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1. Board Game: Which One Would the World Be Better Without? Why?

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   This game allows students to talk about hypothetical situations in an authentic and engaging way. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

2. Using Raphael's QARs as Differentiated Instruction with Picture Books

   In: English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 3 Format(s): Text

   A differentiated instruction technique this author uses is Question Answer Relationships (QARs), a strategy to aid reading comprehension. The article describes four QAR types and demonstrates them in differentiated reading and writing lessons, with accompanying worksheets, based on a children’s book, The Carrot Seed.

3. Board Game: What Do I Know About ...?

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   This board game allows students to share their knowledge about a variety of subjects. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

4. Board Game: Which One is Different? Why?

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   The board game Which One Is Different? Why? gives students an opportunity to debate which idea is different from the rest. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

5. Activate: Games for Learning American English

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   Are you looking for fun, meaningful activities to use in your classroom? Check out these board games! Game themes require students to produce certain types of expressions, so they practice a variety of vocabulary, grammatical patterns, and functional meanings.

6. Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This

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   Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes.

7. Board Game: What You Might Find

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   This board game provides students with prompts to discuss what they might find in specific locations. Download the game, instructions, and game variations.

8. Board Game: What Someone Does

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   This board game gives students a chance to talk about what people do in certain situations. Download the game, instructions, and game variations.

9. Picture This – Same & Different

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This Format(s): Text

   Same & Different provides students with the opportunity to use their background knowledge about the items on the 'Picture This' cards to create descriptions that compare and contrast two items on a card.

10. Board Game: Use a Word

    In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

    This board game provides students with a specific word they should try to use in a sentence. Download the game, instructions, and game variations.

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