Students pair up and take turns picking a
Divide the
topic (a thing, an activity, a person, an
animal or.) Both students relate to the
suggested topic.
A: Boys
A: I like them. We cant live without
boys. Life wouldnt be the same.
B: I cant stand boys. They are childish
and need to grow up faster.
B: Vacation
B: Best time of the year!
Divide the blackboard into two sections
and do the same with the students.
Write the alphabet on both halves of the
blackboard. Tell the kids to take turns
going to the board to write a word
starting with the next letter. (You can
have different categories: nouns, verbs,
adjectives, music instruments, sports
etc.) Who is done first?
A A
B B
C C
D D
E E
Divide class into two teams.
blackboard in two sections. Write the
same word on both halves of the board
and let the students take turns writing a
word beginning with the last letter of the
previous word. Set a time frame. Each
letter written in correctly spelled words
means one point.
America
Are
Elephant
Throw
Put some cards with words written on
them (back up) on the desk. Divide
students into groups of two or three.
Divide the blackboard into two or three
sections; each section has four
headlines:
Nouns Verbs Adjectives
Adverbs
Each group send first student to the desk
who draws a card, read the word and
write it below the right category. Next
student can draw a new card when the