Title: Word Delete
Type: Concentration game
Target: Any sentence, question, or conversation pattern
Materials: None
Procedure: One student at a time says one word from the chosen pattern. For
example, if the pattern is “Will you help me?” student one says “will,” student 2
says “you,” student 3 says “help,’ and student 4 says ‘me.” The next student
begins again with “will” and so on. A word is chosen to be deleted and the
student whose turn it is should clap instead of saying the word. If “you” is the
chosen word, the game is played like this: S1= Will, S2= clap, S3= help,
S4=me, etc. If a student claps when he is not supposed, says a wrong word or
says the word instead of claps he is out. The winner is the last student standing.
Comments: This can be made harder by choosing more complicated
vocabulary, deleting 2 or more words at a time, or by using patterns with more
than of the same word in it. Manipulating the speed of the game can make it
easier or harder.