ESL Activity - Beat the Teacher
Objective: lesson revision
If you tutor a student one on one then this game is perfect for
revision of your previous lessons, as well as finding out how much the student
may already know. It's a form of Naughts and Crosses or as the Americans would
call it - Tick Tack Toe.
Before your lesson write down as many questions that you can
think of to ask your student and number them 1 to whatever.
- What is the simple past tense word for Run?
- What is an Abstract noun?
- etc...
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Ask your student to draw the nine squared naughts and
crosses grid by overlaping two horizontal and two vertical lines.
Let's say, you thought of 60 questions to ask your
student. Ask your student to write down on a piece of paper the numbers 1 to
60.
The student first chooses a number from their list of
numbers. Let's say for example, the student chooses number 3, then question
number 3 on your question list is the question you will ask them. Note: after
the student chooses a number they have to mark it off their list, so that, that
question can only be asked once.
You ask the student the question. If they get it right
then they get to place their naught or cross, whichever symbol they choose, in
whichever square they like on the grid.
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But, if the student gets it wrong then the teacher places
their symbol in whichever square they like. If the student gives an incorrect
answer then don't forget to tell them the correct answer afterwards. The game
goes on like this until the winner gets three symbols in a row.
This game is great for the teacher because it gives them
an idea of how much the student has retained from previous lessons, and also,
what they already know. My student likes playing this game because she beats
this teacher - a lot! |
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Contributor: Tom |
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