Level
Rules of the game
How are you? is a game for students at A2-B1 level of the European Framework of Reference for Languages. It represents a precious teaching tool for the group/class but it can also be used at home with friends. It is a team game.
Put the playing board on a table, make the two dice and divide the cards according to the colours.
Language aims
The opponent team leader takes a coloured card which corresponds to the colour shown on the dice:
• Introduce or revise vocabulary related to the human body and health. • Check knowledge of nutrition and daily healthy habits. • Understand and follow simple physical exercises.
• yellow card: the team leader, without showing the opponent team, shows the card to the active player who has to draw the illustrated item and the player’s team has to guess the item. Each team has three chances to guess the correct answer.
Components
• green card: the player has to mime a state of health and the rest of the team has to guess. Each team has three chances to guess the correct answer.
How are you? includes: • a playing board • a numbered dice • a dice with coloured faces (yellow, blue, orange, purple, red, green) • 132 game cards divided in six categories • an instruction booklet The playing board is a fun track with 100 spaces. On the spaces with pills, the player moves along the board. On the stars, the player misses a turn. On the exercise spaces, the player does a series of movements before continuing along the board. To present or revise the vocabulary related to the human body, you can use the reverse side of the playing board and, with the use of post-it notes, ask the students to put the words in the correct place.
The youngest player starts the game by throwing the dice. Game play proceeds in a clockwise direction.
head / face
hair
forehead
eye
nose
elbow
wrist
hand
finger
nail
cheek
ear
mouth
tongue
teeth
chest
stomach
back
leg
knee
lips
chin
neck
shoulder
arm
calf
ankle
foot
toes
heel
• blue card: the opponent shows the card and the player whose turn it is has to say the word of the illustrated part of the body. • orange card: the player has to answer a question with multiple choice answers. • red card: the player has to answer true or false about a statement regarding health. • purple card: an opponent player has to ask the active player what type of doctor cures a particular health problem. With the exception of the blue cards, the correct answers are found on the cards in order to facilitate game play. For the answers to the blue cards the players can consult the instruction booklet where all of the words are illustrated. If the answer is correct, the player throws the numbered dice and moves along the playing board. When a player lands on a space, the player has to follow the instruction. If the answer is incorrect, the player doesn’t move along the board and play turns to the opponent team. The first team to arrive at the finish space is the winner.
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