Theme: assessing spoken production plan: I. Introduction II. Main part

5- Board Games
Board games can be utilized in all levels of ESL classes, but they are particularly good production activities for both vocabulary and grammar lessons for the beginning levels. Even though students at these levels don't yet have the language to have open-ended conversations, they are creative and should be talking in complete sentences!
For my lesson on Possessive Adjectives, I have created a simple board game that has different objects in each square (a banana, eyes, a car, books etc.). Of course I added fun "Go back 2 spaces!" or "Move ahead 3 spaces!" squares too! I also have prepared a set of cards that have images that represent each of the subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, and they). Shuffle these and put them face down next to the board. Each student needs a game piece, but this can be as simple as different colored paperclips. You will also need a coin. 
To play the game, Student A will flip the coin (heads=move one square, tails=move two squares), move her game piece on the board, and pick up a subject pronoun card. With the subject pronoun and the image on the square on the board, she must create a complete sentence using the Possessive Adjectives we practiced in the lesson. For instance, "Her eyes are blue." or "His books are on the table." The students are showing me that they understand the grammar, how to properly add the verb "to be," and are allowed to creatively finish the sentence. 

6- Card Games
Also appropriate for lower level classes, card games can be especially fun for vocabulary lessons. Not yet having the vocabulary to talk freely or even describe objects, students are still speaking in full sentences and are identifying vocabulary words from the lesson. One of our favorite card games is Go Fish. Normally we teach 10-12 new vocabulary words per lesson, so we find an image of our words and create a flashcard for each word. We need two copies of our flashcards to play the game, as students are trying to make pairs. We deal four cards to each student and explain that they are trying to find two of the same card and will take turns asking classmates. If the student being asked does not have the item, he or she will say "Go fish!" The student asking will then take a card from the draw pile in the middle of the table. Whoever makes pairs with all of their cards first, or has the most pairs at the end of the game, wins!
Student A: "Felipe, do you have "keys"?
Student B: "Yes, here are the keys! Olivia, do you have "a brush"?
Student C: "No, I don't. Go fish!"