Junior high school activities

Activities are listed below in categories. Activities may be listed in more than one category.

ALT introduction activities

Activities by name

1 minute speech JHS 2 - 3 Janken and ask questions.
3 Items Flashcards JHS Flashcards with 3 items to be compared
60 Second Quiz JHS 60 second vocab review.
A Day in the Life JHS 2 Guess what someone did the previous day.
ALT's essay JHS Write an essay to use for karuta or a fill-the-blank worksheet.
Adjective Dice Roll JHS Roll dice and name many kinds of things.
Age Number Trick JHS Practice numbers while doing a math trick.
Alphabet Lottery JHS
Alphabet Recognition JHS
Animal ESP JHS
Animalmania JHS 3
Animals and their sounds (What does the Fox say style) ES - JHS Teaching the sounds that animals makes
Apartments JHS
Are You From... JHS Find partner, ask question.
Are you Kitty-chan JHS Find partner, ask question, sign paper.
Asking Permission Game JHS
Attack on Titan game (Shingekinokyoujin) JHS 1 2 3
Autobiography JHS
Back to Back JHS Stand back to back and describe each other.
Bag of Truth JHS
Battleship JHS Call out grid co-ordinates by making sentences.
Bean Jar Count ES - JHS 1 Students guess how many beans are in a jar.
Before and After JHS
Best of All JHS
Betting Game JHS
Bingo ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic game.
Bingo - Interview JHS
Bingo Introduction ES - JHS
Black Magic JHS
Bragging Rights JHS
Braille game JHS
Brainstorming JHS Brainstorm what you can do with ~.
Bus Stop JHS Race to write words that start with a chosen letter.
Buzz ES - JHS 1 Count up without saying certain numbers.
Card Collecting JHS Say the same sentence 6 times to get a set of cards.
Card Collecting Game JHS
Cartoons JHS 2 - 3
Catch a Thief JHS
Celebrity Schedules JHS
Chain Story JHS Continue story by making one sentence each.
Chain of Events JHS
Changes Shmanges JHS
Character Switch JHS Make new identities and find someone by asking questions.
Character signature JHS
Charades JHS Act out a word or phrase using only gestures.
Choose Your Own Adventure JHS Read story, do worksheet and choose page for next lesson over multiple lessons.
Circle the Letter Race JHS
Class Concentration JHS Class game, find pairs of students doing the same activity.
Class Olympics JHS
Climbing Through a Postcard JHS
Cocktail Party JHS Make up what you did last weekend and share with others.
Collecting Signatures JHS Find partner, ask question, fill in worksheet.
Color Toss JHS Throw a ball around and call out things of different colors.
Colored Card JHS
Comparative Picture Game JHS
Comparative Superlative Logic Puzzle JHS 2-3 Students use comparatives and superlatives to solve puzzles.
Compare Your CDs JHS
Concentration JHS
Conditional Chain JHS
Conditional Connect JHS
Conditional Identities JHS
Crazy Comparatives at High Speed Like A Cheetah JHS 2
Criss-Cross ES 5 - JH3
Crossword puzzle JHS 1 - JHS 3
Cube of Fortune JHS
Curious George JHS
Deaf-Red Nosed Foreigner With a Snake JHS
Deprivation JHS
Dice Game ES 1 - JHS 2 Practice numbers by rolling dice.
Did I or Didn't I JHS Write 5 sentences, partner guesses which is false.
Discover the Picture JHS Write sentences about pictures.
Do You Have It JHS Guess who has a coin using "Do you have it?"
Do you Like Her? JHS
Dominoes JHS Play dominoes by matching adjectives and pictures.
Don't Get 7 JHS 1 Practice saying numbers while playing a card game.
Dream Vacation Interview JHS
Dummy JHS Erase body parts that the dummy doesn't need.
Elephant in England Number Trick JHS Practice numbers while doing a math trick.
Empire JHS
English Pong ES - JHS Beer pong for the classroom.
