Keyword Game
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| Activity | |
|---|---|
| Students practice vocabulary by competing to grab the eraser. | |
| Target level | ES 1 - 6 |
| Skills | Listening |
| Preparation time | None |
| Activity time | 10 minutes |
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Keyword Game is an activity suitable for 1st-6th grade elementary students. It's used to help reinforce learning after teaching new vocabulary. It can be found throughout the Eigo Notebook textbook series.
Preparation
- Create picture cards of new vocabulary words and put them on the blackboard.
- Choose one vocabulary picture card and set it to the side. This will be the 'keyword'.
- Have the students pair up and face each other. Then have them place an eraser (or some other small object) between them.
Instructions
- Tell the students that you will say one word out loud and then have them repeat that word, followed by everyone clapping twice.
- Tell them that you've chosen one keyword and if they hear that keyword then they should immediately grab the eraser without even saying anything.
- After each round, tell the winning students to raise their hand. This will usually get them excited.
- At the end, after however many rounds you decide to do, ask the students how many times they won a match. The students that win the most matches are the overall winners.
Variations
- As the game progresses, instead of the ALT deciding the keyword, ask a student to volunteer and choose a keyword. Then coach that student to say "Keyword is _____!" in front of everyone and then return to their seat to start the game.
- Increase the difficulty by running two keywords simultaneously.
