Games
- Buffalo Bill (variation on fruit basket)
- A combination of fruit basket, color tag, and red rover. When a select vocab word is called, students must run to the other side of the gym/field and try not to get tagged.
- Karuta
- A vocab centered listening game played in groups. A word is called out, and students slap that card.
- Pictionary or “The Picture Game”
- A vocabulary centric warmup. A few students draw pictures to express a word, and the other students try to guess what it is.
- The Crisscross Game or The Tate-yoko Game
- A warm up activity used for reviewing previously learned grammar or vocabulary. The teacher asks the class questions. The students compete to answer questions out loud before each other.
- The Fly Swatter Game or The Hae Tataki Game
- A warm up activity for reviewing vocabulary or conjugations. A word is announced, and and students race to find it on the blackboard.
- The Jyan Ken Card Game
- A cocktail game where students walk around the room, play jyan ken, talk, and win cards
- The Sentence Game or The Envelope Game
- Reading, writing, and grammar practice for any grammar point. Students create sentences from words in an envelope