Jazz Up Your Lesson
Letters have magic power in them!
One letter can change a lot…
Let’s do some joyful activities to prove that.
Game 1: “One Letter Words” (continued)
Material needed: cards with questions / hints / descriptions on one side ant the answer on the other.
How to play:
Put a deck of cards before students. They take turns drawing a card. The student who has just taken a card reads the hint and tries to guess the letter. If he guesses it – he takes it, if he doesn’t guess – other participants may try and so the one who guesses the letter takes the card and the game continues. (The next turn may be taken by the first player or by the one who actually guessed the letter.)
Informal designation for $1000 bill. (Answer: G) |
The beginning. (Answer: A, as in “A to Z”) |
A(n) … – curve is a double curve in a road, often difficult for drivers to negotiate. (Answer: S) |
Power of magnification. (Answer: X, 10x means magnified 10 times) |
A(n) - roof is a double-peaked roof. (Answer: M) |
A rating of “morally offensive” by the USA Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. (Answer: O) |
The end. (Answer: Z, as in “A to Z”) |
Karat, in the measure of precious metals such as gold. (Answer: K) |
Class of the bluest and hottest stars. (Answer: O) |
Exactly. As in the expression: “It suits you to a …” (Answer: T) |
A hemicircle marked on a pool table that is about 22 inches in diameter and used in snooker games. (Answer: D) |
Class of stars between white and yellow. (Answer: F) |
An exclamation of surprise. (Answer: O) |
In Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost”, a mark of smallpox. (Answer: O; quotation: “O, that your face were not so full of O’s!”) |
A kiss put at the end of a personal letter. (Answer: X) |
In baseball, a strikeout. (Answer: K) |
Game 2: “A T-Party”
How to play:
Your task is to put the letter “T” to form a new word.
Example: Add “T” to a part of the head, and get to pull apart.
Answer: ear – tear.
1. Add “T” to at this place, and get at that place.
2. Add “T” to a covering for the head, and get a demonstrative pronoun.
3. Add “T” to tear, and get a journey.
4. Add “T” to a possessive pronoun, and get a demonstrative adjective.
5. Add “T” to a fireman, and get a thing of little value.
6. Add “T” to of great age, and get narrated.
7. Add “T” to a mistake, and get great fear.
8. Add “T” to the entire amount, and get of great height.
9. Add “T” to a shower from the sky, and get to teach.
10. Add “T” to a kind of vase, and get to rotate.
Game 3: “One Letter Change”
How to play:
Your task is to make one word into another by changing just one letter.
(NOTE: If the task is too complicated for your students, try giving them one of the words in each pair.)
Example: Change a man’s title to a female relative.
Answer: mister – sister
1. Change a past tense of BE to an adverb of place.
2. Change an adjective meaning “not high” to an adverb meaning “at the present time”.
3. Change a period of time to a term of affection.
4. Change was seated to have a meal.
5. Change a part of the head to international strife.
6. Change a respectful title to atmosphere.
7. Change to learn thoroughly to not as slow.
8. Change very warm to a negative adverb.
9. Change a motor vehicle to not near.
10. Change a possessive pronoun to not so sweet.
Key:
Game 2: 1. here – there; 2. hat – that; 3. rip – trip; 4. his – this; 5. rifle – trifle; 6. old – told; 7. error – terror; 8. all – tall; 9. rain – train; 10. urn – turn.
Game 3: 1. were – here; 2. low – now; 3. year – dear; 4. sat – eat; 5. ear – war; 6. sir – air; 7. master – faster; 8. hot – not; 9. car – far; 10. your – sour.