ESL Games (GWG) #1 Playful Pics
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Published 2016-12-25
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We share new games every week for you to use in the ESL classroom. Our focus is teaching English in a fun way and sharing games that deliberately make English the main entree, not just a side dish.
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Today’s Game:
In today’s video, Dustin (Canada) and Carson (USA) teach us how to play a fun and engaging game for your ESL Students using just markers, a white/blackboard, and your imagination!
Name of the game:
Playful Pics
Materials:
Board
Markers/chalk
Imagination
Ideal class size:
- 6-20 Students
Instructions:
Divide the class into two teams and send one person from each team outside the classroom. While they’re out, draw a picture on the board while explaining to the remaining students how to talk about that picture. Use vocabulary that’s appropriate for their level.
In this example, Dustin uses the example of a man on a boat on the water fishing. Under the water, there’s a huge fish with its mouth wide open, it’s about to eat the boat.
Once the students in the classroom understand the picture, erase it and bring the students back in to stand in front of the board. They will try to draw the same picture, instructed by their teams with words only. They’ll describe what to draw, what size, what it looks like..etc. The first team to finish drawing all the elements of the teacher’s picture wins!
Guidelines for submitting games:
Please submit only games that are English-focused. Games that don’t have an English element beyond just using English to explain the rules won’t be considered.
Things to tell us about your game:
Title
Where you found it (if you made it up)
Materials needed
Size of group
Instructions
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All Comments (21)
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This channel should be more recognized among ESL teachers around the world. Thank you so much.
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This is awesome guys. Too many other ESL YouTubers just talk thru the games without demonstrating, which is useless. The demo really helped.
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I played this game with my 5 graders today, it was awesome! Thank you for sharing, colleagues!
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Thank you so much for all the activities you've uploaded. So helpful!! You are great!
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My students loved this game, although, they started drawing the most intricate things to throw off the other team (I made the teams draw different pictures for the other team, so they don't copy/repeat/cheat from the other team)
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Thank you for sharing your ideas🙂
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love this game! great for groups. thanks for sharing!
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Thank you very much! This going to help with Vocabulary activities and speaking as well.
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Thank you guys
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this is theeee channel. thank you
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Certainly these useful videos should be shown as a lesson at universities around the world
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ya .... that's really nice ... what a fun game ... thks for sharing with us
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Thank you very much. I really liked your activiy :D
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great game activity, I´ll try today in my class, thank you so much
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Thank you! Amazing
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Thank you so much I really like your games!
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great game, thanks!
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Thank you. I can try this one on my group class.
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Guys, thank you so much for the game.
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Good teacher so interesting👍👍👍👍👍
