Pokemon Top Trumps

Submitted by: Craig Sherratt     Borrowed or inspired from: Top Trumps     Date added: 01-24-08

Brief Outline:  This fun card game uses Pokemon Top trumps to excite the students to practice and understand comparative and superlatives.

Materials Needed

Preparation Needed:

Teaching Suggestions:

• How do you get a 1,000 'Pichachus' on a bus? (see bottom of page for answer)

Detailed Explanation:

1. Put the students into groups of 4.
2. Give each student 8 different cards. There are 32 cards in total on the card sheets.
3. Have students look at their cards but keep their friends from seeing them.
4. ALT then says, for example, “the strongest card wins!” or “the strongest.”
5. ALT then counts ”3, 2, 1, go!” All the students slap down their cards. The student who put down the card with the strongest ability wins all the cards. All the cards that the student won are then put in a pile not to be used again. The ALT then says a different comparative / superlative and the game starts again. Keep going, using different variations until the students have used up all their cards or until time runs out or it becomes boring.

Variations and Options:

• Change what you say to use comparatives, i.e. “the stronger cards wins”. Have students decide their own, so the winner of the previous round says “the strongest” and then they put down cards.

Tips or Cautions:

• Students get a tad excited so make sure you grip them hard, don’t let anything slide! Grip them!!!

Attachments:

PokemonTopTrumps cards

Answer: Poke-em-on!