Hi there,
Wondering how you can use the Color Codes with your students when playing Memory Game?
Well, here are a few suggestions... (if you're not familiar with "Memory Game", please check my previous post Getting the Most Out of Memory Game (and your students).
You can use the predefined Color Coded Cards or, if you like, the Solid Colored Cards and assign to them whatever you want your students to practice...
Memory Game (using 2 colors)
Assign different target language to each color. For example:
Pink card "Do you like verbing?"
Blue card "Are you verbing?"
Pink card "Do you want to verb?"
Blue card "Do you verb every day?"
Pink card "Did you verb last week?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Pink card "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Pink card "Do you always verb alone?"
Blue card "Do you always verb with your friends?
Pink card "Does Mary like verbing?"
Blue card "Does Tom like verbing?"
Using 3 colors
This requires a little more preparation, but it's definitely worth it. And it will keep your students on their toes...
Of course you still need 6 to 10 pairs of Topic cards, only now you need to make sure that you have an even "balance" of colors...
Different Questions
Pink card "Do you like verbing?"
Blue card "Are you verbing?"
Green card "Do you want to verb?"
Different Subjects (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Does Mary like verbing?"
Blue card "Does Tom like verbing?"
Green card "Do your Tom and Mary like verbing?"
Different Verb Tenses (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Green card "Are you going to verb now?"
One Verb Tense (using different "Time Words")
Pink card "Do you verb every day?"
Blue card "Do you verb on Mondays?"
Green card "Do you usually verb once a week?"
Using 4 colors
Again, this requires a little bit more preparation, but it's worth the effort.....
Different Questions
Pink card "Do you like verbing?"
Blue card "Are you verbing?"
Green card "Do you want to verb?"
Orange card "Do you verb yesterday?"
Different Subjects (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Does Mary like verbing?"
Blue card "Does Tom like verbing?"
Green card "Do Tom and Mary like verbing?"
Orange card "Do you like verbing?"
Different Verb Tenses (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Green card "Are you verbing now?"
Orange card "Do you verb every day?"
One Verb Tense (using different "Time Words")
Pink card "Do you verb every day?"
Blue card "Do you verb on Mondays?"
Green card "Do you usually verb once a week?"
Orange card "Do you verb regularly ?"
As you can see..... There are plenty ways to use the Color Coded Cards, ranging from very basic patterns such as :
"Do you like watching TV?"
up to more complicated patterns such as:
"Do you ever wonder why most people watch TV every day?"
or:
"Do you think that watching TV is addictive?"
Are there more ways to use the color codes?
Yes there are, plenty.... With more advanced students I use all 5 colors, mixing simple present, present continuous, simple past, future and past perfect tenses. An excellent workout for the students. Halfway through the game I might even " reverse" the colors, so that past becomes future, present continuous becomes present tense and so on, just to keep them alert..
Can my students benefit from these Color Coded cards?
Sure they can... Whenever somebody in one of my classes has a problem with some word or structure, I try to incorporate it into one of the five games. This usually solves the problem very quickly.
It's entirely up to you how you use the Color Codes. You can use them to teach or re-enforce grammar structures. You can even use them to teach comparatives or adjectives if you want.
Just write a list of adjectives on the board and let the students choose the most "fitting" one.
E.g., "I think that watching TV is fun. How about you?"
Like I mentioned in my previous post: "Having 5 of the same cards but in different colors can be a tremendously powerful thing if used well."
If you have "Let's Make Questions!" and you need more ideas or, even better... if you want to share an idea with fellow LMQ users, feel free to use the comment space below.
Well, that's it for now.... Thank you for staying till the end and I hope that you found something useful here today.
If you are looking for more ideas/games to use with your students, be sure to check out the Thinking World Game Page.
Until next time!
Wondering how you can use the Color Codes with your students when playing Memory Game?
Well, here are a few suggestions... (if you're not familiar with "Memory Game", please check my previous post Getting the Most Out of Memory Game (and your students).
You can use the predefined Color Coded Cards or, if you like, the Solid Colored Cards and assign to them whatever you want your students to practice...
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| The Color Coded Cards |
Assign different target language to each color. For example:
Pink card "Do you like verbing?"
Blue card "Are you verbing?"
Pink card "Do you want to verb?"
Blue card "Do you verb every day?"
Pink card "Did you verb last week?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Pink card "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Pink card "Do you always verb alone?"
Blue card "Do you always verb with your friends?
Pink card "Does Mary like verbing?"
Blue card "Does Tom like verbing?"
Using 3 colors
This requires a little more preparation, but it's definitely worth it. And it will keep your students on their toes...
Of course you still need 6 to 10 pairs of Topic cards, only now you need to make sure that you have an even "balance" of colors...
Different Questions
Pink card "Do you like verbing?"
Blue card "Are you verbing?"
Green card "Do you want to verb?"
Different Subjects (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Does Mary like verbing?"
Blue card "Does Tom like verbing?"
Green card "Do your Tom and Mary like verbing?"
Different Verb Tenses (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Green card "Are you going to verb now?"
One Verb Tense (using different "Time Words")
Pink card "Do you verb every day?"
Blue card "Do you verb on Mondays?"
Green card "Do you usually verb once a week?"
Using 4 colors
Again, this requires a little bit more preparation, but it's worth the effort.....
Different Questions
Pink card "Do you like verbing?"
Blue card "Are you verbing?"
Green card "Do you want to verb?"
Orange card "Do you verb yesterday?"
Different Subjects (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Does Mary like verbing?"
Blue card "Does Tom like verbing?"
Green card "Do Tom and Mary like verbing?"
Orange card "Do you like verbing?"
Different Verb Tenses (using the predefined Color Coded Cards)
Pink card "Are you going to verb tomorrow?"
Blue card "Did you verb yesterday?"
Green card "Are you verbing now?"
Orange card "Do you verb every day?"
One Verb Tense (using different "Time Words")
Pink card "Do you verb every day?"
Blue card "Do you verb on Mondays?"
Green card "Do you usually verb once a week?"
Orange card "Do you verb regularly ?"
As you can see..... There are plenty ways to use the Color Coded Cards, ranging from very basic patterns such as :
"Do you like watching TV?"
up to more complicated patterns such as:
"Do you ever wonder why most people watch TV every day?"
or:
"Do you think that watching TV is addictive?"
Are there more ways to use the color codes?
Yes there are, plenty.... With more advanced students I use all 5 colors, mixing simple present, present continuous, simple past, future and past perfect tenses. An excellent workout for the students. Halfway through the game I might even " reverse" the colors, so that past becomes future, present continuous becomes present tense and so on, just to keep them alert..
Can my students benefit from these Color Coded cards?
Sure they can... Whenever somebody in one of my classes has a problem with some word or structure, I try to incorporate it into one of the five games. This usually solves the problem very quickly.
It's entirely up to you how you use the Color Codes. You can use them to teach or re-enforce grammar structures. You can even use them to teach comparatives or adjectives if you want.
Just write a list of adjectives on the board and let the students choose the most "fitting" one.
E.g., "I think that watching TV is fun. How about you?"
Like I mentioned in my previous post: "Having 5 of the same cards but in different colors can be a tremendously powerful thing if used well."
If you have "Let's Make Questions!" and you need more ideas or, even better... if you want to share an idea with fellow LMQ users, feel free to use the comment space below.
Well, that's it for now.... Thank you for staying till the end and I hope that you found something useful here today.
If you are looking for more ideas/games to use with your students, be sure to check out the Thinking World Game Page.
Until next time!
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