Clothing Match (timed game)
Materials: Clothing match cards, timer
Target: 'I'm looking for a ......' ('......s are over there')
Time: 2 minutes (plus a few minutes drill as 'preparation'
)
The suggested 'Find Someone Who' activity for these cards was never going to work for a small class. A good alternative activity is to play 'against the clock' (I use the besteikaiwa.com timer for dramatic effect, but any timer will work)
Method:
* Print and cut out the cards and separate the word cards and the picture cards into separate stacks.
* Write the target phrase on the board.
I'm looking for (a) .............
...........(s) are over there. * Drill the structure a few times (
you'll want to stretch this out - the timer makes the game itself really short)
* Lay the picture cards out face up around the table and place the word cards face down in a stack in the center.
* Model the activity by taking a word card from the top of the pile and asking the student to your left, '
I'm looking for (a) .....' and elicit the correct response (pointing to the appropriate card - '
......(s) are over there')
* Set two minutes on the timer and tell the students they have to try and use all the cards within the time allowed.
* Play the game
