8th Grade EFL - ESL - ELD Printables (by date, oldest first)

ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games

When teaching ESL, one of the most important things is to keep our students  speaking about many different themes.  Speaking activities increase fluency and improve vocabulary. This bundle includes all of my favorite games and activities to get your secondary and adult students speaking English!

All of my ESL resources are included in this bundle. When I create new ESL resources, I will add them to the bundle at no additional cost to you. Be sure to follow my store and keep an eye on TeachShare updates in your notifications.

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FIND SOMEONE WHO…

★ Accidents and Emergencies

★ Ice Breaker Activity

★ House and Home

★ Cities and Towns

★ Doctors

★ Restaurants

BACK TO SCHOOL

★ Back to school speaking questions about summer

★ Back to school cootie catchers - Getting to know you activity

★ 24 Scattergories games

SPEAKING GAMES AND ACTIVITIES

★ Game of two extremes

★ True or false question cards for speaking

★ 120 ESL conversation starters - Beginner to advanced levels

★ Never, Ever Have I Ever - ESL speaking game for beginners and advanced students

★ I’d rather - ESL Conversation Cards

★ 70 Upper-intermediate ESL conversation starter and speaking prompt cards

★ ESL Intermediate Level - 83 Conversation Cards and Speaking Prompts

★ ESL CATCH PHRASE Speaking Game

★ House Vocabulary - UFO Paired Speaking Activity

★ Classic UFO Speaking Game

★ Who Am I? English game, numbers 0 - 50

★ BRAINSTORMING GAME classic version

★ 10 ESL ELL skits - Mini dialogues in English

★ Forehead guessing vocabulary game

THEMED VOCABULARY SPEAKING QUESTIONS and WRITING PROMPTS

★ School

★ House and Home

★ Restaurants and Eating Out

★ Hotels

★ Vacation

★ Clothes

★ Family and Friends

★ Primary End of Year Prompts: 25 Question Cards for Discussions and Writing

★ Calendars and Time

★ Computers and Internet

★ Going to the doctor's office

★ Autumn

★ Food

★ Weather

★ Halloween

★ Thanksgiving

★ Past tense speaking prompt question cards

★ Professions

★ Christmas

★ New Year

★ Winter

★ Airports and train stations

★ Environment

★ 50 writing, speaking and drawing prompts

★ Movies

★ Countryside

TABOO SPEAKING GAMES

★ Daily Routine

★ Spring

★ Countries and Cities

★ Natural Disasters

★ Easter

★ House and Home

★ Calendar and Time

★ Classic ESL Taboo

★ Autumn

★ Vacation

★ Food

★ Restaurants

★ Countryside

★ Halloween

★ Thanksgiving

★ Christmas

★ New Year

★ Hotels

★ Winter

★ Valentine's Day

★ Movies

WORD SEARCHES

★ Spring

★ Easter

SCATTERGORIES GAMES

★ Valentine's Day

★ Airports and trains

★ Calendars and time

★ Doctors

★ January

★ New Year

★ Christmas

★ February

★ House and home

20 QUESTIONS GAMES

★ Celebrities, historical figures, characters

★ Classic 20 questions game

★ Valentine's Day

★ Environment

★ Spring

★ House and home

★ St. Patrick's Day

SUDOKU PUZZLES

★ Professions

★ House and home

★ Easter

★ Classroom objects

I HAVE - WHO HAS?

★ House and home

★ Halloween

★ Months, days, and seasons

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COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.

✮ English months and days word search activities - Make your own word search ✮

These word search worksheets will help your lower primary students or beginner ESL students of all ages learn the days of the week and the months.

This resource includes a worksheet with a blank grid for students to create their own word search. All of the days and months are written on the sheet. When they've finished making it they can exchange with another student and solve each solve the puzzle made by their classmate. 3 ready-made word searches are included. You can choose which one to give your students as each one is of a different level of difficulty. I like to print the ready-made search that I want to use on one side of a paper, and print the make your own version on the other side. I have used this resource with 8 year old students as well as 14 years olds.

The basic puzzle is suitable for grades 1 and 2. Words are hidden across and down only.

The intermediate puzzle is suitable for grades 3 and 4. Words are hidden across, down and diagonally.

The advanced puzzle is suitable to grades 5+. Words are hidden across, down, diagonally and backwards.

