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SUBMITTED BY: Craig Sherratt     BORROWED FROM / INSPIRED BY: Tops trump     EDITED BY: まだ

Pokemon Top Trumps

GRAMMAR: Comparative/Superlative     EXAMPLE: Godzilla is the strongest of all the monsters.     DATE ADDED: 01-24-08 

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 35-50 min.
 
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Brief Outline: This fun card game uses Pokemon Top trumps to excite the students to practice and understand comparative and superlatives.

 

Materials Needed:

 

Detailed Explanation:

  1. After putting the students into groups of four, g
    ive each student eight different cards. There are 32 cards in total on the card sheets.
  2. Have students look at their cards but keep their friends from seeing them.
  3. The ALT then says, “The strongest card wins!”
  4. The 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:

  • 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.

 

 Teaching Suggestions:

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

 

Tips/Cautions:

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

 

Comments:

  • (Jan 25, 2012) shimasterc said: Thank you so much for sharing these! Despite not laminating these (which I wish I had) the students have been mostly kind to them and I've been able to use the 8 sets I printed out many times.
    For variations, I've often started saying "The second strongest wins" or "The third oldest wins" after several rounds. (In my case) the students have been able to understand and it gives a chance for anyone to win the round, not just the student who got lucky enough to have the best card in that category. You can also make the students play a card BEFORE saying the sentence so the winner is decided by total luck.
  • (Jan 12, 2012) Will said: Thanks a lot for this! Really good. The first time they don't really understand but it's hard to explain so better to try to demonstrate then just have a practice run. I did it again more quickly once they had grasped it. Then the last time I had the winner of each round completing the sentence "The _____ card wins." All the students got involved and seemed to enjoy it. Doing all that took about half an hour. Need to make sure they know the superlatives first, so for me about 35-40 minutes in total. Thanks a lot!
  • (May 2, 2011) englipatrick (mod) said: @Charlotte, answer at bottom of page.
  • (Jan 31, 2011) Charlotte said: I want to know how to get 1000 Picachus on a bus!!