Classroom activities in primarily classes

11. Chain spelling

This is like interlinking two unrelated words, based on their spellings.
Number of players: Six or more
How to play:

1. 
   Write any word on the board.
   
2. 
   The first student has to take the last four or three letters of that word and form a new word.
   
3. 
   The second student does the same, and the chain continues until a student is unable to form a word.
   
4. 
   The student who fails to form a word or misspells it is out of the game.
   

Avoid -ing or -ion words. You can increase the complexity of the game by restricting them to a particular theme or topic.

12. The mime

The mime is a fun game to revise verbs or action words. It can be played with primary or middle schools kids.
Number of players: Ten or more
You will need: A list of action words
How to play:

1. 
   Write down a list of action words such as gardening, walking the dog, dish washing, eating, or reading on small pieces of paper. Put them in a bag.
   
2. 
   Divide the class into two teams.
   
3. 
   The student has to enact that word while the other students try to guess what the word is.
   
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   The team that guesses the word correctly gets a point and the team with the maximum points, wins.
   

13. Sentence race

Sentence race is a vocabulary review game that works best with higher classes with more than ten students.
Number of players: Ten or more
You will need: List of 10 vocabulary words, 20 pieces of paper, pen
How to play:

1. 
   Divide the class into two teams.
   
2. 
   Pick ten or more vocabulary words and write each word on two pieces of paper. You will have two bundles of vocabulary words.
   
3. 
   Each team gets a bundle and a marker or chalk.
   
4. 
   Divide the board into two sections, one for each team.
   
5. 
   When you call out a word out from the list, one student from each team runs to the board and writes a sentence with the word in it.
   

The team that writes the maximum correct and meaningful sentences with the chosen words, wins.