Did you know that you can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own English Bundle option? No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

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This resource is also available in French and Spanish:
⭐ Spanish months and days word search activities - Los días y los meses
⭐ French months and days word search activities - Les jours et les mois

✮ English months and days word search activities - Make your own word search ✮

✮ English months, days, and seasons game - I have...Who has? ✮

This version includes 27 cards. Depending on class size you could either give each student more than one card or have them play with a partner. I recommend printing out and laminating these cards if possible so that you can use them over and over again. This is a great resource for ESL or any classroom where English is spoken.

Here's how this game works. Once each student has a card (or cards), the one who has the card that says I'll start the game begins the game. He says, for example, I'll start the game. I have May. Who has Autumn? The person who has the card with autumn on it says, I have autumn. Who has Thursday? And so the game goes on until the last card is called and that student's card will say, The game is over!

Another idea is to prepare two sets of cards, divide your class into two groups and let each group have a go to see which team can get through the entire deck of cards the fastest. It's a lot of fun, and though you can play with younger students the older ones love this game just as much.

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

Did you know that you can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own English Bundleoption? No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

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Christmas vocabulary - 30 Christmas speaking prompt question cards in English

Want your students to use their CHRISTMAS vocabulary in fun and meaningful conversations? You can use this NO PREP activity year after year as a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other about Christmas traditions and holiday fun. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 6th to 12th grade.

You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for Christmas during the month of December or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way.

All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print.

Included:

30 color speaking prompt cards

30 black and white speaking prompt cards

File for projecting one card at a time to the whole class

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

Did you know that you can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own English Bundle option? No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

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These no prep Christmas crossword puzzles are way to have some fun with seasonal holiday vocabulary and they are a super easy resource to just print and go! There are two puzzles including a total of 34 clues. See the thumbnails and preview for more details and some examples.

Included:

2 crosswords puzzles

Answer key

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Use this set of intermediate English - ESL - ELL conversation prompt cards to get even your most timid students speaking to each other in English. These 83 question cards are terrific for discussion and journal writing prompts and they span 13 different themes:

➤ languages

➤ work

➤ animals

➤ health

➤ your region

➤ transport

➤ books

➤ what would you prefer…

➤ travels

➤ household chores

➤ food

➤ shopping

➤ sports

This no prep activity is perfect for small groups or centers. Use these cards as a review and vocabulary builder with ESL students at the lower intermediate to mid-intermediate level. An easy to project PDF in color with only one card per page is included in case you want to work on the questions as a class without printing and cutting out the cards.

Included:

• 83 question cards (color + black and white versions)
• Ways to use these cards
• Easy to project PDF file (one card per page)

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games bundle.

There are many ways you can use this set of 83 speaking cards:

➤ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions.

➤ Use as a warm-up speaking activity or ice breaker with a conversation partner. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box.

➤ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out their answers including reasons for their preferences.

➤ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer.

➤ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards.

➤ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer the question. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question.

➤ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move.

➤ Use the cards as a getting to know you activity or ice breaker at the beginning of the year or at a club event.

➤ Great resource for tutoring sessions.

You can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own Bundle option! No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

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Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

This game is Set 1 in my ESL Classic Taboo Bundle Sets 1 - 2 - 3.

Click here to see more of my English resources.

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in this classic version that has no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 100 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

This game is Set 3 in my ESL Classic Taboo Bundle Sets 1 - 2 - 3.

Click here to see more of my English resources.

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in this classic version that has no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 100 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Looking for an engaging way to get your ESL students to build their communication skills and vocabulary? Taboo is a fun speaking and listening game where one student has to guess a word based on clues given by other students. The catch is that they cannot mention anything that is included in a list of taboo words.

This game is Set 2 in my ESL Classic Taboo Bundle Sets 1 - 2 - 3.

Click here to see more of my English resources.

You can easily modify this game to play it with all levels!  You are going to love hearing your students speaking in English to each other about all kinds of vocabulary words in this classic version that has no particular theme.

Object of the game:

One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the underlined word at the top of the card.

Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

This ESL Taboo vocabulary and speaking game includes the following:

• How to play ESL Taboo (beginner and advanced levels)
• 50 printable taboo cards - 4 per page

What teachers are saying about my ESL Taboo Speaking games:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The kids had so much fun with this game &  it really opened the door to all kinds of new vocab!" - Casey O.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I tutor some intermediate level English learners in middle school and high school and they really enjoyed this game! We played it a few different ways as suggested in the directions. Thanks!" - Ms. Rosemary

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students had a fun time with this! Thanks!" - Jennifer L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a very useful resource to purchase and I would recommend it to any teacher! Everything you needed was there and it was very organized resource. Looking forward to using it again this year!" - Kathleen E.

Check out my Build Your Own ESL Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Thanksgiving Scattergories Games

These are really fun games to play before and after Thanksgiving with your students as they practice and build their vocabulary. Scattergories is the perfect classroom group game! You can play this game with students of any age or level. Fun for any classroom and perfect for kids learning English - ESL.

Players attempt to create answers for each of the four categories on their game. This should be a fast moving game and there are only spaces for six words per category. The MAXIMUM they can write is six words so they have to choose them wisely. Students can be creative and flexible with their answers, but other players can challenge them!

6 games are included with 4 different categories on each page. You can either print out the game sheets or project them to save paper and ink. For younger students you can allow more time for them to think and write, while older students will love the challenge of the timer.

How to play (written on each game sheet): Come up with as many words as you can that are related to the one at the top of each row. Once the timer goes off, you just count and compare how many words you got for each category with the other players. If they came up with the same word as you, that word doesn't count toward your score. Whoever has the most words per list wins that round.

This resource is included in my Thanksgiving bundle.

Did you know that you can receive 20% off your purchase of $20 or more with my Build Your Own English Bundle option? No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included. Click here for more resources in English.

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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✮ Colors word search activities - Make your own word search ✮ These word search worksheets will help your primary and beginner ESL students of all ages learn their colors in English.

This resource is part of my English colors bundle
⭐ English colors bundle - ELA - ESL - ELL

This resource includes a worksheet with a blank grid for students to create their own word search. Eleven colors are written on the sheet. When they've finished making it they can exchange with another student and solve each solve the puzzle made by their classmate. 3 ready-made word searches are included. You can choose which one to give your students as each one is of a different level of difficulty. I like to print the ready-made search that I want to use on one side of a paper, and print the make your own version on the other side. I have used this resource with 8 year old students as well as 14 year olds ESL students. The basic puzzle is suitable for grades 1 and 2. Words are hidden across and down only. The intermediate puzzle is suitable for grades 3 and 4. Words are hidden across, down and diagonally. The advanced puzzle is suitable to grades 5+. Words are hidden across, down, diagonally and backwards. ☞Just click here to follow my store! Merci! ❤️

This resource is available in 3 languages:
⭐ Colors word search activities - Make your own word search
⭐ French colors word search activities - Les couleurs
⭐ Los Colores - Sopa de Letras - Make your own word search

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✯ School - 30 ESL - ELL speaking and writing prompt question cards ✯

Want your students to use their school vocabulary in meaningful discussions and writing assignments? This low prep activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other about school. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 6th to 12th grade or adult education. Just print and cut out as many sets of cards as you'll need. For a no prep whole class activity, use the PDF included which makes projecting the cards really easy.

You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for school or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way.

All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print.

Included:

30 color speaking prompt cards

30 black and white speaking prompt cards

9 ways to use these cards

Easy to project file for whole class activity

Scoot activity instructions

Scoot student recording sheet

This resource is included in my ESL - ELL speaking, listening, writing activities and games - Growing bundle.

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Using cootie catchers (fortune tellers) to get students speaking to each other and to help them get to know their classmates better is a great idea at any time of the year. Your students already love them, and cootie catchers are the perfect ice breaker activity for back to school. This resource is in English and is suitable for any teacher who wants his or her students to interact and learn fun facts about each other.

This file includes ten different ice breaker cootie catchers. The file also contains 2 blank templates for making your own cootie catchers (a perfect activity for test review questions). Each version includes 8 fun questions for a total of 80 getting to know you questions. Some of the questions are really silly while others demand more reflection.

Sample questions:

What is your favorite kind of candy?

Would you prefer to eat pizza or ice cream?

Have you ever stuck a booger under your desk?

If you could be any animal, which one would you be?

What is your favorite game to play at recess?

Do you like licorice?