English Soccer Game JHS Practice present positive & negative in pairs with a worksheet.
Famous Couples JHS
Famous People JHS
Fan Game JHS
Final Fantasy ES 4 - JHS 2 Play janken and ask questions to win lives.
Find Someone Who JHS
Find someone who… JHS Find someone who matches statement. Useful for practicing questions.
Find your Group JHS Find partner, ask questions, make group with identical answers.
Finish Conditional Sentences JHS
Fortune Telling JHS
Fortune-Teller JHS
Fraction Fun JHS Mix and match conditions and results to make sentences.
Future Tense Tarot Cards JHS
Gambling JHS
Garfield do things JHS 1,2,3 Make the students move, look at pictures of Garfield and describe them.
Getting In Order JHS 1 Students practice cardinal numbers by ordering themselves in groups.
Getting to Know (Canada) JHS
Gimme Gimme Game JHS Ask students to bring you objects.
Go Fish ES 2 - JHS 3 The classic card game.
Going to the Moon JHS
Golden Mask Mystery JHS 2 Solve a crime by reading suspect statements.
Grammar Gamblers JHS Bet on your sentence being correct.
Guess Who I Am! JHS Gather questions and answers to guess character.
Guessing Game JHS
Haiku JHS
Have/Haven't game JHS
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes ES 1 - JHS 1 The classic song.
Hot Potato ES
If I Were JHS
If You Had the Chance JHS
Interactive Question Game JHS
International Signs JHS Ask for the English meaning of common signs.
Interruptions JHS
Interview Bingo JHS Students ask questions to prompt answers on their bingo sheet.
Introduction Quiz ES - HS
It was a dark and stormy night JHS 3 Creative writing
Jeopardy JHS Like the gameshow. Make questions to match answers.
Karuta ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic Japanese card-slapping game.
Let's Bet Introduction JHS
Letter Change JHS
Liar! Liar! JHS
Likes and Dislikes JHS Write what you like/do and the class guesses who wrote what.
MASH Game JHS
Machine gun input JHS 2 - 3 Drill grammar tables.
Magic Birthday JHS Any Fun number trick
Make your room JHS
Match It ES 3 - JHS 1 Janken and ask questions to get a matching pair.
Meishi Card Game ES - JHS 1
Memory Game JHS
Memory Tray JHS Memorize then recall objects.
Memory game JHS
Mickey's Schedule JHS
Million Dollars JHS Using the song by Barenaked Ladies
Moods JHS Show pictures of funny facial expressions. Students make up explanations.
Movie Magic JHS 2 Describe the intro scene to Raiders of the Lost Arc.
My Buddy and Me JHS
My room JHS
Mystery Man Translation Game JHS
Next Week's Schedule JHS
Nine-Square Mind-Reading Trick JHS Simple trick to use while demonstrating grammar/vocab.
Nouns in a Hat JHS 1 - JHS 3 Nouns in a Hat
Number Jeopardy JHS 1 Quiz where all answers are numbers.
Oh! No! My...! JHS
Only If JHS
Only You JHS
Origami boxes JHS
Pac-man Kriss Kross JHS Criss-cross with touching.
Pair Work Card Game JHS
Palm Reading JHS
Paper Airplane Cardinal Numbers JHS 1 Throw paper planes to practice saying first, second etc.
Pass the Ball JHS
Pass the Question JHS
Peculiar Actions JHS
Personality Test JHS Describe your favorite animals.
Phonics Card Game JHS Janken and pronounce to win cards.
Phonics Chain JHS
Photo Scavenger Hunt JHS 2 The students take pictures different things that fit the given descriptions.
Pictionary ES - JHS The classic drawing game.
Picture Whisper JHS Use chain whispers to describe and draw a picture.
Picture the Past JHS Draw a picture and write sentences about it.
Pictures into Stories JHS Narrate pictures.
Piling up Events JHS Each student repeats the previous sentences and adds their own.
Plans for a Trip JHS
Pop Culture Survey JHS
Popcorn Game JHS Throw a ball, ask questions.
Present tense and pronouns JHS 1 3rd person singular and pronouns, Good for a review activity
