Shenanigames : Grammar-Focused Interactive ESL/EFL Activities and Games /
James Kealey and Donna Innes.
- Brattleboro, VT : Pro Lingua Associates, 1997.
- vi, 152 : b&w ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes photocopyable masters.
"The purpose of this book is to provide a collection of communicative activities that encourage students to interact with one another while practicing key grammar points in English. Recognizing the roles that challenge and confidence-building play in successful language learning, we have designed two types of activities. The first provides students with the grammatical forms, while the second requires students to produce them. Both types include cooperative task-solving and opinion-sharing activities. All are student-driven and require minimal teacher input, permitting the instructor to assume the role of observer and facilitator after introducing the activity." (Preface, p. V) CONTENTS: Author's Preface Adjectives Matched Adjectives Tiger Hunt Face It! Adjective Clauses Jigsaw Sentences Adverb Phrases and Clauses of Time Eric's Schedule "Where Were You When?" Articles An Articles Article Comparisons Speed Search Comparative Trivia Party People Comparisons with Conclusions Jumping to Conclusions Conditional Sentences Have a Seat What If? Hot Seat Conditional Chain Reaction Gerunds and Infinitives Fractured Sentences Asking Favors Modals Canned Bingo (Can for ability) Sharing Should (Should for obligation and prohibition) The Great Modal Race (Might, etc., for prediction; Must, etc., for Obligation) Job Skills (Have To, etc., for necessity) Nouns Shopping List Noun Clauses Noun Clauses Crossword Participles Amazing Survey Crowded Crossword Possessive Nouns Spitting Image Prefixes Interactive Prefix Survey Prepositions Tiny Town, U.S.A. Questions, Information Line Up Questions, Yes/No Counter Questions Roommate Search Kitchen Clutter Zoo Are You? Questions, Yes/No Tag Relatively Speaking So/Such... That Such a Good Time! Too/Enough Too Old to Be So Poor Transitions Three-Legged Race (But, therefore, on the other hand, etc.) Verbs Red Rover 1: What Am I Doing? (Present continuous tense) Red Rover 2: What Did You Do? (Simple past tense) What Do We Have in Common? (Simple present tense) Crystal Ball (Simple future with will) Time Line (Future perfect and future perfect continuous tenses) Passive Developments (Future passive) Survey of Experience (Present perfect tense) Carol's Day (Past perfect tense) Circle Chain (Past continuous tense) Ghost Story (Past continuous tense) Paul and Penny Played (Simple past, past perfect and continuous tenses) Search for Advice (Verbs and adjectives followed by the subjunctive) Index of Grammar and Vocabulary Topics
Levels: Beginner to Intermediate. Primary to Adult.
0866471006 (spiral bound)
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers. English language--Study and teaching--Grammar. Educational games.