Have you ever eaten raw fish?

What is the worst meal served at the school cafeteria?

Are you afraid of the dark?

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

Tell me a joke.

What is your favorite store?

What would you do if you had a whole lot of money?

Have you ever put gum that has already been chewed in your mouth?

If a genie could grant you one wish, what would it be?

Do you sing in the shower?

Here's everything you get:

10 different cootie catchers, each has 8 questions for a total of 80

Color and black and white copies are included

2 blank templates to make your own review games (one with classic cars and one with flowers)

Instructions on how to fold cootie catchers

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✯ Back to school speaking questions about summer ESL - ELL ✯

At back to school time we teachers often ask ourselves what we can do on the first day or during the first weeks of school in the classroom so that students can talk and get to know each other better.

Here are 25 speaking cards to use the first few days of school for returning or new students. Students will ask each other questions about summer vacation and about the new school year.

Included:

25 black and white cards

25 color cards

9 ways to use these cards

SCOOT game instructions

SCOOT recording sheet

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Thanksgiving Writing Worksheets - No prep printables

Use these 6 worksheets to get your students writing about Thanksgiving, what they like to do, what they like to eat, and what they're thankful for. Three of the worksheets include space for drawings and some writing, while the other three require more writing. Have a look at the preview video to see them up close!

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✯ House and Home 20 questions games - No prep ESL speaking activities ✯

4 versions of the game are included for a total of 208 vocabulary words.

Have students work in pairs, small groups of 2-4, or project the version of the game that you want to use and do a whole class activity.

Each version includes 52 house and home words. This resource includes a total of 208 words. Many of the words will likely be new to your students as this game is meant not only to practice speaking and listening, but also to build vocabulary. I like to allow my students to look at the game chart while they play until they’re somewhat familiar with the words.

One student in the small group or class chooses a word on the chart. Other students ask up to 20 questions trying to guess the secret word.

Are you an object?

Are you a room?

Are you in the kitchen?

Are you in the bedroom?

Are you in the bathroom?

...etc...

The student who has chosen the secret word can answer using the following responses: YES - NO - SOMETIMES - RARELY - USUALLY - MAYBE - IT DEPENDS - PROBABLY

Alternative game play:

To change up the game and to make it more challenging as well as practicing other skills, have the student who chooses the secret word describe it to others in the group. Instead of asking questions about the secret word, other students listen to the description and guess it.

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Thanksgiving Gratitude Activity

This is a one page printable gratitude activity with a Thanksgiving theme. Students name and write something they’re grateful for that starts with each letter of the word Thanksgiving.

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Thanksgiving Dots and Boxes Activity

An easy and fun no-prep game that will elicit a lot of exposure to 60 different Thanksgiving themed words. This is a one-page dots & boxes game including directions. This game could be laminated and used repeatedly with dry-erase markers or played on an iPad with annotation/whiteboard tools.

Objective: Complete more boxes than your component. Each player draws lines using a different color. On your turn, make a horizontal or vertical line from one dot to another. Say the words on either side of the line you drew. If you complete a box on your turn, draw an X in the box using your color. Once all of the boxes have been completed, count to see who got the most.

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Thanksgiving Word Search

This is a one page printable word search puzzle with a Thanksgiving theme. There are ten words to find: autumn, gravy, feast, family, leftovers, pumpkin, Mayflower, wishbone, squash, recipe. Answer key is included.

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✯ House and Home printable no prep scattergories games - English vocabulary ✯

House and Home Scattergories is a fun game that will get students thinking about house and home vocabulary and is good word work practice. Instructions are included. Students will enjoy working in groups and learning together. This activity works well as a literacy center once students know how to play. The vocabulary includes rooms in the house, common household items and appliances.

This is a really fun activity to play with your students as they practice and build their house and home themed vocabulary. Students of all ages can play this vocabulary game.

Players attempt to create answers for each of the four categories for each game on their game card. 4 game cards are included for a total of 12 games and 48 categories. This should be a fast moving game and there are only spaces for six words per category. The MAXIMUM they can write is six words so they have to choose them wisely. Students can be creative and flexible with their answers, but other players can challenge them!

12 games are included with 48 different categories! Just print out the game sheets and you're ready to go. For younger students you can allow more time for thinking and writing, while older students will love the challenge of the timer.

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