Name of Game:
Run and Write
Target Students:
Elementary School
Target Students:
Middle School
Target Students:
High School
Duration:
10-20 minutes
Number of Students:
Groups of 3-4
English Skills:
Listening
English Skills:
Spelling
English Skills:
Writing
Objective:
Find word in list and write in on the board - Give each team a list of words
- Have each team select a leader
- Teacher says one word from list several times
- Teams search for word, then have leader go to board and write word
- Leaders must give teach a Hi-five after writing the word correctly
- First leader to give the teacher hi-five gets five points
- Next leader to finished gets 4 points, next one 3, etc
- Use sentences for higher levels
- See Running Dictation
You can make a word list or just use the word index in the back of your textbook. Students cannot shout letters out to leader but they can show it to her/him as many times as they need. Encourage them to say the letters out loud when the leader come over for help. Subtracting a point from noisy teams helps keep things under control.
Make sure to switch leaders after every word and do a follow up exercise with the words used.
A big thanks to Nick for this EFL/ESL game!
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I teach in a middle school
I teach in a middle school and my 3rd graders had a blast. I made it a rule that every person had to go to the board atleast once. I also made a starting point for all groups. I moved around the room so that each time the same group wasn't getting all the points. This made it very interesting. They get very competitive. I also added a phrase round that was for listening only.
Thanks for the game idea!!! It was a ton of fun=)
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Thanks for the feedback!