Category — Blackboard Games

A fun drawing game that rewards students’ ability to answer questions correctly by letting them draw the missing body parts on their team’s Buddy.

Skill Level:
Beginning, Intermediate.

Materials:
Die, blackboard.

Instructions:
Similar in pace and game design to Master Builder. Students roll a die to see what body part they get to add to an incomplete person drawn on the board.
Divide the class into teams and for each team draw a blank face and limbless torso on the board. (To give the students more chances to draw I usually draw more than one Buddy for each team.)
Tell the students that today they will have the opportunity to make a Buddy to keep them company for the rest of class. [Read more →]

Reward your students for answering questions by letting them play a fast-paced house building game!

Skill Level:
Beginning, Intermediate

Materials Needed:
Die, blackboard.

Instructions:
Divide class into teams and draw an example five-sided house on the board:

Make your students want to remember vocabulary by playing Memory!

Skill level:
Beginning, Intermediate.

Materials Needed:
Pairs of cards with the lesson’s vocab, grammar, or sentences on them.
Hint: Make sure that you can’t read the writing through the back of the card!

Instructions::
Divide the class into team and mix the cards and tape them to the board. If you have a small class you can play in a circle on the floor, but I’ve found that playing on the board works best. Students from each team pick two cards & read them as they’re turned over. If the cards match, the student (and her team) keep the set. If the cards do not match they are both turned back over and it is the other team’s turn.
Team with most sets at the end of the game wins!