1. Creating Powerpoint Games and Activities
Supplementing Lessons

2. Unit Aims
To familiarize yourself with various powerpoint games that can be used in English classrooms
To develop your skills with powerpoint
To practice your professional writing through creating your own classroom games

3. Classroom games & Activities
What are some of the most common English classroom games & activities you have experienced?
As a teacher?
As a student?
What were your most favorite and least favorite? Why?

4. Critical thinking
What are some of the good points and bad points about classroom games?

5. A game format can be used for various purposes…
Introducing content
Reviewing content
For repetition purposes
To fill time
To motivate students
To spice things up

6. Spicing things up
Materials and resources

7. Some example games
4 Pics 1 Word
Jeopardy
Bomb Game
Pass the ball

8. Working with templates

9. Potential Tasks Say it (they see a picture) Spell it
Draw it
Read it
Explain it
Translate it
Do it (they have to perform an action)
Find it
Answer the question
True/False
Multiple choice
Which one is correct
Which one is incorrect
Find the problem
Make a list
Put in order

10. Materials and Resources

11. Task Browse the materials and resource links I have provided
Create your own PPT game based on what appeals to you and your style
Present what you have created to the class ( Introduce and play it – 5 mins max)