A Fun Game for English-as-a-Second-Language Students:

This free, fun English-as-a-Second-Language game, instant-lesson plan is great for practicing asking and answering questions and can be used for intermediate and advanced levels. This instant lesson plan is great as an ice-breaker or as a regular, daily lesson and uses approximately 45 minutes of class time. The idea of this game is to find someone who meets the criteria written on the handouts and write his or her name in the blank space provided. This free, fun ESL game instant-lesson plan can be played with adults or children. I play this game with my middle-school students at Gongju Boys Middle School and Tancheon Middle School in South Korea. I have used this it with classes as large as 40 and as small as 12.

This is a game a teacher can use more than once during a term or school year to practice different topics. A very useful tool for ESL students to practice forming and asking questions. The lesson plan provided is simple and broad in its topic, of course you could tailor it to suit your specific classroom needs.

This fun ESL game allows the students to walk around the room, which they always like, and talk with the other students - hopefully in English. LESSON PLAN:

1) Pass out the Handouts. Make sure you have teacher copies for yourself. It is best that each ESL student have a unique set of statements as their handout. This is the time consuming part of preparing this lesson, however I have already done this for you. Aren't you lucky!!! I have prepared a complete lesson plan in this article that includes 12 unique handouts, each with 6 fill in the blank statements. For the larger class sizes I simply repeat the handouts, making sure that no more than 4 students have the same statement sheet. By the time they catch on that some of the handouts are the same, they are usually almost finished anyway.

2) Have students write their name on their paper. Do a couple of examples with the students by making up a couple of statements and writing them in the format of the handouts on the board. Then pick a student and walk around with them asking questions as the example. When you find the students who meet the criteria have the first student write their names on the board.

3) Make sure they understand the concept of the lesson.

4) Let students get up and walk around. For a ESL large class size I recommend doing the walk around in 2 or more parts, this keeps the chaos factor down and eats up a few more minutes of class time. Simply divide the ESL class into groups and only allow 1 group to walk around the classroom at a time. Give each group about 5 minutes or less to complete their paper and then switch. The teacher should walk around the classroom to ensure the students are doing the lesson.5) Once they are finished: Have them sit down again. Review the concept of questions that start with "Who".

**Write on the board:

Questions that begin with "Who?" want to know about a specific person and usually have a name in the answer.

6) Have the ESL students stand up in groups according to which handout they received. I do this by saying one of the topics of the statements aloud. "Who has the Pizza Hut paper?", "Raise your hand", "Please stand up".

7) Ask a "who" question for each statement, alternating students to answer. Make sure they read the entire statement not just the name. At this point you can make the ESL lesson more difficult by asking the named student if the statement is true. "Do you really love to eat at Pizza Hut?" This involves more participation and helps students pay more attention to the lesson.

**12 HANDOUTS*

Find Someone In Class Who...Directions: Write the name in the blank at the left of the sentence.

Example: 1) Jane likes listening to classical music.
2) Sujin is married.

1 ________________ likes to go fishing.

2 ________________ likes to go skiing.

3 ________________ likes to go swimming.

4 ________________doesn't like to play soccer.

5 ________________ likes to play baseball.

6 _______________ can ride a horse.
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1 _______________ has a pet rabbit.

2 _______________ lives with his/her grandmother.

3 _______________has 1 brother and 1 sister.

4 _______________ thinks Spiderman is a bad movie.

5 _______________ is reading a novel.

6 _______________ has visited 3 or more countries.
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1 _______________ has been on a roller coaster.

2 _______________ takes a taxi to school.

3 _______________ likes to cook.

4 _______________ has flown on a helicopter.

5 _______________ stayed home for last summer vacation.

6 _______________ can write with both hands.
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1 _______________ likes to go fishing.

2 _______________ likes to go swimming.

3 _______________ likes to go skiing.

4 _______________doesn't like to play soccer.

5 _______________ likes to play baseball.

6 _______________ can ride a horse.
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1 _______________ has visited the USA.

2 _______________ has a girlfriend.

3 _______________ went to a professional basketball game.

4 _______________ has not seen the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.

5 _______________ speaks Chinese.

6 _______________ speaks the best English.
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1 _______________ has 1 sister.

2 _______________ has one brother.

3 _______________likes to play computer games.

4 _______________ eats dinner at 6 o'clock.

5 _______________ likes to go to the PC bang.

6 _______________ has a vegetable garden.
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1 _______________ can't ride a bicycle.

2 _______________ has a food allergy.

3 _______________ has a pet snake.

4 _______________ doesn't like milk.

5 _______________ drinks milk everyday.

6 _______________ writes with his/her left hand.
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1 _______________ can't swim.

2 _______________ loves to eat at Pizza Hut.

3 _______________ has a pet dog.

4 _______________ has a pet fish.

5 _______________ lives with his/her grandmother.

6 _______________ plays golf.
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1 _______________ is married.

2 _______________ plays violin.

3 _______________ has visited China.

4 _______________ favorite music is classical music.

5 _______________ loves to eat at McDonald's.

6 _______________ name starts with "M".
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1 _______________ has visited Canada.

2 _______________ speaks Chinese.

3 _______________ has never seen a Shrek movie.

4 _______________ has never seen a Harry Potter movie.

5 _______________ likes to read mystery novels.

6 _______________ lives with his/her grandfather.
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1 _______________ has 2 brothers.

2 _______________ has 2 sisters.

3 _______________ has a laptop computer.

4 _______________ cooks dinner for his/her family.

5 _______________ likes to play ping-pong.

6 _______________ lives in a house, not an apartment.
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1 _______________ plays video games everyday.

2 _______________ eats dinner at a restaurant 3 times a week.

3 _______________ eats rice everyday.

4 _______________ thinks love stories are the best movies.

5 _______________ has more than 1 bathroom in their home.

6 _______________ went to the beach for summer vacation.