Kealey, James

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.