Animal Jeopardy
Outline: Students practice saying various animals by choosing can't-be-seen cards from a Jeopardy-formatted chalkboard.
Teaching Suggestions:
Pre-make animal cards to attach to the chalkboard. Below, are two animal attachments. If you decide to use your own cards, while keeping in mind generic animals, think about using a couple of animals specific to your country. For example, an Australian might use koalas, kangaroos or penguins, while an American from the Northwest might use wolves or moose. Word of caution, if the animal in Japanese is merely katakana-English, prior to class, explain the animal to the HRT to avoid embarassing classroom situations where you are telling the teacher, "A moose is like the result of a caribbou and horse having sex."
Procedure:
Attach the pictures to the chalkboard so they can't be seen, as shown in the diagram to the right.
Divide the students into teams. One student from each team stands and plays Janken. The winner chooses a card on the board, for example, "B3." The student must say the picture of the animal on the back to receive a point.
Prior to class, mark some of the animal cards with 'X's. If the student chooses a card with an X on it, the whole group on a 3-count must say the animal to receive the point.
Variations:
Various topics can be played at the same time, each column of cards being a different topic.
For higher level classes, grammar can be used. In addition to saying the animals name, the student then makes a sentence using, "I have/don't have a ~ ." or "I like/don't like ~ ."