Materials: a chalkboard and chalk, or a white board and two markers
Description: Students divide into two teams (three for large classes) and each team has a marker or a piece of chalk. Everyone is given a category (like food or animals) and teams have to race to put as many words on their list as they can. It’s called “pass the chalk” because only one person at a time can come up to write one word on the board, then they have to pass it to the next person on their team. After a minute, call time, and see who has the longest list. Definitely take away points for duplicate words, but it’s up to you if you want to count misspelled words or not.
-Abeth S.
Filed under: Level: Multi-level, Skills: Vocabulary, Skills: Writing
