The basic questions (‘Walk the plank’) game.

 

The basic questions (‘Walk the plank’) game. (An anagram is a word with the letters jumbled up.)     irfe = fire. In this case
Subject:	Ideal for vocabulary or structures. (Finding the vocabulary can lead on to a discussion about the structure)
Richard’s comments:	For an effective learning experience, you really need to keep to vocabulary the students have seen. I have adapted the game’s name for those who think ‘hangman’ is in bad taste.
Group size:	This game is suitable for any class size.
Team teaching game?	One supervisor should be sufficient.
Materials:	Basic questions cards. Plank and pirate. Some method of recording the letters used and remaining.
Game set up:	Divide your student’s into suitable teams of equal ability. Put your game on the board.
Playing rules:	Standard hangman rules but with the difference that the correct letters are used for words in the sentence. The teacher chooses a basic question, while the students try to guess the words from the question by suggesting letters. However, every wrong guess brings them one step closer to the fall. (For each incorrect guess, move your pirate closer to the water.) Simply place the letters for the question onto the board as they are correctly called. The students may guess and answer the question instead to choosing a letter. If the pirate falls into the water the other team wins a point. Don’t forget to keep a track of the letters used.
Variations:	Obviously, the risk can be changed to suit. How about cartoon high dive into water/natto/something yucky? Balloons popping and then falling into something yucky?