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| Title | Activity Idea: Battleship |
| Body | Here is an idea from FLTEACH users. If you need instructions for how the real game works, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(game) . Battleships are a great activity. I use them plenty. If you put subjects (you, my mother, my friends, we) on the vertical and action verbs in the horizontal, then students need to ask and answer questions. You can use all the tenses (depending on what you are practicing) and the different actions you want to practice. For present tense I have pictures depicting work, watch TV, arrive late, wash clothes, and clean the house. A student asks, “Does your mother work on Sundays?” If you have a submarine, then you must answer “Yes, my mother works on Sundays” or “No, my mother does not work on Sundays” (if you do not have a sub). The “You” questions must be answered with “I.” And the “you all” questions must be answer with “we.” Alonso-Post, D. Re: Battleship for level I. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 17 Jul 2007). --- I review commands in Spanish 3 by playing Battleship. Instead of letters and numbers, I have one column of verbs, ranging from easy to difficult, tricky spellings (-car, -gar, etc.), and irregulars. On the other, I list all command types (tu aff, tu neg., Ud. aff, Ud. neg, Uds aff, Uds neg, vos. aff, and vos. neg). Students hit each others' ships by correctly stating the command. If there is any discrepancy, they must spell the command. Henman, B. Re: Battleship for level I. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 17 Jul 2007). --- Other ideas: *One axis can be characters in a story and the other can be verbs or adjectives or nouns and the kids have to make a statement that includes both. *triggers for the subjunctive on the vertical axis and verbs or verb phrases across the top. You just need a blank grid to fill in the vertical and horizontal and then duplicate or put one on the overhead and have kids copy. There are tons of ways to use it. Ward, C. Re: Battleship for level I. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 19 Jul 2007). --- I use it to practice adjective agreement. Across the top, I list adjectives, and down I list subjects, making sure I have all the gender and number possibilities, some that begin with vowels, etc. I also like to teach them fun stuff to say (your turn! Wow! you cheat / cheated / cheater. Blaz, D. Re: Battleship for level I. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 20 Jul 2007). |
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