ESL Game: Dead Dice

By Carrie on March 7, 2007

Materials: 3 dice – Preferably the big, plush kind.

Rule: Numbers 1 and 3 are ‘death numbers’.

I use this game for teaching sentence patterns.

How to play: Divide the class into two teams.Write the sentence pattern you are teaching on the board. Have the two teams take turns making sentences. Each correct sentence gains one chance to roll the three dice. Add all the numbers of the dice together to decide the points for the team.

For a longer version of this game, you can roll the dice until all three are dead.

For example: A student rolls 1 + 4 + 6 = 10 points (remember the number 1 is dead, so it doesn’t count)

You can ask the students to continue rolling the two dice until all the dice are ‘dead’.

The team that gets the most points wins.

Note: This game can be used to determine points for any kind of lesson.

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2 responses to “ESL Game: Dead Dice”

christina
August 27, 2009 at 2:37 am | Permalink | Reply

thanks for ur ideas………….i am currently working in china…. i need games but it must be more fun and enjoyment …. if u have any please send it to me

thANKS
TINA
1. Carrie
  August 31, 2009 at 9:48 am | Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Christina,
  
  Thanks for stopping by. Please stop by again if you’re looking for more ideas. I try to update regularly.