Reading Games

Let ´s play with words / reading:

1.     Stop and think – do not read the ending of the story – brainstorm

2.     Find 10 adjectives and write their antonyms or synonyms

3.     Write 10 key words and their definitions and let your partner guess

4.     Make a spider diagram of some words used in the text + add some more

5.     Spelling dictation - spell the keywords, your partner will write them down

6.     Mirror dictation – Mind Reader - think about 1 word and dictate the antonym

7.     Find 5 irregular verbs and write sentences in past simple / present perfect / passive – present - past

8.     Memory Game - make cards - word + definition / picture.

9.     What’s missing? - Read your key words, cover 2 of them, S2 guesses

10.  Play hangman - alphabet shark - burst balloons - catch the fish

11.  Write words with one semantic root - act - action - active - actively

12.  Cloze task - take out some words (sentences) and ask your partner to place

13.  Jumble words in 5 sentences and ask your partner to unscramble them.

14.  Choose one longer word - make new words - ANAGRAMS

15.  Expanding 1 short word - "in" - tin - win - intelligent ... or hat-cat-car-bar...

16.  Double Dollars - make pairs beginning with same letter - angry adult, big bag

17.  Rhyming Dictation - Write a few words from 1st paragraph and think of rhyming words. Eg. cat - hat. Dictate hat, S2 tries to find the original word - cat...

18.  Rhyming Words - Write a short poem. Advanced SS - poem summarizing txt

19.  Word Duels – SS in circle write a summarising sentence - one word at a time

20.  Cut paragraphs, shuffle, rearrange in order to make sense.

21.  Logic sequence - write a sequence + S2 guess the missing part - Mo-Tue-__-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun

22.  Correct Me Please - misspell 5 words (/wrong tense), your partner corrects

23.  Scanning - circle/find the given key words in the text as fast as possible

24.  Silence Please - whisper 3 key words very quietly. Others write down. Each group must agree on the correct answer. (It must have been... It can't have been... It might have been...)

Speaking tasks:1)         Team Story-telling - Work in pairs and re-tell the text. You can say only one sentence at a time and your partner continues. Task 2 : Whole class - work in a circle and retell the story.
2)         Magic Word - Think about one "secret magic word" from the text and say a word connected to the magic word. Your partner will guess... Eg: Day is the magic word. You say: sun. S2: Is it a noun? You nod. S2: Is it heat? Don’t nod.
3)         Shuffle - Divide and cut the story in 6-10 parts and ask your partner to read/number the parts of the story in the right order.
4)         Discussion - dis/agreement - Think of a topic/statement that is closely related to the text. You agree and your partner disagrees. Brainstorm ideas why you agree. Third student is a jury and s/he decides whether S1 or S2 is right.
5)         Compare with another story
6)         Tell a similar situation that happened to you / your friend
7)         Describe character’s moral characteristics + give your opinion
8)         Draw an illustration to each paragraph. Read a story, S2 match pics + paragraphs.
9)     Mistakes Please - shout “stop!” if a mistake. Correct it10)  Who said that? Pick one sentence. (direct speech)
11)  Famous Film Scene – mute the film and ss make dialogues