Lessons & Classroom Games for Teachers
ESL Game - Cowboy
By:kr
Title: Cowboy
Type: Active Game
Target: Any vocabulary
Materials: Word/picture cards
Procedure: 6 students with word/picture cards stand in a line with a chair
behind them. I call out a word and the student with that card sits down. The two
students on either side of the student who sat down turn and face each other.
They then have a ‘gun duel’ like in the Wild West where the quickest shooter
wins. The first of the 2 students to call out the opposite person’s card is the
winner (they ‘shot’ the other person with their word). The loser must act like
they died and is out of the game. A new student takes their place. Switch spots
and repeat.