Price is Right JHS 1 Guess the price of objects in foreign currency.
Process writing JHS Write a sentence, fold paper over, pass it on.
Pronoun Song Game JHS
Pronunciation Tree JHS
Prove It JHS Ask what students can do eg. roll tongue. Tell them to prove it.
Putting Stories in Order JHS Make a story from pictures.
Question relay JHS In groups, ask for question, find answer, check answer.
Question words JHS 1 - 3 Flashcards for the classroom or to be used as a reference by the students
Race to the Board Game JHS Write sentences on the board.
Ranking JHS
Read and Run JHS Read sentences around the room and fill in worksheet.
Relative pronoun karuta JHS
Resolutions JHS
Running Dictation JHS Assemble and read a story. Difficult vocabulary.
Scavenger Hunt JHS Find things.
Sentence Scramble Game JHS
She's From Outer Space JHS
Shopping JHS Shopping roleplay.
Show and Tell JHS Student brings something from home. Class guesses what it is.
Simon Says ES 1 - JHS 1 Variations on Simon Says and TPR.
Spider Web JHS
String Them Along JHS
Superlative Complements JHS
Supermarket JHS
Superstitions JHS
Syllable Challenge JHS
TPR ES 1 - JHS 3
TV Newspaper Schedule JHS
Take Me Out to the Ballgame JHS Sing song.
Teach The ALT To Cook JHS Write instructions for a recipe or other task.
Telephone JHS Whisper down the line. Also known as Chinese whispers
Ten Tasks JHS Tell groups to do easy tasks.
The Great Pen Case Heist JHS
The Greatly Revered Adverbs of Frequency Game JHS
The Green Ribbon JHS 1-3
The Me I Want to Be JHS
The Monster in Me JHS Draw a monster with multiple body parts.
The Present Perfect House of Horrors JHS
The S Game JHS Practice plurals in groups.
The Spoiled Prince JHS Give orders, students follow for points.
The Syllable Game ES 4 - JHS Listen to words and guess the number of syllables.
The World Tomorrow JHS
There is a Time and Place... JHS
This is the House That Jack Built JHS Make story following the same pattern.
Three Part Relay JHS Group relay involving charades.
Thunderdome JHS 3 Think of words beginning with the first letter of playing cards.
Tic-Tac-Took JHS Practice regular & irregular verbs with tic-tac-toe.
To Tell a Lie JHS
Top 5 JHS Guess most popular words in each category.
Translation game JHS Groups of students race to see who can translate 10 sentences the fastest.
True or False JHS
Two truths and a lie JHS Make 3 sentences, group discusses which is a lie.
Valentine's wordsearch ES 4 - 6
Variation Diagrams JHS
Verb Block JHS
Verb and Pronoun Race JHS
Virus Game JHS Simple game to practice questions and answers.
Visual Perception of Length JHS
Vocabulary Pass JHS 1 2 3
Wacky Drawing Race JHS Students draw your sentences on the board.
Warm-up questions JHS
What Do You Want JHS Students guess the teachers secret words from a bigger list.
What Will You Do With It JHS
What am I? JHS Group quiz.
What's Next JHS
What's Your Alibi JHS Two students prepare alibis for a fictional crime. The class asks questions to find inconsistencies.
Where are my glasses JHS Information gap activity
Where are the aliens? JHS Preposition worksheet with aliens.
Where is ...there is a dog JHS 1, 2 The students move a dog/dogs on a picture and tell their partner where it is (they are)
Who Am I JHS 1
Who has the Longest Legs JHS
Who in the World Are You? JHS Find partner, ask questions, fill in worksheet.
Who's Who JHS
Why! That's The Sound Of... JHS Play recorded sounds and get students to guess what is happening.
Wordsearch JHS
Written Self-Introduction JHS 1
Yes/No Heads Up 7 Up JHS Elaborate way of practicing questions and answers.
Yes/No Race JHS Try to get "yes" answers from the teacher.

