Game Gap

Games Gap - Fill: Students do a gap-fill style activity to check their understanding of (computer) games

Link to standard/advanced textbook: A fun warmer/filler for any lesson in Unit 5.

Difficulty level: Medium

Time: 15 + mins

No resources/worksheets
Computer and Live internet
Computer room

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Preparation

Preparation:

    • Either make photocopies of the worksheet below for pairs/teams of students (Note: Each A4 copy makes 2 worksheets)

    • Or enlarge it to make posters.

     Stage

Procedure

Introduction

    5 mins

  1. Ask a few of the students the following questions:

- Do you like playing computer games? Why? Why not?

- Which kind of computer games do you usually play?

- Do you play any other types of games?

- What’s your favourite game?

  2. Get the students to ask each other in pairs.

  3. Tell them that they are going to do a gap-fill exercise to check their understanding of games.

Game &

Feedback

   +/- 10

    mins

  1. Divide the class into 4 teams and hand out the worksheet/put up the poster.  

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  2. Tell the students to replace the GAP with one of the key words from above.

  3. The teams then exchange worksheets (with another team), and the teacher elicits answers from the class by reading out the sentences and nominating teams to answer. The students mark each others’ papers as you go along (1 point per correct answer).

          Answer key:

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  4. They give back the worksheets and the teacher asks for a show of hands (i.e. who got 8 out of 8?) to find the winner.

Variation:

  1. If you do not have access to photocopies, you could write the keywords (answers) up on the board and then read out the sentences from the worksheet. The teams take turns to call out the answers.

Extension

  1. Ask the students, in teams, to make their own gap-fill sentences (+/- 5) about computers. They could prepare this in class or for... [continues]

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