Students listen to the song "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden, and fill in the blanks.
The students write a letter, addressed to themselves, to be opened at a later date.
This game can be adapted for any grammar point. It encourages students to create, and say aloud a particular grammar point repeatedly.
This regular activity will help your students express themselves better.
This activity brings a new twist to the game Bingo while practicing spelling new target vocabulary words.
Students practice reading the basics of an English newspaper. This activity is best suited for 3rd grade students.
Student race around the classroom to find words that make up the sentence.
Students listen series of two similar sentences and circle the correct one.
The objective of Scattergories is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit.
Scrabble
Each turn, each group of students receives seven cards. The students place these cards on the floor, forming a word. The next group must form a word from their cards that connects to the previous words.
Sengoku Jidai
Teams make sentences/questions in order to build up territory and become Shogun.
Sengoku Palindrome
Students use the names of Japanese prefectures to work on their spelling and vocabulary.
Sentaku Poetry
This lesson is a follow up to the poetry studied in the 3rd Year textbook. It will teach the students the basics of how to write two types of poetry—acrostic and persona. It is important to focus on the way that we structure poems in English; centred topics, and rules which guide composition.
Shiritori Race
This activity is just like the Japanese Shiritori game where students fill-in-the-blanks with English words they know until they reach the finish point.
Sleeping Game, The
Students work together to put sentences in the right order.
Space Invaders
Students review various grammar points while students take pop-shots at alien invaders drawn on the chalkboard.
Spoon Race
A-balancing-a-marble-in-a-spoon race.
Spoons
Students try and collect a set of cards and then grab a spoon.
Students think about their environment in English by GOING OUTSIDE! What’s this madness you speak of?!?! English is not something that is ONLY learned in the classroom. You need to experience it, too. What’s that you say? Entire civilizations run on this complicated form of communication?
Sumo Vocab
Students battle out to see who is the Yokozuna of vocabulary.
Sweden
This is an activity for advanced 2nd years or 3rd year students. The handout teaches them about Sweden.