GAME OF CARDS

 

General objectives:                             ASSESSMENT suggestions

To stimulate listening, reading and speaking skills
To illustrate the concept of gamification.

Specific objectives:

To design a game of cards
To play a cards game

Timing and Development:

The gamification of learning is an educational approach to motivate students to learn by using video game designand game elements in learning environments. Wikipedia.

Ask students to grab a deck of French or Spanish cards -or just pieces of paper- and write down these words on them. First two columns are similar to all games, but Verbs and Complemets increase the difficulty of the game.

FIRST GAME

SUITS	HEARTS /CUPS	DIAMONDS / COINS	CLUBS - CLOVERS	SPADES-SWORDS -PIKES
Cards	Personal Pronouns	Auxiliary Verbs	Verbs	Complements
1	I / ME / MY / MINE	BE – AM-IS-ARE – WAS - WERE	HAVE – HAVING - HAD	FUN
2	YOU / YOUR / YOURS	BE – AM-IS-ARE – WAS - WERE	MAKE – MAKING - MADE	NOW-YESTERDAY- TOMORROW
3	HE – SHE / HIM – HER HIS -HERS	DO – DOES / DID / DOING	GET – GETTING - GOT	UP – DOWN – IN – OUT - BACK
4	IT - ITS	DO – DOES / DID / DOING	SAY – SAYING - SAID	UP – DOWN – IN – OUT - BACK
5	WE – US – OUR - OURS	HAVE – HAS - HAD - HAVING	COME – COMING - CAME	NUMBERS - LETTERS
6	PEOPLE	WILL	LOOK–LOOKING -LOOKED	HOME
7	A TECHNICIAN	WOULD	CALL-CALLING-CALLED	THERE – HERE
8	AN ASSISTANT	CAN	SEE-SEEING-SAW-SEEN	FAMILY
9	THE SUPERVISOR	COULD	FIND -FINDING - FOUND	STAFF
10	THEY – THEM-THEIR . THEIRS	MUST	GO – GOING- WENT-GONE	SPORTS- BASKET - SOCCER
J	Someone dear to the player	SHOULD	WRITE – WROTE-WRITTEN	WELL – BAD
Q	Someone dear to the player	MAY	READ – READING -READ	SOMETHING - ANYTHING
K	The name of the player	MIGHT / MIGHT	PLAY – PLAYING - PLAYED	OFTEN- ALWAYS - NEVER

Source: https://www.espressoenglish.net/the-100-most-common-words-in-english/

How to play RUMMI – for four players

Deal ten cards to each player, by turns each player tries to link at least three cards with a meaningful phrase and puts them down on the table at the same time the player reads them out loud. for example: I AM PLAYING.

If the player can not put together any meaningful phrase, he or she should get one more card from the deck. 

Once a player has come up with a meaningful phrase, then he or she can pick up any of the cards on the table and use them in their own game as long as three meaning cards are left on the table. For example: if I got the card WELL, I could add it to the previous set to read I AM PLAYING WELL, 

The player who gets rid of all his/her cards before or accumulates more points is the winner. 

Many wild cards should be included to ensure sentence coherence.

Solitaire Game

Hold up the whole deck in your hands, take two cards, put the first one on top of the table, take a second pair of cards, try to link the card on the table with the first card of the second pair of cards; put together one sentence of four cards, then start again.

SECOND GAME

SUITS	HEARTS /CUPS	DIAMONDS / COINS	CLUBS - CLOVERS	SPADES -SWORDS-PIKES
Cards	Personal Pronouns	Auxiliary Verbs	Verbs	Interrogative Pronouns
1	I	BE – AM-IS-ARE – WAS - WERE	HAVE – HAVING - HAD	WHO?
2	YOU	BE – AM-IS-ARE – WAS - WERE	MAKE – MAKING - MADE	WHAT?
3	IT	DO – DOES / DID / DOING	GET – GETTING - GOT	WHEN?
4	WE	DO – DOES / DID / DOING	SAY – SAYING - SAID	WHERE?
5	THERE	HAVE – HAS - HAD - HAVING	COME – COMING - CAME	WHY?
6	PEOPLE	WILL	LOOK–LOOKING -LOOKED	HOW?
7	A TECHNICIAN	WOULD	CALL-CALLING-CALLED	WHICH?
8	AN ASSISTANT	CAN	EAT – EATING -ATE -EATEN	HOW OFTEN
9	THE SUPERVISOR	COULD	LIKE / LIKED	HOW FAR?
10	THEY	MUST	GO – GOING- WENT-GONE	HOW LONG?
J	HE	SHOULD	WRITE – WROTE-WRITTEN	WHOM?
Q	SHE	MAY	READ – READING -READ	WHOSE?
K	Your name	MIGHT / MIGHT	PLAY – PLAYING - PLAYED	WHAT TIME/COLOR...?

THIRD GAME

SUITS	HEARTS /CUPS	DIAMONDS / COINS	CLUBS - CLOVERS	SPADES- SWORDS-PIKES
Cards	Personal Pronouns	Auxiliary Verbs	Verbs	Connectors
1	I / ME / MY / MINE	BE – AM-IS-ARE – WAS - WERE	WIN – WAN- WON	First, Next, Then, Finally
2	YOU / YOUR / YOURS	BE – AM-IS-ARE – WAS - WERE	BREAK – BROKE BROKEN	And, also, besides, moreover,
3	HE – SHE / HIM – HER HIS -HERS	DO – DOES / DID / DOING	FORGET FORGOT FORGOTTEN	But, however, if, although, unless
4	WE – US – OUR - OURS	DO – DOES / DID / DOING	SWIM – SWAM - SWUM	For example, for instance,
5	A PERSON	HAVE – HAS - HAD - HAVING	SING – SANG - SUNG	Because, so, therefore,
6	PEOPLE	WILL	DRINK – DRANK - DRUNK	Consequently, for this reason
7	A TECHNICIAN	WOULD	BUY - BOUGHT	On the other hand, while,
8	AN ASSISTANT	CAN	TEACH - TOUGHT	Whereas, otherwise,
9	THE SUPERVISOR	COULD	CATCH - CAUGHT	In particular, Especially,
10	THEY – THEM-THEIR . THEIRS	MUST	THINK - THOUGHT	Indeed, Above all,
, J	Someone dear to the player	SHOULD	SEND - SENT	Significantly,
Q	Someone dear to the player	MAY	LEND - LENT	Similarly, in the same way,
K	The name of the player	MIGHT / MIGHT	COST	Furthermore,

Assessment Key.

The activity is so so, it is not good or bad, it doesn’t kill. I feel neutral, normal, indifferent, unemotional, impartial, disconnected. I can do it better! You can do it better too!

I like it -very much, I love it, It was fun! We had a good time! You made me smile!, It’s all right!-It was all right you sweat it!

I don’t like it! You didn’t prepare it well You made me cry! i’m feeling sad/down/off

It was terrible! It was horrible! It was awful! I’m angry -at you! get out of here- get off of me go to hell - leave me alone i’m about to blow up

That is brilliant! Very well done! I’m on top of the world, I’m over the moon, I’m feeling great, I’m having a great time, I’m so excited