Aimed at junior high school students.
Plural Monster Drawing
Students draw monsters while practicing body parts.
How To Make Origami
An interview activity where students find out what their friends know how to do.
Phonics Fun
Students listen to the ALT pronounce words from the worksheet and choose the corresponding words in an 'amida' or 'ghost leg' activity.
Bingo Interview: Who/He/She
Students interview each other using "Who is he/she?" questions.
Mastermind
This game can be adapted for any grammar point. It encourages students to create, and say aloud a particular grammar point repeatedly.
Bye Bye Spelling
Students memorize words written on the chalkboard and write them as you randomly erase them.
Which Do You Like
Students try to get a bingo while practicing, "Which do you like, ____ or ____?"
Snoopy's Busy Month
Students read sentences and change the verb in parentheses to the past tense form.
ALT and JTE Interview
Students think of 'Do you like' questions to ask the teachers and fill in the worksheet.
Canada Quizzes
Three choice quizzes I use when first start at schools. Might be useful for other ALTs from Canada.
English Class Rules
This is a relatively quick game to practice the must/mustn't grammar form while also reviewing verbs and basic rules of behavior in English class.
Alphabet Mistakes
Guess what letters are not correct and fix them.
Pairs Janken Snake
This game helps students practice vocabulary or English sentences. It is a general game that can be used for ES or JHS lessons.
Thief
Students compose a series of questions to try and guess who the thief of the chocolate cake the ALT made was.
Imperative Bingo
This is just a simple bingo game that practices Imperative phrases.
He Looks Terrible
The students look at pictures and listen to sounds, and then write sentences to describe what they saw/heard.
Twisted Pictionary
Students have ten seconds to draw a picture and have their teammates guess it.
Name That Sport
Students listen to the rules of various sports and must guess the correct sport.
What Do You Think Of English
Students translate the adjectives into Japanese then ask each other their opinions.
Calendar Otaku
Students are asked about the dates of various Japanese holidays and receive points for answering correctly.
Relative Matching
Students make sentences using 'that/which' Relative Pronouns.
Phone Numbers
A listening and speaking telephone number activity.
Have You Ever Bet
Students practice "Have you ever ....?" questions while having fun betting about classmates' experiences.
Daily Routine
Students race to read and write sentences and complete the passage.
How Many Monsters
Students practice asking "How many?" and review body parts by drawing monsters.
How Much Shopping
Students ask "How much is~?" to find out the prices of the items in this info gap activity.
Shall I Shopping
Students practice "Shall I show you...." while role playing shopping for clothes.
Fish Go
This is a group card activity that practices offering food using "Would you like...?" It is the reverse of "Go Fish."
Do As I Say
Students work in groups to respond to commands from the teacher and formulate appropriate responses.
Scattergories
The objective of Scattergories is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit.
Famous Infinitives
Students choose a famous star and, in pairs, ask each other questions to determine which star they have chosen.
UNO and GO FISH CARDS And Extras
A speaking activity based on the Uno Card Game. The same deck can also be used to play Go Fish
Bingo Bongo
Students ask the ALT questions to try and get a Bingo or Bongo.
Does He Like Sushi?
Students interview three friends and try to guess which character they have chosen using "Does she/he...?" questions and a process of elimination.
Pen Collection
This is a simple game that practices 'whose' and borrowing the students' pens.
Letters To Hakuho
This activity gives the students an opportunity to make funny or interesting sentences using the 'it...for...to...' pattern.
Alphabet Madness
An activity to motivate students to write the alphabet faster.
Word Finder
A simple yet addictive and competitive word finder game.
Scrabble Time Bomb
A timer is started and students race to write words on the chalkboard and not to be the student holding the chalk when the timer sounds.
Super Mario Typhoon
Students review what was studied in the year with a fun, 48 question quiz based on Mario.
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