Vocabulary Game 1

GROUPING with words
In some lessons we may divide our students into groups. This game is used to make groups based on the name of particular things, such as: part of body, flower, animal, etc

Purpose:
- To help students memorize the name of particular things which they belong to, for instance: Jasmine, Rose, Tulip, and Orchid are belong to FLOWER, etc.

Level:
- Beginner up to advanceThis game level can be varied, based on the difficulties or kinds of vocabulary. Simple words should be applied for the beginner, but idiomatic vocabularies are fit to the advance. Teachers should arrange or select which words are suitable for their students.

Preparation:
- Make a list of word groups. The amount of the groups or words are depend on the groups and words you want to make.

Example:
FLOWER: Rose, Jasmine, Orchid, Tulip
PART OF BODY: Hand, Knee, Head, Stomach
COMPUTER PARTS: Monitor, Keyboard, Screen, Modem

- Make cards of hard paper.
- Write those words, you have listed, onto the cards, one word for one card

How to play:
- suffle the cards and deliver to students, one by one.
- in about 3 minutes, all students must find his friends with cards in the same group.
- ones who can not find groups or join in wrong groups must be punished, ie: singing, dancing, acting, etc.
- at last, groups have been made.