Adjectives activities

Adjective Dice Roll JHS Roll dice and name many kinds of things.
Back to Back JHS Stand back to back and describe each other.
Color Toss JHS Throw a ball around and call out things of different colors.
Dominoes JHS Play dominoes by matching adjectives and pictures.
Personality Test JHS Describe your favorite animals.
Photo Scavenger Hunt JHS 2 The students take pictures different things that fit the given descriptions.
Scavenger Hunt JHS Find things.

Adverb activities

The Greatly Revered Adverbs of Frequency Game JHS

Alphabet activities

Animals activities

Animals and their sounds (What does the Fox say style) ES - JHS Teaching the sounds that animals makes
Pictionary ES - JHS The classic drawing game.

Asking permission activities

Asking Permission Game JHS

Body parts activities

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes ES 1 - JHS 1 The classic song.
Simon Says ES 1 - JHS 1 Variations on Simon Says and TPR.
TPR ES 1 - JHS 3

Can activities

Brainstorming JHS Brainstorm what you can do with ~.
Discover the Picture JHS Write sentences about pictures.
Prove It JHS Ask what students can do eg. roll tongue. Tell them to prove it.

Colors activities

Color Toss JHS Throw a ball around and call out things of different colors.

Comparing activities

Dice Game ES 1 - JHS 2 Practice numbers by rolling dice.

Comparitive activities

3 Items Flashcards JHS Flashcards with 3 items to be compared
Animal ESP JHS
Best of All JHS
Class Olympics JHS
Comparative Picture Game JHS
Compare Your CDs JHS
Crazy Comparatives at High Speed Like A Cheetah JHS 2
Photo Scavenger Hunt JHS 2 The students take pictures different things that fit the given descriptions.
Ranking JHS
Superlative Complements JHS
Variation Diagrams JHS
Visual Perception of Length JHS
Who has the Longest Legs JHS

Conditional activities

Chain of Events JHS
Comparative Superlative Logic Puzzle JHS 2-3 Students use comparatives and superlatives to solve puzzles.
Conditional Chain JHS
Conditional Connect JHS
Conditional Identities JHS
Finish Conditional Sentences JHS
Fraction Fun JHS Mix and match conditions and results to make sentences.
If I Were JHS
If You Had the Chance JHS
Million Dollars JHS Using the song by Barenaked Ladies
Only If JHS
Superstitions JHS

Demonstrative pronoun activities

Black Magic JHS
Character Switch JHS Make new identities and find someone by asking questions.
Empire JHS
Liar! Liar! JHS
Match It ES 3 - JHS 1 Janken and ask questions to get a matching pair.
My Buddy and Me JHS
Pair Work Card Game JHS
Pictionary ES - JHS The classic drawing game.
The Great Pen Case Heist JHS

Directions activities

Simon Says ES 1 - JHS 1 Variations on Simon Says and TPR.
TPR ES 1 - JHS 3

Elementary school activities

Animals and their sounds (What does the Fox say style) ES - JHS Teaching the sounds that animals makes
Bean Jar Count ES - JHS 1 Students guess how many beans are in a jar.
Bingo ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic game.
Bingo Introduction ES - JHS
Buzz ES - JHS 1 Count up without saying certain numbers.
Card Collecting Game JHS
Dice Game ES 1 - JHS 2 Practice numbers by rolling dice.
English Pong ES - JHS Beer pong for the classroom.
Final Fantasy ES 4 - JHS 2 Play janken and ask questions to win lives.
Go Fish ES 2 - JHS 3 The classic card game.
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes ES 1 - JHS 1 The classic song.
Hot Potato ES
Introduction Quiz ES - HS
Karuta ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic Japanese card-slapping game.
Match It ES 3 - JHS 1 Janken and ask questions to get a matching pair.
Meishi Card Game ES - JHS 1
Nine-Square Mind-Reading Trick JHS Simple trick to use while demonstrating grammar/vocab.
Pictionary ES - JHS The classic drawing game.
Simon Says ES 1 - JHS 1 Variations on Simon Says and TPR.
TPR ES 1 - JHS 3
The Syllable Game ES 4 - JHS Listen to words and guess the number of syllables.
Valentine's wordsearch ES 4 - 6

English Posters

Question words JHS 1 - 3 Flashcards for the classroom or to be used as a reference by the students

Flagged for Deletion

The Spoiled Prince JHS Give orders, students follow for points.

