Today was the last English Club of the school year, and our theme was American party games (the typical games you see at things like school carnivals) and popular American desserts.
First we played Bingo, using vocabulary words in the squares. Everyone had to write a collection of 25 adjectives on their Bingo card, in any order. Then, I drew slips of paper from an envelope, which had the adjectives’ antonyms on them. I also drew a slip of paper with one of the letters B-I-N-G-O on it. So, for example, if I said “B, new,” they could cover up a square if they had the word “old” written in the “B” column. Anyone who had 3 in a row said “Bingo!” and won candy.
Here are the words and their antonyms:
New – old
Clean – dirty
Smooth – rough
Hard- soft
Easy – difficult
Straight – curly
Kind – mean
Rude – polite
Boring – interesting
Clever – stupid
Wide – Narrow
Dark – light
Happy – sad
Good – bad
Original – copied
Correct – incorrect
Loud – quiet
Right – left
Healthy – unhealthy
Strong – weak
Cold – hot
Near – far
Ugly – beautiful
Long – short
(and then they had to repeat one of the adjectives, to make 25.)
Pasha won the Bingo game! Next, between Bingo and the next game, we read a short text telling about the history of the chocolate chip cookie, a very popular American dessert. It was originally (accidentally) made in 1930 in Massachusetts. After reading the text, everyone had to answer a question about the text. In exchange, they got chocolate cookies, which I baked yesterday thanks to my site mate Rachel’s portable oven – she gave it to me when she left Ukraine a couple weeks ago.
Next, we played “Pin the Nose on the English Teacher.” Everyone got a small square of paper, on which they drew a nose. Then, each of them was blindfolded and had to stick their nose on the drawing of a noseless English teacher! Vika, Pasha, and Oleg won candy; the three of them put the nose in the correct place.
Lastly, we did what is called a cakewalk, a popular game at carnivals (at least in the Midwest.) Sort of like musical chairs, people had to walk around in a circle while music was playing, and when the music stopped, they had to stop on whatever number on the floor they were on. My version today was with brownies (another popular American dessert), and each number on the floor corresponded with a question. Whoever understood and answered the question in good English got a brownie. Everyone did well, and therefore got to try a brownie. At first glance, everyone’s reaction was “What ARE those?” Then, everyone attacked the bag of brownies again and ate the rest of them. 🙂
At the end, we took group photos:
Thank you so much for a great year! I couldn’t have asked for a better English Club. Have a great summer, and see you in September.
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