Word Games
Level 6+ level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide them with the skills to create longer sentences.
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To provide them with new vocabulary and ways to use it
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide students with the skills to create longer sentences when they are writing
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For students to be able to work together to build sentences
Procedure (45-62 minutes)
Play Boogle SS must look at the table of letters and they need to find as many words as they can in the table, they also need to look for the longest word they can find in the table. The letters must connect when they are making the words.
Ask the students What is a preposition? (A word or phrase connecting a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective sentence. Ask for examples from the SS What is a pronoun? takes place of a noun - this is used to talk about a person Ask for examples from the SS What is a phrasal verb? A phrasal verb is a combination of words (a verb + a preposition or verb +adverb) that when used together, usually take on a different meaning to that of the original verb. Ask for examples from the SS
Go through all the phrases and words we will be using in the game Do an example together!
SS must pick 1 preposition, 1 pronoun, 1 phrasal verb They must then make a sentence with these. The sentence must be a minimum of 8 words and it must contain all the words picked, finally the grammar must be correct. The Team to do it quickest will get 2 points and if the grammar is correct they get one point.