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Post by junkdna on Feb 1, 2008 9:51:05 GMT 8
One of my teachers asked me if I knew the rules to the I MY ME MY card game. I don't, but that's not the problem. Neither does she. I think she inherited the game from someone else.
Slight description: Get the students into groups. Four cards with the pronouns He His Him Her Hers etc are passed to each player similar to any card game. They don't show their cards, but they can look. The extra cards are set in the middle. The idea is to get all four variants of the word HE SHE THEY I.
However we are unsure of play and rules. If any one knows, we would appreciate a shoutout. We need it very, very soon.
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Post by Otaku on Feb 1, 2008 12:25:52 GMT 8
I too have never heard of that game.
However, to practice different than 'oneself' pronouns, I have a game I found worked great for all three grades.
I originally called this game The Circle Question game. (Yeah, I know...it's a weakass name for a game)
1. Split the class into groups of 4-6. 2. One person starts and asks the person on their right a question. When they receive the answer, they explain it to the person on their left. 3. Then, play gets passed to the person on the left. After they ask the person on the right a question, they have to explain everyone's explanation. 4. As it goes around the circle, the explanations become longer and longer.
With this game, you practice (I, he, she) -- "She likes English." To practice (him, her, it), have them ask questions about their family or inanimate objects. For example, "Is your father old?" Then, when they go to explain the sentence, it becomes "Her father is old."
Does this make sense?
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Post by junkdna on Feb 4, 2008 12:39:38 GMT 8
The Circle Jerk? Sounds fun!
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Post by junkdna on Feb 12, 2008 10:42:09 GMT 8
My teacher came up with some easy rules.
Break the students into groups of four. Turn the cards blank side up, mix them and pass them around. Should be four cards per student. They then can look at their cards. All together they then count one-two-three out loud. Upon three, they pass a card they DON'T WANT to the person on the right. They continue the one-two-three pattern until they get all four cards of a set (ie I MY ME MINE YOU YOUR YOU YOURS)
The students at my school liked it. And the Chinese girl who doesn't speak much Japanese kicked ass at it.
PS Helps to have already studied this a little, and it helps to have a list of the completed sets up on the board, just in case their is any question.
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Post by Otaku on Feb 12, 2008 12:21:38 GMT 8
I know this game! This is like a version of Gin Rummy. I've played this game with students before using a regular deck of cards AND outside of school hours.
However, I do have a question about the purpose of this game? What exactly does this game practice when it comes to studying English? The students' ability to read simple English pronouns? Correct me if I'm wrong, but outside this game being fun, what is the English importance? How does playing this game increase their English ability?
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Post by junkdna on Feb 13, 2008 9:25:06 GMT 8
readying themselves for the test. it was just a fun way to do it. i thot it was a pretty good way, they had to think about which cards were sets.
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Post by Otaku on Feb 13, 2008 9:56:41 GMT 8
JunkDNA, did you just say the game "helps the students prepare for the test"? I was under the assumption that you don't even like the tests? I could be wrong...
Don't get me wrong, I really do think this game has potential. But, how it is currently described, I'm still a little uncertain as to what it does to help the students learn ANY type of useable English. Outside of the students trying to collect sets, how does the game help the students distinguish when to use which personal pronouns?
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Post by junkdna on Feb 14, 2008 8:08:09 GMT 8
dude, the test is a speaking test: i my me my, you your you yours, etc. so, yeah, it helps them recognize the pronouns together. many did well on the test. i didnt say the test was good and NO, I dont put the tests together. im just a passenger here.
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Post by Otaku on Feb 14, 2008 8:15:22 GMT 8
LOL! "I'm just a passenger here." LOL!
Let me get this straight...you have a speaking test where the students say all the pronouns together? That's strange...
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Post by junkdna on Feb 15, 2008 14:11:45 GMT 8
yup. they walk up to me and say I MY ME MY YOU YOUR YOU YOURS INKA BINKA BOTTLE OF INK, CAP FELL OFF AND YOU STINK. As long as they can say it, I'm to give them 10 points. Like I said, gimme a paycheck where I get paid to pick my nose all day, and they do!
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Post by Otaku on Feb 18, 2008 9:30:49 GMT 8
That is truely a strange speaking test!
In other test news, my first graders are having a reading test this week and I was given the opportunity to make it. AND, the students don't get to see the test before they take it. Yatta!
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Post by junkdna on Feb 20, 2008 7:57:59 GMT 8
like i said:
I am the passenger And I ride and I ride I ride through the city's backsides I see the stars come Out of the sky Yeah the bright and hollow sky You know it looks So good tonight
I am the passenger I stay under glass I look through my Window so bright I see the stars Come out tonight I see the bright And hollow sky Over the city's Ripped backside And everything looks good tonight
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Post by Otaku on Feb 20, 2008 10:44:25 GMT 8
Hey Junk, I often wonder if you are a passenger of your own free will... If I know a train is going to crash, I jump off it rather than to go down the track together...
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Post by junkdna on Feb 21, 2008 10:20:25 GMT 8
hmmmm, i really cant say... in many ways i have grown apathetic simply to keep my blood pressure down, and two because im not going to be around much longer anyway. ill be jumping off the train long before it crashes.
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