A post that is nothing to do with singing!
A little return to the original ideas I used to share as an injection of fun into lessons. You are very welcome to use and adapt it as you wish. You can use this as a starter or plenary exercise and it is simply the fairly well known game of Word Tennis.
2 teams, give them a topic, they have to come up with a new word on that topic when it is their turn to hit the tennis ball. If they come up with one, the ball is 'hit' back to the other team and they have a go.
You can add a timer if you wish to make it more fun. I added one from this excellent site by guy called Dave Foord http://www.a6training.co.uk/index.php He has devised some neat timers you can easily import into ppt shows.
Here is a screen shot of the ppt.
When the powerpoint loads, the 15 second timer starts for the girls. If they cannot think of a word before 15 seconds are up, the hear Homer Simpsons' 'Duh', the girls' racket hits the ball over to the boys and the boys' timer starts. If you click the page, the racket moves to hit the ball and sends it on its way to the opposing team. Click the screen again, and the opposing team's racket moves to hit the ball back.
Download TEAM WORD TENNIS.ppt (812.0K)
Have fun!
