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SWAT the

VOCAB

ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE:

OVERVIEW: Learners will able to develop listening and reading skills
Swat the Vocab is a fun as they practice vocabulary words.
vocabulary game that can MATERIALS & PREPARATION

really energize the class. It

makes an excellent way to þ Different Bingo Cards with a 4x4 or a 5x5 grid made from the same word list.

review any new vocabulary that The cards must be pre-made by the teacher. The teacher can simply create or
you’ve taught or as a warm-up custom her set of bingo cards through the ‘Sight Words Bingo Card Creator’

at the beginning of a lesson. This (https://sightwords.com/sightwords/games/bingo/card-creator/).
activity also develops learners’

listening and reading skills as þ Three or four swatters
they have to pay close attention Pocket chart
to read words over again and
to listen the definitions that the
teacher gives. F Divide the pupils into three or four teams.

Learning English vocabulary F The teacher displays 10-20 vocabulary words on the board.
is a very important part of
learning the language. It is the A representative from each team comes to the board and is given a swatter.

basis for the development of all Have the students stand with their backs towards the blackboard.
the other skills like listening and

reading skills. Listening, reading, The teacher gives the first hint to describe each word. She says “GO” after
and paying attention to each hint.

vocabulary will enable learners
to start using new words and When the pupil knows the answer, he turns quickly and tries to swat the
phrases to other language skills vocabulary word.

like speaking and writing. If correct, his team gets a point and the rest will lose their chance. If he makes
REFERENCE: an incorrect choice, he is out and the other pupils are given a chance to

F Flyswatter Game: ESL Vocabulary guess the word. Then, the teacher gives another hint. If both students choose
Game for Kids | ESL Activity. the same word, the fly swatter that is on the bottom gets the point.
Retrieved from

https://www.eslactivity.org/flyswat F It’s up to the pupil whether or not he/she wants to risk it and guess before
ter-esl-vocabulary-game-for-kids/ the answer is apparent to everyone.

F 10 ESL Vocabulary Games to Get F You can erase the word once selected if you like. Or, keep them up
Your Students Seriously Engaged. there for the remainder of the activity. You can also erase the chosen

Retrieved from https://www.fluentu. word and add a new one in its’ place.
com/blog/educator-english/esl-vocabu PROCEDURE SUGGESTIONS & ADVICE
lary-games/

ü Make at least three hints. Make it fun by starting with a general hint where pupils have few options and progress
to more specific ones where the answer is quite obvious.

ü You can make the game harder by using a majority of newer and less familiar words. You can also add some time
pressure and increase the pace at which you read out new words, so that the children have to read the words more
quickly.

ü Make some fun variations to Word Bingo: Picture Bingo, by using pictures on the Bingo card and calling out the words
that relate; Synonym Bingo, by giving them a word that means the same thing as a word on their card; and Antonym