Icebreaking? Wordle then!
Every morning, during my breakfast, I slide into my twitter and play wordle. For me, this game is addictive. Well, first thing first, do you know what wordle is?
To put it simply, it is actually hangman-alike. It is a web-based word game
created by Josh Wardle. In the original game, the player has only six trials to
guess a five-letter word, with feedback given for each guess in the form of
colored tiles indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position.
Grey means wrong letter, yellow means the letter is correct yet in the wrong position,
and green means both letter and position are correct.
How this game can be played in
your English class simply as a game? Well, it's super easy. It can be conducted either as an
ice-breaking or exit-ticket after the lesson.
Before you start the lesson, make
sure to inform your students about the procedures, the rules, and the answer-submission.
To create your own game, visit mywordle then type any proper English word, consisting of at least two to ten letters, as
recommended to play fun game.
Share the link to your students. You
may give them clue or without any; you decide. As for me, if I play with the first
graders, I always give them clue. However, for the third graders, I let them
explore without any clue. In one or two cases, when they find it too difficult,
eventually, I give them a related lead.
For submission, you can have them
with various options: private chat via WhatsApp, Line, DM’s twitter, DM’s
Instagram, Telegram, or Whiteboard. To make it more interesting, I had a
trial on Whiteboard. I made rule that anyone who submitted first, will be
the initial for time-bomb. This means that the counting starts when anyone got
the answer sent to the platform agreed. It can be around 2-3 minutes at most. Here’s
an example of the result.
If you just want to have fun without anything to do with English, just word-game, you can use the site to create the word you want. It could be in any languages or just guessing particular word or name.
Use your creativity in making the game fun. Well, my students love the game like I do. What about you? Go! Give it a try!
As always, great stuff from great teacher
ReplyDeleteThank you. Have you tried it?
DeleteThank you...nice sharing Sir
ReplyDeleteI hope this inspire you to have a fun class :)
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