The ‘Shrinking circles’ game.

 

The ‘Shrinking circles’ game.
Subject	I designed this game to practice phonics sounds but it has developed to work with virtually any topic and I have found that it works especially well as a review game.
Richard’s comments.	Good games for large groups are sometimes a bit hard to find. This is an ideal game for larger groups if you have them. You will need a bit of space if you have a large group.
Group size:	Suitable for classes of any size. For larger classes, just allow more than one student to stand by any card.
Team teaching game?	One supervisor should be fine however… big classes are a bit of a handful so a bit of support would always be welcome don’t you think?
Materials	Two sets of prompt cards. One for the floor and one for the teacher. (I started with a set of alphabet cards but roughly the same number of topic prompts would do just as well) Points. You will need a bit of space if you have a large group.
Game set up.	Simply lay the cards in a circle around the classroom. Shuffle the teachers set. (You will be choosing at random.)
Playing rules.	1 The students choose a card in the circle and sit behind it. (Or around it if your class is a big one. More than one student per card is fine.) 2 Identify the chosen vocabulary at this point. 3 The supervisor now takes a card from the shuffled pack. Identify the card and complete the structure that goes along with it. 4 Remove the card from the circle. Students sitting at the chosen card is out for that round. 5 Repeat he actions taking three or four cards from the circle. Survivors at the end of the round win a point.   6 Now everyone returns to the game using the smaller circle of remaining cards, repeat the process for the next round.
	Here is my pattern when I use phonics cards. Adapt this to suit the number of cards you are using. Start with all 26 letters. Round 1 remove 6 (20) Round 2, remove 5 (15) Round 3, remove 5 (10)   For big classes remove the next 5 and the survivors all get 3 bonus points. (5 remaining cards) For small classes have a final round with only one winner. (3 points)
Variations.	Add an O.X.?. dice to generate different answer forms.