Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Name Six

Greetings everyone!  I choose the game Name Six. Enjoy!

Objectives:
1.      To enable the students to apply their vocabulary skills.
2.      To enable the students to have wider vocabulary.
Skills: Vocabulary
Preparation: Arrange the players in the circle. Prepare a funnier stuffed animal.
Level: Intermediate
Duration:30 minutes
Materials: 
  1. stuffed animal
  2. whiteboard
  3. marker


Procedure:

Demonstration - (10 minutes)
1.      Students are arranged in the circle.
2.      Facilitator ask the students about their knowledge such as "can you name the animals that living in a water" and so forth. When the students giving their answer, the facilitator write it on the whiteboard.
3.      Facilitator explains the instructions to all groups.
4.      Facilitator show demonstrations to all groups.

Playing the Game - (20 minutes)
1.      Arrange the players in a circle.
2.      Choose one person randomly to stand outside the circle while give someone in the circle a stuffed animal, the funnier the animal the better. The person outside the circle should ask the person holding the animal to name six of things he stated.
3.      The person then starts moving the animal around the circle and the other players pass it around. For example, “name six things that can be recycle”. 
4.      The person sitting in the circle begins naming six animals and at the same time, the stuffed animal is being passed around the circle. If the player cannot name 6 things that can be recycle by the time the stuffed animal reaches him, he has lost and it's his turn to stand outside the group and stunt the other students.
5.      Player must name six of the objects before the animal gets back to him or her. The winner is chosen by the players who are didn’t stand outside the circle

Debriefing - (5 minutes)
Facilitator then asks for students' feedback about the game - Name Six that they have played.

Notes: The questions and sentences that are asked and constructed in this game are regarding the environment and nature.

Rules:
Students have to listen to their friends' answer to consider it right or wrong while passing the stuffed animal.

Comments:

This activity depends on the students’ ability to think and recap on their vocabulary and knowledge quickly. It is suitable to be used in learning because it helps students to recap their vocabulary skills and adding some new vocabulary or words that they might not know before. This game is most suitable to be used inside of the classroom but requires a quick movement from the students. Teachers need to ensure the safety of the students if it is conducted inside the classroom. This game can help the students to experience teaching techniques that are refreshing, fun and competitive.



Prepared by: Nur Haizatul Akma Binti Zainudin

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I really enjoy this game and really suitable for the target audiences which are primary school students. However, this game needs limit the number of the players because if it is too little number of the players, it is hard to get a winner because the players did not have time to think the objects; if it is too many players, it will product many winners in a group and will not stimulate the players to play the game. therefore ,this game should change the rules such as limit the number of the players per group or adjust the number of the object that need to name. This game is simple but it enhance students' vocabulary and their acuity. i really enjoy the game.

estherfrancis said...

I am interested to this game because it's a creative way to attract students interest in learning a language. This game seems to be simple, but it is actually quite challenging where students need to think fast in giving the six names. Good game Akma!

Unknown said...

I also think that this is an interesting game and I really like this game. This game helps the students to think fast and at the same time can help them to enhance their vocabulary. although the objects that the students need to name are just the simple object around them, but this game still challenging as the students need to react fast in answering the questions. I also agree with SuHui that this game should have the limit of the players or adjust the number of the objects that students need to name.

dolly said...

actually, i like this game where it challenges the students to think fast. However, I think it is more suitable to be performed only among the higher proficiency students. Perhaps, the number of the answers can be reduced to less than 6..hehe..just a suggestion....GOOD JOB akma..