Star Wars Personality test

This personality test consists of a list of 35 adjectives which you have to decide if it describes your personality then click on strongly disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree. Brainstorm characters from the film in class. Ask learners to do the quiz and note down any new adjectives and ask you their meaning in the computer room. Back in class ask them to identify which character in the film the adjective best describes.

Simpsons Personality test

Brainstorm character names in class and learners write down three adjectives to describe each character. Ask learners to do the quiz and note down any new adjectives and ask you their meaning in the computer room. Back in class learners say which character they are most like and justify why they agree or disagree with the test results.

Muppets Personality test

This personality test consists of a list of 9 adjectives and personality traits to agree or disagree to. Ask learners to do the quiz and note down the questions and to ask you their meaning in the computer room. Back in class learners talk about people they know (famous/ family or friends) who are most/ least like the test’s personality traits.

Which friends character are you?

This personality test consists of 16 multiple choice questions. Chat about the characters in friends in class. Ask learners to take turns doing the quiz in pairs with one asking the other the questions in the computer room. Back in class learners can choose their own favourite tv show and make their own quiz for their class mates to do.

Which High School musical character are you?

In class ask your learners if they have seen the film, who’s in it and what are they like as people. Ask them to write down the name of the character they think they are most like. In the computer room ask them to do the quiz and write down their answers on a piece of paper as well as the character the quiz says they are most like. Do they agree? Now – can they remember and write down the questions?

Which superhero are you?

In class learners write down the name of a secret superhero. Their partner asks them questions to identify who it is (who what where when why which how questions). In the computer room learners take it in turns to ask their partner the quiz questions and ask follow up wh- questions about their partners answers. Back in the classroom learners tell a new partner what they learnt in the quiz about their partner.

Which twilight character are you?

In class ask your learners if they have read or seen any of the twilight books/ films. What do they like about them? In the computer room they do the quiz for fun – Hey there’s a lot of text in this one so why not just read it for fun? Back in class they tell you if they agree or not with the answers. Ask them to explain who the character is that they tested as.

Which videogame character am I?

Brainstorm video game characters in class. In pairs Learners can then take it in turns to describe one for their partner to identify. In the computer room they do the test in pairs but have to answer the questions by choosing an answer and saying more starting with “because . . . “. That is, before answering the question on the screen they have to justify their answer.

Which Harry Potter character are you?

In class tell the class you are thinking of a character from Harry Potter. Play twenty questions (or fifteen if you like as there are 15 in the online quiz). Back in class learners compare their answers and tell their classmates how they answered the questions.

Which lord of the rings character are you?

In class brainstorm the names of characters from the films onto the board. Then make a spidergram by adding the characters’ personal qualities. In the computer room learners do the quiz. When they have finished they can write down some more quiz questions looking at the quiz for inspiration or using the internet for research.

If other films or tv programmes are popular with your learners try finding a personality test online connected with your learners interests. Use a search engine and type in “Which (name) character am I?”

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1  Dark wood

Level Low Level Primary learners in a connected classroom

Play Read the story in your best scary voice and encourage your learners to join in.  When it comes to the ‘spot the cat’ bits in the game  get your learners to describe where the cat is or build dialogues between you and the class:

“Is it under the tree?”              “No!”

“Is it behind the tree?”            “No!”

“Is it in the tree?”                   “YEAH!”

2     Pumpkin carving

Level Low Level Primary learners in a connected classroom

Play Why not drill the language of giving directions (“up, down,  left,  right and stop”) in a fun way.  Carve an online pumpkin blind man’s bluff style.  Blind fold a learner who listens to their classmates instruct them on how to carve the pumpkin.  The class can rate their classmates pumpkins out of ten after each learner has taken their turn.   Declare the winner/s at the end of the activity.

3 Ghost Hunter

Level Any Level Primary or Juniors in a connected classroom.

Play Do you award points in class as a way of maintaining discipline?  Well what do points make? Prizes?  How about points make seconds  which they play a game?  In one really difficult class I  gave points for everything – the person who opens their books on the right page, whoever completed the exercise first and whoever got the answers right.  Points for just using basic classroom language.  I took points away just as quickly – last to open their book, not listening and not working on their exercises.  At the end of the class, count up individual’s points, convert into seconds and let the highest scorers play first.  The learners to score the highest in the game get to leave the class first.

4 Funny Halloween

Level Intermediate Juniors in a computer room

Play Done that unit from the book on clothes?  Then why not set a writing activity using a game.  As learners play this game they write down the description of what their character is wearing.  Each Learner then swaps descriptions with another learner and try to reproduce the character’s costume.  The learner who wrote the description can then judge the reproduction saying what differences there are between the reproduction and the original.

5 Garfield Scavenger Hunt

Level Intermediate and above Juniors in a computer room.

Preparation Print a copy of the walkthrough

Play Do a relay dictation using the game’s walkthrough and the game itself.  Blu-tac the walkthrough to the door in the computer room.  Learners can now take it in turns to go to the walkthrough, read and return to their ‘ game playing’ partner and relay the walkthrough information that they remember.    Learners  swap after 3 minutes.  Encourage them to ask you to define difficult vocabulary.

6 Halloween wordsearch

Level Any Level Primary or Junior learners in a computer room.

Play This is a fun vocabulary activity.  Learners note down the vocabulary and when they return to the classroom they can make a Halloween poster using the new vocabulary items for inspiration.  Ask about what they are drawing as you monitor and take an interest in what they are doing. Finally, Learners label the objects they drew on the poster.

7 Trick or Treat Bear

Level Upper Intermediate Juniors or seniors in a classroom

Preparation Print a copy of the ‘Too many clicks spoil the walkthrough‘ for each  learner.

Pre-Play Learners read the walkthrough and ask teacher about/ look up in a dictionary any of the difficult language.  Learners work in pairs to identify and cross out the repetitive language (verbs) and add a range of different verbs.   They should also expand on any of the text (e.g adding articles) when possible.

Play Learners play the game for homework using their expanded walkthrough.  They should make any changes they feel is appropriate or that makes the walkthrough better.  Next class discuss and compare the changes they made to their walkthroughs at home.

8 Halloween Escape

Level Intermediate and above Seniors in a computer room

Preparation Play the game yourself using the walkthrough to assess whether the content of this game is appropriate for your learners.

Play Learners play the game in order to create and write down their own walkthrough.  As they play they should write down where and what they did in each location.  Monitor, input language and make sure that walkthrough is being written.  If learners are playing the game and not doing the activity then they have to start the game again.

9  Trick or Treat Adventure Quest

Level Upper Intermediate Seniors in a computer room.

Preparation Print a copy of the walkthrough for yourself.

Play This is like a ‘picture dictation’ but more a ‘play dictation’.  Using the walkthrough dictate to your class how to do the game.  Monitor their screens to check on their progress and encourage them to ask questions to clarify any difficult language points.

10 Spelloween

Level Advanced Seniors in a computer room

Play Looking for a quick word building activity for your advanced learners? Then this is a nice little warmer.  Learners play individually or in pairs and when they have finished they compare their score with other the groups.  The highest scorer wins.  As a follow up activity in the classroom, how many can they remember and write down?  Check their spelling and can they describe the meaning of the words to the class?

Notes

Primaries are aged between 7 – 11 years old, Juniors 11 – 14 and Senior 14+.

Computer room = a room with enough computers stations (with an internet connection) for two learners to a computer.

Connected classroom = A classroom equipped with a computer station (with an internet connection and possibly a data projector  or electronic whiteboard).

Classroom = You, your learners, writing materials and printed worksheets and a Whiteboard/ blackboard.

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1)                 Fowl words – Seven hens have laid an egg each with a letter on.  Use the letters to spell as many words as you can before time runs out.  Great for pair work in the computer room.  One learner can use the keyboard and type the word then press the enter key while the other can use the mouse and click the letter then click the enter button on the screen.  Get them to note scores and challenge them to beat previous class scores.

2)                 Flip words – Click on the red letters to link them into words.  Great to play in open class and a real ‘shout ‘em out’ favourite.  No time limit here so it gives individuals some time to think or maybe even use a dictionary.  Stop the game and declare the winner when someone guesses the category at the top.

3)                  Boggle – Nice little three minute team activity.  Present the game in open class and get teams to shout out words.  While you type them in someone in each time should write down the words their team said.  You can decide whether you accept all words or question any you’re not sure about.  When the game ends teams can check what points they got for each word, add up their score and see who the winner is.

4)                 Bookworm – Play the web game version at the beginning of a class.  If you see any yourself you can help out by giving the class a definition to think about or a translation to look up.  Don’t forget to give the class time to read and ask you about the instructions that pop up.  Keep a record of scores to beat for when you play in another class.

5)                 Alphabet jungle – Make sure your learners understand the instructions and start the game.  You don’t even have to play it.  Learners look at the six letters and use a dictionary, a pen and a piece of paper to write down any words they can make.  When time runs out the game gives them the list of correct words and all they have to do is count how many they got right!

6)                 Scrabble blast – A fun computer room warmer or fast finisher activity.  Learners read the instructions and play the game.  It’s a lot like the popular board game ‘scrabble’. Your learners can either try to beat previous class scored records or play to beat another team head to head.

7)                  Text twist – Use the letters to spell as many words as you can before time runs out.  Great for a ‘shout ‘em out’ activity in open class.  Teams take it in turns to send a member up to the computer.  The team has to describe a word to their colleague at the computer who has to think and type fast if they are to pass the turn to the other team.  The team who has a member at the computer when time runs out is the loser.  Don’t allow time wasting – that’s cheating!

8)                 Spot the difference – An open class activity for higher levels.  Can teams spot the differences and write them all down before another team can?  You can set your own time limit with your watch to challenge them a little more.  First team to get them all written down and delivered to your table is the winner.

9)                 5 Spot difference – Can the class spot the differences and tell someone with the mouse where they are before time runs out?  Don’t let them use words like up, down, left and right – it’s a little more difficult that way!

10)             Puzzle maker – why not get your learners to make their own word game?  This site is great for recycling vocabulary and you can use word searches for lower levels or challenge higher levels with writing clues for their own crosswords.

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