This game is a good team building activity and helps students to think of spelling and sentence structures without vowels and math all in English.
Structure
To begin you need to set the game up on the white/ black board. On one side of the board draw a table, like so:
Break the class into teams; they do not have to be even numbered, nor does there need to be an equal number of teams, although, the more teams you have the longer the game will be.
On the opposite side of the board …
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This is a fun interactive reading game that concentrates on individual student’s pronunciation in a class activity. It is suitable for all levels and ages. This game builds on The One Word Reading Game.
Begin with reading the required story or text to the students while they read along. For younger students encourage them to use their reading finger, that is, their pointer finger, to point to the words as the teacher reads.
For the second round play The One Word Reading Game where each student reads one word each but do …
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When visiting the temples a year ago I got the feeling of what it might be like in its …
