Enlgish Games For Teaching

176 English Language Games for Children

By: Shelley Ann Vernon
www.teachingenglishgames.com

176 English Language Games for Children
Table of Contents / Detailed Index

A Note on the Font and Printing
This book is written using a font that contains tiny holes so you save ink when printing. As well as helping the environment this font saves you money. You can only see the holes when thefont is enlarged, as shown below.

Spranq eco sans
You may consult this book in two ways: 1. You may print it out to have a hard copy. If this is your choice I recommend editing your printer settings to economy or draft. This will save you even more ink, though with this special font it may prove to be too faint, so do a test first by printing just one page. 2. You may also use it onscreenusing the links to jump about easily in the book. You will find a live link to jump back to the table of contents on each page. Scan the table of contents or the six steps to pick out games and jump right to the section or game that you want. Either way PLEASE do make a back up in case your computer dies on you one day!

A Note on Copyright and Distribution
Please do note that I do earn my livingsolely from selling copies of my books. I can only ask you to respect the copyright and avoid copying or emailing my book, or goodness knows how many copies there might be all over the Internet. Thanks for your understanding. I appreciate your integrity. Copyright @ 2009 by Shelley Ann Vernon www.teachingenglishgames.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in anymanner whatsoever without written permission of the author. Thank you. ISBN: 978-0-9558645-0-6 Published by: Shelley Vernon

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176 English Language Games for Children

Table of Contents
A-B C-D E-G H-J K-M N-P Q-R
Table of Contents / Detailed Index

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U-Z Technology

Introduction and Tips
The philosophy behind the games

p. 8
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Tips on using the games p. 11 1 Categoryp. 11 2 Group size p. 11 3 Level p. 11 4 Materials p. 11 5 Age p. 12 6 Pace p. 12 7 Competition p. 12 8 Mixed abilities p. 13 9 Logistics p. 13 (a) Forming teams (b) Giving each class member a number 10 Team slogans p. 13 11 Classroom Management and noise p. 14 (a) Some essential basics to manage a large class (b) Useful discipline tips (c) Attention grabbers (d) Loud individuals 12 Movement p.17 13 Group work p. 17 14 Pair work p. 18 15 Spoon-fed choral repetition p. 18 16 Worksheets p. 18 17 Getting to know the children p. 18 18 Karaoke p. 18 19 Performances for motivation p. 19 20 Teaching one to one p. 19 21 Short plays for small groups p. 19 22 Adding value p. 20 23 Top Tips Summary p. 20

Quick Start Guide & Detailed Index p. 22
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 Step One Listening Games StepTwo Listening Games Step Three Speaking Games Step Four Speaking Games Step Five Reading Games Step Six Writing and Spelling Games Games for Specific Grammar and Vocabulary Games ideal for use with songs Games for use with teens or adults p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. 22 23 23 24 25 26 26 28 29

Games A-B
Abracadanagram A Abracadanagram B Abracadanagram C Action Race

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176 English Language Games for Children All Change A & B Alphabet A & B Anagrams Backwards Bull's Eye Balloon Fortunes Balls and Tenses Bang Bangle Game Bingo Blind Painter Board Bash Bogeyman Boggle Brainstorm British Bulldog (end of term game) Bucket Game p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. p. 33 34 35 36 37 38 38 40 40 41 41 42 43 43 44 45

Games C-D
Call My Bluff Call MyBluff Grammar Variant Chanting Game Charades Charades Race Chinese Whispers Colour the Card Colour Wolf Commands Race Copycat Commands Eight Counting and Numbers Games: Add Up The Dice Clap And Count Count The Cards Guess The Price How Many Matchstick Game Pass The Ball Telephone Game Dancing Demons Decoding Detective Game Four Directions Games: Blindfold Directions Grandma's Directions...