Board Games

 

Towards the end of the school year a brilliant way of revising the material covered all year round is to ask the learners to work in groups in order to design their own board games and play those designed by their classmates.

They are free to think of the concept of the game, sketch and craft the board destined for it and specify the process through which the winner will be declared as long as they include question cards in the game in order to achieve the target of revision. They are invited to search throughout their books or the photocopied material they worked on during the school year in order to formulate their questions and, depending on the level of difficulty, these can either be open-ended or multiple-choice ones. The focal point can be grammatical, lexical or even general-knowledge regarding issues of interest covered in the book. Furthermore, they have to write out clear and coherent instructions so that the other players can easily realise how the game is played.

Apart from thinking critically in order to come up with solutions regarding the goal of the game and the procedure to be followed, they also improve their communication and collaboration skills and develop their creativity. Therefore they cultivate their 21^st century skills but, what’s more, games undoubtedly enhance their motivation to the maximum.

In the photos you can see some samples created by sixth graders: