THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH GAMES IN AN ENGLISH CLASS

Instructor: Irina Pomazanovschi, ETRC/IRIM

Workshop for EFL teachersNovember 2015

What are the qualities of a good learning game?

Research shows that use of games in children’s classroom can be beneficial for academic achievement, motivation and classroom dynamics.

These two sentences best express the qualities of a good game:A good game will stay with us all our lives.A good game makes us long to play it again.

(- Wolfgang Kramer )

5 KEY ELEMENTS OF GAMES1. Rules2. Time3. Players/Teams4. Competition5. Prize

Types of Games in Teaching

Guessing Games

Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games

Sunken treasure

Thanksgiving Race

Thanksgiving Jeopardy Game 1 Game 2

Types of Games in Teaching

Board Games

Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games

More pintables:http://allfortheboys.com/home/2011/11/22/thanksgiving-printables.html

Types of Games in Teaching

Dice Games

Name … thing(s) that is/are …:• Red• Juicy• Cold• Strong

Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games

Types of Games in Teaching

Race Games

Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games

Types of Games in Teaching

Word Games

Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games

Types of Games in Teaching

Movable Games

Guessing gamesBoard gamesDice gamesRace and Hunt gamesWord gamesMovable gamesComputer games

Pass the paper

Thanksgiving activities for kids

•http://www.kidactivities.net/category/holidays-thanksgiving-games.aspx

Games for learning English, Vocabulary and Grammar• http://www.eslgamesplus.com/

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

References:• 100 Great EFL Games: Exciting Language Games for Young Learners Paperback – May 31, 2011

by Mr Adrian Bozon (Author) • ESL Games: 176 English Language Games for Children: Make your teaching easy and fun Paperback – May 18, 2012

by Shelley Ann Vernon (Author)