Future activities

Celebrity Schedules JHS
Character signature JHS
Climbing Through a Postcard JHS
Dream Vacation Interview JHS
Fortune Telling JHS
Fortune-Teller JHS
Future Tense Tarot Cards JHS
Garfield do things JHS 1,2,3 Make the students move, look at pictures of Garfield and describe them.
Going to the Moon JHS
MASH Game JHS
Next Week's Schedule JHS
Palm Reading JHS
Plans for a Trip JHS
Resolutions JHS
TV Newspaper Schedule JHS
The Me I Want to Be JHS
The World Tomorrow JHS
What Will You Do With It JHS
What's Next JHS
Who's Who JHS

General use activities

Battleship JHS Call out grid co-ordinates by making sentences.
Bingo ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic game.
Braille game JHS
Card Collecting Game JHS
Cartoons JHS 2 - 3
Charades JHS Act out a word or phrase using only gestures.
Criss-Cross ES 5 - JH3
Crossword puzzle JHS 1 - JHS 3
Dice Game ES 1 - JHS 2 Practice numbers by rolling dice.
English Pong ES - JHS Beer pong for the classroom.
Final Fantasy ES 4 - JHS 2 Play janken and ask questions to win lives.
Find someone who… JHS Find someone who matches statement. Useful for practicing questions.
Go Fish ES 2 - JHS 3 The classic card game.
Grammar Gamblers JHS Bet on your sentence being correct.
It was a dark and stormy night JHS 3 Creative writing
Jeopardy JHS Like the gameshow. Make questions to match answers.
Karuta ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic Japanese card-slapping game.
Match It ES 3 - JHS 1 Janken and ask questions to get a matching pair.
Memory Game JHS
Nine-Square Mind-Reading Trick JHS Simple trick to use while demonstrating grammar/vocab.
Nouns in a Hat JHS 1 - JHS 3 Nouns in a Hat
Pass the Ball JHS
Process writing JHS Write a sentence, fold paper over, pass it on.
Question relay JHS In groups, ask for question, find answer, check answer.
Race to the Board Game JHS Write sentences on the board.
Read and Run JHS Read sentences around the room and fill in worksheet.
Sentence Scramble Game JHS
Thunderdome JHS 3 Think of words beginning with the first letter of playing cards.
Translation game JHS Groups of students race to see who can translate 10 sentences the fastest.
Two truths and a lie JHS Make 3 sentences, group discusses which is a lie.

Halloween activities

The Green Ribbon JHS 1-3

High school activities

Introduction Quiz ES - HS

Imperative activities

Gimme Gimme Game JHS Ask students to bring you objects.
International Signs JHS Ask for the English meaning of common signs.
Teach The ALT To Cook JHS Write instructions for a recipe or other task.
Ten Tasks JHS Tell groups to do easy tasks.
The Spoiled Prince JHS Give orders, students follow for points.

Infinitive activities

Interrogative/Question Words

Deaf-Red Nosed Foreigner With a Snake JHS

Introduction activities

Autobiography JHS
Bag of Truth JHS
Bingo - Interview JHS
Dice Game ES 1 - JHS 2 Practice numbers by rolling dice.
Famous Couples JHS
Getting to Know (Canada) JHS
Hot Potato ES
Interactive Question Game JHS
Meishi Card Game ES - JHS 1
Mystery Man Translation Game JHS
String Them Along JHS
Who Am I JHS 1
Written Self-Introduction JHS 1

