In Japan, Junior High School consists of 3 grades. Students are usually between 12 and 15 years old. English is a full, required subject and consists of speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice. Much of the curriculum is designed around the grammar points and vocabulary used for school entrance exams.
An activity that practices "How many notebooks do you have?" "I have three notebooks."
A game in which the teacher says a word or phrase and students race to slap the correct card.
Different ways of playing karuta games
Different ways of playing karuta games
Different ways of playing karuta games
A game in which the teacher says a word or phrase and students race to slap the correct card.
Students draw cards of target vocabulary and make a sentence. Other students guess if they are lying or not.
Students carry around cards with various jobs on them and try to create a full set using Janken and, of course, English.
Students practice "There is" questions by asking each other what they have in their houses.
Students pass an object around while listening to music. When the music stops, the student holding the object says a target vocabulary.
A quick and fun matching game designed to practice "He is a..." "She is a..."
Practice He is a ... She is a... based on New Horizons 1, page 34.
Used with New Horizon 1 page 72. Practices phone conversations.
Student can finish sentences by using the information supplied in the worksheet.
"This is a - That is a" review using a fun card game.
A fairly simple activity where students ask the question: "Which do you like,.....? to their partner
A fun activity where students (usually in pairs to encourage discussion) find the characters as described in the questions.
A basic worksheet that the students go through to practice first conditional.
to - Infinitives I want to go to the library to read books. A task based activity allowing students to practice to - infinitives. Based on the New Horizons 2 book, page 64, Daily scene 4.
Students can practice "Do you like" sentences with their partners.