositions and a worksheet activity to practice them.

NH2 Unit 4 - "Do you have to...?" Interview Bingo

An adaptation of regular bingo that uses "Do you have to..." questions and has the students answer with either "Yes, I do" or "No, I don't", as well as a random name generator for a spicy twist.

Do you have anything to...?

Information gap activity made for New Horizon 2, Unit 3

To do... Battleship

I found this activity that an old ALT had saved on our school computer to practice infinitives.

One Piece Sugoroku (Gerund Phrases)

A One Piece-themed sugoroku board to help students practice saying sentences with gerund phrases.

Connect 4 - Subject-Verb Agreement

In this game, two players take turns shading a grid. The aim is to be the first to create a line of four shaded cells in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

School Changes Voting Activity

Voting and writing worksheet based on NH3 p. 69. Students can vote to keep/change school rules and add their own ideas.

Which anime character is...?

A quick tournament-style activity to practice using the "which" grammar point.

Kahoot! Infinitive (general)

It is important to learn about AI

Something to ... guess who

Short Guess Who style game practicing "something to ~" grammar from New Horizons 2 Unit 3 page 40.

Who Killed Mr. White?

A fun detective mystery game which can improve the teamwork and the memory skills of the students.

Do you know...? Bingo

Class mingle activity with various indirect questions (間接疑問文). Made for New Horizon 3, Unit 4.

Indirect Questions Kahoot

10 simple questions to warm up and review the grammar.

That is Kaito. Do you know him? Retro Windows Quiz

New Horizons Grade 1 Unit 7 Page 69 Key Sentence 28

Name Game

Name as many things as you can to answer the question or prompt.

"don't have to" vs. "mustn't"

Short PowerPoint that might help to illustrate the difference between "don't have to" and "mustn't".

Giving Excuses Flick the Eraser Game (Have to~)

This board game is a fun way to practice the target grammar, 'have to'. It is played in pairs.

Friendship Test

Students use indirect questions (間接疑問文) to quiz their classmates. Made for New Horizon 3, Unit 4.

Unit 3 NH2 Review

This is a review of Infinitives used in all Unit 3 lessons

English Conversation Practice Questions

This is a long list of English questions you can use for any reason! I use them to begin my classes and sometimes when I want to wander the hallways and ambush students with English conversation!

Have to~ Must (Schools around the World)

This is a PowerPoint guessing game about school rules in different countries.

Fun Crosswords and Wordsearches for extra time

Some fun themed crosswords and wordsearches that can be used to kill time etc.

Shichi Narabe Card Game

Sevens Card Game that can be used for JHS 2 "How + adjective! / What a + adjective + noun!" (unlisted grammar), JHS 1 “She looks sleepy / That sounds scary” and ES Y3 "What ____ do you like"

My Summer Vacation Verb/Sentence Practice

Worksheet to do after summer vacation to get the students writing again and thinking about how to talk about their summer experiences

Guess who game (Who is this?/ who ~)

A group based trivia activity that includes many character questions from the internet and the book. (Blue Sky 3 - Target 13)

I see/ I spy game (How many~)

A class based activity that is a question and answer format for the teachers and students. (Blue Sky 1 - Target 11)

gerunds practice

Simple worksheet for practicing -ing verbs.

Criss Cross Game

This is a good warm up and can be used with most grades for basically any lesson to help kids use target phrases.

Spelling Bee

An adaptation of NYT's Spelling Bee. Can be a worksheet or played on blackboard

New Horizon 3 Unit 3 Jeopardy!

This is a jeopardy game that I created for my third graders in junior high school. It's based on unit 3 in the New Horizon textbook.

English Board - Fun Facts Sections

Mini posters introducing alternative ways to say certain phrases or words.

Memory - Gerunds

Classic memory game where students match missing word cards with to the correct sentence cards.

Missing Vowels - NH2 Units 0-3

Group task challenge based on BBC show Only Connect.