English According to Blue Jeans Egg

Junior High School - Year 1

Unit	Lesson Number	Topic	Example
Unit 5	5.3	Interests, Likes and Possessions - 1	A: What do you like/play/have... What does Bob like/play/have... B: I like/play/have... Bob likes/plays/has ...

Resource Information
Level	Beginner
Age	This course is for 12-13 year olds, but of course any age is OK if the level is right.
Number of Players	Pairs. If you need to, a group of 3 is OK.
Resources	Worksheet 1 - pdf Worksheet 2 - pdf Flash Cards - pdf Game Cards - pdf
Time	About 50 minutes
Advantages	This game is a fun way for students to repeatedly practice and understand how to use this very nuance heavy language.
Disadvantages	None that I can think of now. It works very well.

First of all, use the flashcards to practice the nouns to be used in the game.
Next, introduce and practice the first key sentence.
What do you like?
Then, use the flashcards to practice answer.
I like trains.etc.
Note: There is a LOT of different sentence structures to practice in this lesson. I don't recommend using ALL the flashcards to practice ALL the different sentences. It will take MUCH too much time, your students will grow restless and then insane, and of course not ALL of the cards work in ALL of the sentences. Just pick out a few relevant noun cards and practice until you think they've got it.
Continue... What do you like/play/have? ... I like/play/have.
What does Bob like/ play/have? ... Bob(He) likes/plays/has....
Of course don't go through the grammar all again with Jimmy and Kristy.
Hand out the worksheets 1, 2 and game cards. One sheet of game cards is enough for 2 students. If you cut the border off the game card sheet and then cut each sheet in half. It doesn't take too long for each student to cut out their own set of cards. The cards can be used again in the next lesson, so make sure students keep their cards in a safe place after the lesson is over. Good luck !

Pairs of students begin by sitting, facing opposite each other with worksheet 1 on the desk.
Students play rock, paper, scissors to decide who begins first. Let's call this student (the winner) Student A and the other student Student B.
Student A hides their worksheet from Student B, by standing a notebook up between the desks.
Student A then places their cards down on their worksheet in positions which make correct sentences.
The AIM of the game is for Student B to ask questions, find out where all these cards are on Student A's worksheet and place them in corresponding order on their own worksheet. For example....
Student B :What does Kristy have?
Student A :Kristy has a banana.
When they are finished, they check to see that the cards are the same, swap roles and play the game again.

The correct usage of this language can be surprisingly difficult. For example, try explaining why 'I like banana.' and 'I like bananas.' has a very similar meaning, whereas 'I like cat.' and 'I like cats.' means something very very different.
I'm sure you know the difference so I'm not going to go into it here. But, the point is, make sure the students get it during the Listen and Repeat section at the beginning of the lesson.
I made this writing worksheet, worksheet 2, to reinforce and confirm that the message got through. I find the lesson works better if the students do the writing worksheet, have it checked and confirmed by you (the teacher) and then move on to speaking practice. Most students seem to be able to get it more clearly in their heads this way. It's up to you. With very young students, no writing at all would probably be better with the focus being more on communicating meaning effectively rather than grammar precision.

Have fun...