Character Guess

GRAMMAR: Present Tense Verb / EN's 1-8      EXAMPLE: A: Do you speak Japanese? B: Yes, I do. Do you come to school by bus?     DATE ADDED: May 21, 2010 

20-30 min.   16 votes: 5-star

Materials Needed:

• CharacterGuess attachments: JHS / ES

Detailed Explanation:

1. Put students in pairs after practicing:
• Do you speak _____?
• Do you come to school by _____ ?
• Do you play (the) _____?
• Do you like _____?
• Yes, I do./ No, I don`t.
• Are you <name>?
2. Students choose to be a character from the Character Guess worksheet, write the character's name in the table at the bottom of their page and fold the bottom of their page to keep it a secret.
3. Students janken to see who goes first. The winning student asks the first question, for example, "Do you speak Japanese?" After answering the question the Janken Loser asks their question. The answers students receive narrow down the character until they know who it is and ask, for example, "Are you Anpanman?"
4. The Guess Who winner puts a circle in the box next to where they wrote their characters name in Step 2. The loser puts a cross in the box next to where they wrote their characters name in Step 2.
5. Students find another partner and repeat from Step 2.
6. Some characters speak English AND Japanese. Others play two instruments. Explain to students that they only have to answer the question asked, for example, if B is Emi:
• A: Do you speak English?
• B: Yes, I do. (Emi also speaks Japanese but B shouldn`t say this.)
• A: Do you play the piano and the flute?
• B: No, I don`t. (Emi can play the flute but not the piano.)
• A: Do you play the guitar and the flute?
• B: Yes, I do. (Emi can play both.)

Variations:

• Some variations with different grammar:
• "Are you...?" Are You Guessing.
• "Do you look..?" CharacterLooks
• "Have you... for...?" FaceGuess
• ES VARIATION: Students try to guess what character their partner is by using `Do you like (subject)?` questions.
• After practicing the phrases, "Do you like... / Yes, I do / No, I don`t," hand out the worksheet.
• Play the game with the whole class (see Teaching Suggestions in this area), then have students make pairs.
• Students choose a character from the Guess Who worksheet and become this character. They write the character's name in the table at the bottom of their page ("I am _____.") and fold the bottom of their page to keep it a secret.
• Students janken to see who goes first. The winning student asks the first question, for example, "Do you like Japanese?" After answering the question the Janken Loser asks their question, then the winner etc... Students use the answers they receive to narrow down who the other player is. The first player to say the other player`s characer wins, an incorrect guess means an automatic loss.
• The Guess Who winner draws a circle in the box next to where they wrote their character`s name in Step 3 and the loser draws a cross.
• Students find another partner and repeat from Step 3.
• Teaching Suggestion: To play with the whole class in Step 2.
• The ALT leaves the room and the teacher picks a character for the whole class to be. The whole class writes down this character in their table.
• The ALT enters the room (after picking a character) and plays janken with the teacher. The winner goes first.
• The ALT asks questions to the whole class. The teacher selects questions and the whole class asks them to the ALT. (Try to let the class win)
• This activity may be challenging for lower level/grade classes.
  Repeat step 2 (playing with the whole class) until ~80% of the class understands, then play in pairs helping the remaining students.
• If you are going to edit this worksheet:
• I have balanced the frequency/placement of subjects in 3 ways: 1.) To make a round last as long as possible (You cannot know the answer from any mix of 2 subjects), 2.) To make answers easy to figure out (subjects are grouped close to each other), and 3.) To match the character`s ablities/likes. Please consider at least factors 1 and 2 if you change the worksheet. For example, if you want to add a new subject it will be much easier to copy and paste it into the position of a subject that you don`t want than to rebalance the worksheet with an extra subject.

Teaching Suggestions:

• To explain the game, print two A3 boards and do a demonstration with the teacher. Make sure you both know each other`s characters beforehand to save time and let you concentrate on explaining.
• This activity is designed for New Horizon 1, Unit 3, part 2/3. 

Comments:

• (July 15, 2011) SaburiChan said: This game went over very well in my 1st year JHS classes. The JTE and I demonstrated once, and then had the class try as a whole with me. We gave points to students who could guess the most characters in 3 minutes.
• (July 11, 2011) plucka said: Very popular game with the kids. My JHS 1st graders are a little low, so I stuck with the ele sheet, worked a treat. Cheers
• (July 3, 2011) Roger said: Game worked extremely well. One demonstration with the JTE was all that was needed explanation wise, and the game kept the kids engaged for upto 30 minutes.
• (June 23, 2011) Alli B said: Thank you! This game was so fun. All of my kids were excited by the characters and did really well.
• (June 28, 2010) Lupin said:
  Excellent - easy, clear, useful and interesting. Great work, thanks!

(June 25, 2010) Raymond Corrigan said: Some new variations with different grammar are: Do you look..? http://jhsenglipediaproject.com/JHS_Textbook_Game_CharacterLooks.aspx
Have you ... for ..?
http://jhsenglipediaproject.com/JHS_Textbook_Game_FaceGuess.aspx

(June 24, 2010) MaKo said: This worksheet is one of the few games that I've actually found playable in a class of 43 ichinenseis. Thanks!

 

(June 7, 2010) Raymond Corrigan said:

@Take Oats
E means they speak English. J means they speak Japanese. E+J means they speak English and Japanese. I thought that might be a bit confusing!

 

(June 1, 2010) Take Oats said: Thanks so much for sharing. Sorry if this is demonstrating my illiteracy but what is the E and the J?

 

(May 25, 2010) Raymond Corrigan said:  I have found a very good way to quickly explain the rules before step 1.
1. The ALT leaves the room and the JTE picks a character for the whole class to be. The whole class writes down this character in their table.
2. The ALT enters the room and Jankens with the JTE. The winner goes first.
3. The ALT asks questions to the whole class. The JTE selects questions and the whole class asks them to the ALT. (Try to let the class win).

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