Junior high school activities

1 minute speech JHS 2 - 3 Janken and ask questions.
3 Items Flashcards JHS Flashcards with 3 items to be compared
60 Second Quiz JHS 60 second vocab review.
A Day in the Life JHS 2 Guess what someone did the previous day.
ALT's essay JHS Write an essay to use for karuta or a fill-the-blank worksheet.
Adjective Dice Roll JHS Roll dice and name many kinds of things.
Age Number Trick JHS Practice numbers while doing a math trick.
Alphabet Lottery JHS
Alphabet Recognition JHS
Animal ESP JHS
Animalmania JHS 3
Animals and their sounds (What does the Fox say style) ES - JHS Teaching the sounds that animals makes
Apartments JHS
Are You From... JHS Find partner, ask question.
Are you Kitty-chan JHS Find partner, ask question, sign paper.
Asking Permission Game JHS
Attack on Titan game (Shingekinokyoujin) JHS 1 2 3
Autobiography JHS
Back to Back JHS Stand back to back and describe each other.
Bag of Truth JHS
Battleship JHS Call out grid co-ordinates by making sentences.
Bean Jar Count ES - JHS 1 Students guess how many beans are in a jar.
Before and After JHS
Best of All JHS
Betting Game JHS
Bingo ES 1 - JHS 3 The classic game.
Bingo - Interview JHS
Bingo Introduction ES - JHS
Black Magic JHS
Bragging Rights JHS
Braille game JHS
Brainstorming JHS Brainstorm what you can do with ~.
Bus Stop JHS Race to write words that start with a chosen letter.
Buzz ES - JHS 1 Count up without saying certain numbers.
Card Collecting JHS Say the same sentence 6 times to get a set of cards.
Card Collecting Game JHS
Cartoons JHS 2 - 3
Catch a Thief JHS
Celebrity Schedules JHS
Chain Story JHS Continue story by making one sentence each.
Chain of Events JHS
Changes Shmanges JHS
Character Switch JHS Make new identities and find someone by asking questions.
Character signature JHS
Charades JHS Act out a word or phrase using only gestures.
Choose Your Own Adventure JHS Read story, do worksheet and choose page for next lesson over multiple lessons.
Circle the Letter Race JHS
Class Concentration JHS Class game, find pairs of students doing the same activity.
Class Olympics JHS
Climbing Through a Postcard JHS
Cocktail Party JHS Make up what you did last weekend and share with others.
Collecting Signatures JHS Find partner, ask question, fill in worksheet.
Color Toss JHS Throw a ball around and call out things of different colors.
Colored Card JHS
Comparative Picture Game JHS
Comparative Superlative Logic Puzzle JHS 2-3 Students use comparatives and superlatives to solve puzzles.
Compare Your CDs JHS
Concentration JHS
Conditional Chain JHS
Conditional Connect JHS
Conditional Identities JHS
Crazy Comparatives at High Speed Like A Cheetah JHS 2
Criss-Cross ES 5 - JH3
Crossword puzzle JHS 1 - JHS 3
Cube of Fortune JHS
Curious George JHS
Deaf-Red Nosed Foreigner With a Snake JHS
Deprivation JHS
Dice Game ES 1 - JHS 2 Practice numbers by rolling dice.
Did I or Didn't I JHS Write 5 sentences, partner guesses which is false.
Discover the Picture JHS Write sentences about pictures.
Do You Have It JHS Guess who has a coin using "Do you have it?"
Do you Like Her? JHS
Dominoes JHS Play dominoes by matching adjectives and pictures.
Don't Get 7 JHS 1 Practice saying numbers while playing a card game.
Dream Vacation Interview JHS
Dummy JHS Erase body parts that the dummy doesn't need.
Elephant in England Number Trick JHS Practice numbers while doing a math trick.
Empire JHS
English Pong ES - JHS Beer pong for the classroom.
English Soccer Game JHS Practice present positive & negative in pairs with a worksheet.
Famous Couples JHS
Famous People JHS
Fan Game JHS
Final Fantasy ES 4 - JHS 2 Play janken and ask questions to win lives.
Find Someone Who JHS
Find someone who… JHS Find someone who matches statement. Useful for practicing questions.
Find your Group JHS Find partner, ask questions, make group with identical answers.
Finish Conditional Sentences JHS
Fortune Telling JHS

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