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[gillod]

So, my computer/projector in my classroom is busted. Tech dude said 6 weeks. Which means for the rest of the semester we're doing it old school- Whiteboards. No worksheets. We're over our 'paper budget'.

What're your favorite games that can be played with a whiteboard and maybe just a FEW sheets of paper in a class of 40+ kids? I also have 24 hours of 40 kids, so something like "Decorate cookies!" is a no-go, unless I want to bake 960 cookies. My kids are REALLY used to ppt games an activities and I am too. Word scrambles, board games, grammar exercises- I had them all on PPT. Today I was able to write them on poster board, but I don't have unlimited poster board or prep time.

Those of you without projectors, what do you do?

[gillod]

Forgot to mention: Elementary level. 4,5,6

[sulperman]

Easiest quiz game on earth- Some people spend 6 hours making a jeopardy power point, but this is ten times better.

Split the class in half. Let them pick silly team names. You could even do 3 teams if you felt like it.

Make a 5X5 chart on the whiteboard, A-E by 1-5.

Then demonstrate that on a piece of paper you are making the same grid but you will write secret point values on each square, from 1-10. Fill in each box 1,2,3...up to 10 in random order (until you fill the whole grid), but don't show the kids. This is your secret (bee-meel- 비밀) paper.

Then choose a kid on one team to go first. He or she will pick a spot (like A3 or C5). You make an X on that spot. Then ask them whatever question you want. If they answer correctly award them the number of points from that box on your secret paper. Don't tell them the value until after they answer the question.

It's unfair, because the points could be anything, but the kids don't EVER care. They get really excited. If the kids are whiners you can mess with the score values to make it an semi-even, or if it is the first time, a tie game at the end (they will catch on after the first time, so you can only do that once)

I let the other kids help the answering kid, which helps keep everybody involved, but that one kid has to do the actual answering.

Works with anything. No prep, just have to think of the questions.

Hope that made sense.

[gillod]

[jpotter78]

[kiwiinkorea]

Chinese whispers and have the last person draw or write the answer on the board. I also do relay races where they have to pass an object and ask and answer a question and the last person has to come to the front and grab a picture/sentence that matches the sentence.

Running dictation for the 5th or 6th graders. It gets very chaotic and messy but is a good activity for reading and writing practice. I have done it with a class of 35.

Memory as a board game - print of some sheets with pictures or sentences on it. Cover them with some paper (I use laminated letters and blue tak). Have the students take it in turns to call out a letter (you uncover them) - make them say the sentence and then see if they can find the matching one on a different sheet. If they match they get 1 point, if not put the letters back and give the next team a go.

Hot envelope game - either play music on a cd player or make the students sing as they pass the envelope around. People holding it when the music stops (or you yell stop) has to say the target sentence. I have just done this with 6th grade and 2 telephones for lesson 13. They really liked it (mostly the part when someone else got the telephone!).

Hope they help.

[Fishead soup]

Picture dictation- Describe a picture have students draw it.

Example- Draw the sea. Under the sea draw some fish. On the sea draw an island. On the right of the island draw a boat. In the sky draw the sun on the right side.
Have one students leave the room.
Draw a picture on the blackboard. When he returns have the remaining students describe the picture. He/ she draws.

[some waygug-in]

Guided pictionary;

Write sentence fragments on the left of the board and the right. Leave enough space in the center to draw pictures.

Start with about 5. The fragments should be able to match with any from the opposite side.


As an example, draw a picture that depicts one possible combination.

The students try to guess what you've drawn. They have to guess complete sentences in order to gain points for their team.

After they understand how the game works, divide the class into 4 teams and take turns having 1 person/team come to the front and draw a picture while the others guess.

After a round or two, you can add more fragments to the list or if you feel the game has gotten too easy, change the fragments to keep thing fresh.

[MalFSU1]

Have the students fold a paper or two sheets into eight squares(fold three times) Have them write a specific sentence or phrase in each square...then have them cut the squares. They can use the cards to play Memory game or quiz each other. If paper is an issue maybe they could use paper from their notebooks.

Also today for sixth grade I wrote out 8 questions on the board and they copied them into their notebooks. I then sat them on the floor across from one another ( there was 34 kids in class) and had them interview each other using the questions I had them copy, when they finished they could sit back at their tables...but I checked their work first. It killed about 15-20 minutes when you add in the copying and interviewing. To add more time you can have a few students present their interviews.

[nobbyken]

Teach them how to play battleship using a sheet of paper each. They will probably have workbooks they can pull a sheet out of. (They could use half and A4 to draw the grids on-their own and their oponents, then re-use upto 4 times!)

You could make it as challenging as you want - from having simple words to find, to having to ask by making up sentences from current or previous lessons.

Explaing the game may take up to 10 mins.
The board at the front could be used to demonstrate how the 2 players should interact with each other.

I have a good decriptive powerpoint to show Ss, but without that then the board and acting as the 2 players should suffice. I also got some good templates for printing with various target sentences. I think I picked them up from http://www.eflclassroom.ning.com, but maybe it was from esnips although I think everything can now be found at eflclassroom.
Fow example: Instead of saying square 'B2', replace B with 'I would like...' and 2 with 'some coffee'.

[ChaBaa]

I've got a simplified version of a "describe it" game that I took from Reward Resources. Basically, got 21 small cards with 5 words on each. Each card follows the same pattern:- place; person/job; noun; verb; adjective. There's loads of things I do with these.

Team Board writing. One person (rotated) from each team at the front with the pen. Teacher (initially, the aim is to get so the students can do all the roles) makes a clue for the word eg. "the place you go when you are sick." The first student to write the answer on the board correctly gets a point. I usually leave the winning word on the board, so it's easy to see which team is winning. The other members of the team can help, but you need to lay some rules about shouting!!

Group Clue writing. Give 2 of the cards to each group of about 6 kids. they have to write a clue for each of the words on the card. Then they get to stand up and ask the other groups the clue. (If they're good enough they don't need to write the clue first, but judging by my elementary kids, they need this time). again, first group to write the ans correctly wins. They can do this just on pieces of paper that they hold in the air.

Make a sentence with all the words on the card "disco; uncle; vegetables; pay; rich." Words can be in any order, doesn't have to make too much sense, it's a game innit? So funny is the point!

If you can pm me, I'll email you my card sheet.

Also, good old Scategories, hangman in teams, mime the action/in pairs (she is eating an apple, they are reading the newspaper)
good luck!

[Trikeboy]

One that always worked for me is drawing a monster. You give the students a dice and a sheet of paper. On the board write various body parts (head, nose, arms, legs etc.). The students write the words down then roll the dice for each word eg 5 arms, 6 legs. Then they draw the monster based on the results.