ENGLISH Ratscrew

It's a lot like Russian ratscrew, as it means everyone is grabbing for cards at the same time.

review vocab 1st then introduce a deck of cards with the same objects on them.

examples:

"Let's play soccer. Let's go fishing"

"Can you play soccer? Can you fly?"

The students must listen to the two teachers' Q & A

If teacher 1 says Let's play soccer, and T2 says "sure!" the kids can grab for the soccer cards.

BUT!!!!!

if teacher says, "Sorry I can't" they must wait.

Kids who have reached for a card at this point are out for the round. they must put their hands on their heads and wait.

*I love this last rule because it gives the slower, but more thoughtful kids a fighting chance against the more aggressive ones. many times, The whole table has had to watch as one or two kids collects all of the table's cards!

*MIX IT UP! make the game more speaking oriented by giving speaking control to some of students in the class.

The student from each table with the most cards @ the end gets a reward.

There are many variations of this game, but I really enjoy playing it this way.