| So you are somewhere in Asia standing inside a | | | | numbers. |
| classroom full of screaming ESL students. You were | | | | Next, you will have to divide your class into two or |
| not trained by your school and they expect you to just | | | | more teams. Get all of the ESL students who are on a |
| "Be the Best Teacher" and make the school a lot of | | | | team to sit together. |
| money. Easy???? | | | | Next, ask each team to tell you their, "TEAM NAME." |
| For a first time teacher living in a country in which they | | | | Write each team's name on the board. |
| are not from can be challenging. I used to be that | | | | (Before class - during your preparation time - you |
| teacher with no training. I was told to "Teach English." | | | | should draw the grid on a piece of paper. |
| Luckily, I was able to keep my ears open and was | | | | Next you will have fill in how much "play" money is |
| able to meet the right people who were kind enough | | | | inside each box. |
| to teach me some ESL (English Second Language) | | | | Ex. A-1 = $100 |
| Games. | | | | A-2 = $50 |
| This is one of them: | | | | A-3 = $0 |
| "THE MONEY GAME" | | | | A-4 = $250 |
| First you will need to draw a big grid on the blackboard | | | | Note: on your piece of paper you can just write the |
| whiteboard. | | | | numbers inside the boxes. When the student picks a |
| On the top level of the grid you will need to write the | | | | box; you will be able to very quickly look at your |
| numbers 1 - 10 | | | | Answer key and find the amount of money to be |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10and on the far left side of | | | | awarded for each box. |
| the grid you will have to write the letters | | | | This piece of paper will be THE ANSWER KEY; and |
| A | | | | only you can see it.) |
| B | | | | Ask each ESL Team an English question. |
| C | | | | - You can ask them any question about anything...but it |
| D | | | | is best if the question has to do with some subject |
| E | | | | that you are studying and / or reviewing. |
| F | | | | If the team answers the question correctly ~ they get |
| G | | | | to pick one boxinside the grid. |
| H | | | | If the student picks 4 - D... then you will have to look on |
| I | | | | your Answer key and then write the amount of |
| The board should look something like what I did above... | | | | money won inside the chosen box. |
| but of course you will need to draw the straight | | | | Then you write that much money underneath the |
| lines...use your imagination: Draw straight lines | | | | team's name. |
| underneath all the letters and pull those straight lines | | | | Keep playing this game until time runs out. And the |
| horizontally to the far right of the grid. | | | | best part is that you decide when time runs out. If the |
| And draw straight lines vertically inbetween the | | | | game is a hit... play it for longer! |