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General Games
Twister
Twister
Outline: Students try to twist their bodies/limbs into various pretzel shapes to correspond to the ALTs instructions.
Preparation needed:
Procedure: An example of the game board can be seen to the right. It must be large enough for four students to stand on simultaneously. This game also uses a wheel. The wheel is divided into four quadrants. Each quadrant has a different body part – left hand, right hand, left foot, right foot. In addition to the body parts, there are four colors in each quadrant.
Before starting the game, make sure the students know the vocabulary.
The game starts by the ALT/HRT spinning the wheel and each student following the directions of the wheel – left hand, blue.
If a student can’t physically hold their body part on a position or if they fall, they are out.
The game continues until there is only one remaining student.
Variations:
For bigger classes, make additional gameboards.
If you create your own game board, instead of using colors, use other vocabularies, like shapes, family, school objects, etc. Attach the various vocabulary to game board circles.
Print out some large colored dots, laminate them and then tape them to the floor in the desired pattern. This saves on making a board and its easy to transport!
You can make your own twister or buy the actual gameboard. If you make your own board, you might consider making it with more body parts than just the standard hand/foot.
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