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Uno Time
Submitted by: Patrick Bickford     Borrowed from or inspired by: www.akita-ajet.com     Date added: 02/04/08
Outline:  Students enjoy playing Uno with a set of time cards.
 
Materials Needed:
  • UnoTime cards - attached below
 
Teaching Suggestions:
  • Review the Uno rules to ensure the students know them.
  • The target grammar of laying down Draw 1, 2 and 4’s is “Draw .”
  • The target grammar to change the color is “Change to .”
  • The target grammar for laying down every card is “It’s .”

 

Procedure:
  1. Split the class into 4-6 groups. Each group receives a full set of Uno time cards.
  2. Each student is dealt 7 cards.
  3. Play Janken to see who starts first.
  4. See Uno rules for details.

 

Variations:

  • There are varying ways to draw cards from the deck. If a student can’t play a card, OPTION #1 is to have them draw 1 card from the deck. If they can play it, so be it. OPTION #2 is to have the student keep drawing cards until they find one they can play. However, this could result in the discarded cards being reshuffled many times.

 

Cautions:

  • Sometimes when the students are having too much fun, they forget to speak English. Keep mingling through the class to ensure English is being used.

 

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