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Word Challenge

Submitted by I on 23 October 2007 - 12:12pm.

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Name of Game:

Word Challenge

Target Students:

Elementary School

Target Students:

Middle School

Target Students:

High School

Duration:

15-30 minutes

Number of Students:

Teams of 4-10

English Skills:

Listening

English Skills:

Speaking

English Skills:

Spelling

Objective:

One team says a word and the other tries to spell it

Instructions

Have students get into teams of 4-10 people
One person from each team does rocks, paper, scissors
Winner says a word and opponent tries to write the word correctly
If they get it right, their team gets a point
If they get it wrong, the person who said the word can write it out for a point for their team
Have another person from each team play 'Word Challenge'

Variations

Make an 'arena' in the middle of the class for two students to face off

Notes

Students will start to look up difficult words to stump the other team. Remember to to a follow-up assignment for words used, such as teaching the class the meanings and having students make sentences with the new words.

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

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