Three Kingdoms

Submitted by Ogedei on 23 October 2007 - 11:59am.

Tags:

ESL/EFL Game Profile

Name of Game:

Three Kingdoms

Target Students:

Middle School

Target Students:

High School

Duration:

20-25 minutes

Number of Students:

Groups of 3-5

English Skills:

Speaking

Objective:

Make questions with Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How

Instructions

Place a number of cards with the words "Who," "What," "Where," "When," "Why," and "How" face down
Among the cards is a "China" card
Divide the class into three groups and designate them as one of the ancient Korean kingdoms: Shilla, Baekje, and Goguryeo
All "kingdoms" start with 100 points
Groups take turns flipping over and one card at a time and make a question with the word
For every correct question they make, they get two "Army" cards, which have a power of ten
For every third correct question, they get a "Castle" card which grants 50 bonus points. (Ask: "Who do you want to attack?)
After making a correct question, groups can choose to continue taking Army cards OR they can choose to use up their army cards to attack another group and destroy their points
However, whoever turns over a "China" card will cause ALL groups to lose one Castle (-50 points) and ALL their Army cards!

Variations

Make smaller groups and include other "kingdoms" such as Gaya and Mahan
If you are teaching in other countries change names
- For example, if you are teaching in China, you can change the "Kingdom" names to states or dynasties in Chinese history and have the "Huns" or ;quot;Mongols" as the killer card
Include other question words, not just the standard who, what, where, when, why, and how
Put grammar or trivia questions on cards
Assign each group a "capital city" as a starter castle and city names or specific castle names to "castle cards," this way you can also "Who do you want to attack?" and "Where do you want to attack?" or "What do you want to attack?"

Notes

A big thanks to Ogedei for this ESL/EFL game!

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