Spoons

=__Spoons__= //Courtesy of Marisa Tofeelos at Thunderbird High School//


 * Materials Needed
 * 24 plastic spoons
 * 32 pages of cardstock in 8 different colors
 * Scissors/ paper cutter

Creating the game
In a word document type up the vocab you want to use for this game in a table. I set my margins all the way to edge of the page to allow for bigger cards. Table properties: You want two columns and 16 rows. In the left hand column type your vocab in Target Language. In the right hand comlumn type the vocab in English. You want all verbs to match except maybe 4-6. Once you have everything typed up (you should have 4 pages) print the document on the colored paper so you have 8 sets of four pages. I even did a decorative backing on mine to spice it up and make it look nice.
 * Row height: 2.5 "
 * Column width: 4.25"

Here's a French example. Feel free to change/ use it as you like

Now that everything is printed you need to cut out the cards. This is easiest with a paper cutter. Having everything separated by color makes it easy to collect them all after cutting. Place them in baggies or envelopes.

Playing the game

 * Put students in groups of 4
 * Each group gets a set of cards and 3 spoons
 * Have them shuffle the deck and deal 4 cards to each player.
 * They are trying to create matches with their cards, in English and the TL. For example, you might have a hand with
 * il joue
 * je mange
 * I have
 * He swims
 * This player needs to look for matches in either French or English
 * The dealer picks up a card from the leftover deck, checks to see if he/ she can make a match
 * If he/ she can, they keep that card in their hand and discard another to the player on the right who then does the same.
 * The player on the left of the dealer places their cards into a discard pile
 * If not they pass it to the person on the right and they pick up another card.
 * This goes on until one player has 2 pairs.
 * That player quickly grabs a spoon.
 * The other players must be paying attention, when a player grabs the first spoon the others have to race to grab a spoon.
 * The one left without gets a letter (like in 'PIG')
 * The game continues like this with each person getting out once they get PIG (or whichever culturally appropriate word you may choose)
 * The game ends when there is only one person left.

//*This game can be used for verbs, grammar, pretty much anything you want to adapt it for. user:mllegibbs//