Name 3 - Discussion / thinking game

Name 3 is a very simple vocab. discussion game idea.

1. Give students in small groups, a gamesheet, a grid of 36 prompts. Students roll the die and must Name 3 for the items chosen. (click on the die on the game sheet to get an electronic version or students can use regular die, die on their phones or hands like rock, paper, scissors where a fist is the number 6)

2. Students will answer in full sentences. Help students by putting up some language structures on the board. For example, for people. __________ are _______________

__________ usually _______________

____________________________________

Students must "Name 3" things about the item within a given time.

Really simple but lots of language learning and production. You can also edit these gamesheets and put in your own items for students to practice with! If you do, please share the sheets here!

If you liked this game idea, you might enjoy Only Connect games.

Thanks.

Tags: conversation, game, name3, name_3, sentences, vocabulary

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SupporterPermalink Reply by Ellen Pham on January 5, 2012 at 2:33pm

I like the game... and I think it could be adapted for 'regular' elementary use too. It's amazing how little practice kids get with organizing their thoughts to speak- not just spontaneous conversation. But I dont understand how you represent 6 digits with rock, paper, scissors?

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on January 5, 2012 at 4:19pm

Happy New Year Ellen!

Yes, agree and glad you mentioned that it is very helpful in allowing students to "think" and "order their thoughts" but in a specific and controlled way. Not easy to think in another language and this is a vital part of second language acquisition - beyond speaking and more spontaneous/automatic response.

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on January 6, 2012 at 7:57pm

Here are a couple more games for your use. Might even play it without the dice and just as a guessing game. One person describes and the others try to be the first to guess....

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describe it.doc, 1 MB
doing.doc, 782 KB

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SupporterPermalink Reply by waleed al-ghamdi on January 9, 2012 at 10:32am

I have sent message for you.

I didn't use EFL from long time ago

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on January 12, 2012 at 4:18pm

here are 3 more discussion style games, they compliment the online and ppt versions of these found HERE.

1. Finish it off

2. when did you last

3. Advantages / Disadvantages

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on July 14, 2012 at 1:38pm

Here is a nice Name 3 Olympic sport game. Students who land on it must name the sport and as many words/items about the sport as possible. They get points for each thing mentioned.

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