Well I hope you can capture the flag!
Hi my name is Jema Perry and welcome to Mooncake, ESL teaching made easy. If
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teaching tips. Also real quick, if you are new here don't be shy say hi in the
comments below and let me know where in the world you're teaching. So we all know
that flashcard games are a great way to get students engaged and help them
remember those new words and sentence structures faster. Well today I'm giving
you a great game that you can try in your class tomorrow.
So without further ado let's get straight into it with today's game,
Capture the Flag. To play this game all you're going to need are some flashcards
of the vocabulary you'd like to practice and some different colored board markers.
Start by positioning the class in a semi-circle with you the teacher in the
middle. Split the class into two teams and give them fun team names. Next,
introduce those flashcards one by one placing them face-up on the floor in a
line as you do. Next, you're going to draw two different colored flags on the
whiteboard behind you, at either end of that flashcard line. Explain to the class
that these are our team flags and it to win, you need to capture the other teams
flag. Next a member from Team A and Team B are going to come to the middle
and stand at either end of that flashcard line. They're going to play
rock paper scissors to see who goes first.
Next, the whole class as a group are going to ask that student the target
sentence structure for example, "what's your favorite fruit?" Remember that you
can adjust those targets sentence structures to suit any subject or level
of English that you might be teaching. That first student then needs to look
at the first flashcard in front of them and reply using that word. For example, "I
like apples" They then jump onto that flashcard. The whole class as a group
then asks that second student the same target question and again that student
then needs to look at the first card in front of them and reply using that word.
If for some reason the students aren't able to answer then they either miss a
turn or they have to take a step backwards. Make sure you're helping
students with any words that they're stuck on so that the second time around
they can answer correctly. Keep going again and again until
students meet somewhere in the middle. Now note how I'm having the whole class
practice that target question again and again. This not only helps them practice
that target language but helps to keep them engaged while they're waiting for
their turn. This is part of our classroom management strategy, for more information
about classroom management, you can check out my video linked below. Once the
students meet in the middle they're gonna play a game of rock-paper-scissors.
The winner of that game gets to stay in the middle and the loser has to sit back down.
another member from that team then comes to the middle but starts from the
beginning. Keep going again and again until one team reaches the other side and
captures the flag. Now, the great thing about this game is depending on how
those rock-paper-scissor games turn out you can get one team very close to
capturing the flag, only to lose a game and for the whole thing to then go the
other way. This is great because it gets students practicing that target language
again and again while students are still having fun. So there you have it Capture
the Flag, a fun and engaging game that will have your students repeating
vocabulary and sentence structures again and again. If you like this game let me
know by commenting with the word 'helpful' in the comments below and by sharing
with your fellow teachers. If you're looking for more fun ESL games you can
check out some of my other videos right here. That's it for this video thanks so
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