Thanks to Andrew (a former student) for sharing this website with me!

- The site below has worksheets, lesson plans, games, and so much more! Have fun! 🐐

Emojis in the English Classroom

Written by: Peter Morrell

Emojis? In the classroom? Yes! Part of engaging students in the English language is showing them how language changes over time. How people communicate through text and direct messaging apps has driven a lot of evolution in communication. Emojis have a special place in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms. At this point in time, emojis are almost like a separate language of their own. Almost all young people are native speakers of emojis, no matter what language their families speak at home. So kids who go home and speak Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, or English all have one language where they can communicate with peers. For example, almost everyone knows that an icon that's smiling with tears coming out of its eyes means laughing. Using this shared knowledge is a fantastic way to start expanding students' knowledge of language in other areas.

Link to this site

Online Games

 ONLINE GAMES - good for Zoom or in-person

Swellgarfo Scattergories type game - - you can adjust the categories, timing, and number of responses - & you can add a category!

Scattergories Game

Hangman - Play hangman, make your own hangman game to share, or just find some impossible-to-guess words.

Hangman Game

Snowman melting Game

- Same as Hangman, but with a melting snowman - 

Melting Snowman Game  

Trivia Game

Quote from the game page: 

RTG helps you fill your brain with useless information

Random Trivia Generator seems like a contradiction because trivia can already be seen as random. For instance, why do you need to know which bird lays the largest eggs? You don’t, but it’s always fun to know the answer in case there is no Internet connection around and someone desperately needs to know. P.S., the answer is ostrich.

Trivia Game

Pictionary

Quote from the game page:

If you love Pictionary or Pictionary Air, you've come to the right place. This is especially true if you're looking for random Pictionary words so you can play the game. The Random Pictionary Word generator is helpful if you don't have a gameboard and cards around, but you'd still like to play the game with your friends. Our free online Pictionary word generator does exactly that by letting you and your friends play the game even if you don't have the game cards handy.

Pictionary Game

Jeopardy and Online Games

Build your own Jeopardy Game - $20 fee for lifetime use
JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running.
Not interested in building your own jeopardy templates? Well that's cool too. You can browse other jeopardy templates created by other people. It doesn't get any better than this!

https://jeopardylabs.com/




Lots of Free Games for ESL
ESL Games Plus offers interactive online games for learning and teaching English as a Second Language. Our learning games are mostly suitable for teaching ESL Kids and Teenagers. There are activities for teaching and practising English grammar, vocabulary, sentences, listening and pronunciation skills. By playing our fun educational games, students learn English vocabulary, sentence structures, grammar, listening, pronunciation and phonics.
The site features these ESL Activities Online: ESL Classroom Games, Memory Games, Spelling Games, Sentence Games, Interactive Board Games, Hangman Games, Jeopardy, Wheel  Games, Concentration Games, Matching Games, Car Racing Games, Pirate Games, Crocodile Games, Word Recognition Games, Mobile Games for iPad, iPhones and Android devices.

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/