http://www.mes-english.com/games/files/baseball.php
Wonderful site with a fun baseball game
How to play:
- dived your class or groups up into 2 teams, the home team pitches first
- one person from the home team steps up to bat (if you lay out the room as the stadium with bases
and a pitchers mound, then the person literally steps up to bat.)
- the pitcher (one person from the away team) asks a question. Usually a yes/no question: Here's
an example using the sports plays cards from this site: The pitcher takes a card and looks at it,
keeping it hidden from the batter. Then the pitcher makes a question
Pitcher: Does he play tennis?
Batter: Yes, he does. (a 50/50 chance)
Batter: What does he play?
Pitcher: He plays tennis.
- the batter tries to answer the question. If the batter is correct (as in the example) he hit the
pitch. The batter may draw a baseball card. Then follow the directions on the card, either moving
a man marker on the game board or literally moving accordingly around the bases in the room (if you
choose to layout the room like a baseball infield.)
(If the player gets a strike as his card then he would stay for another question but the pitcher
should change.)
- if the batter answers incorrectly, then he is out. The next batter would attempt to answer the
next question.
- 3 outs and the teams change, batter and pitcher.
- score all runs for the team on the score board. Any player advancing all the way around the board
and back to home scores a point for their team.
Play as many innings as you'd like and be prepared to play the whole period. If I have other things
that I want to do and can't work them into the game, I start the game with a set number of innings
(3-5.) That way there are no tears when the game is over.
If you need more information about how to play baseball check here.
******variations******
Get everybody playing: pair work
- if you have enough cards/questions, you can have 2 people square off against each other. This
gets the whole class talking and involved. I usually play this way. You can have 2 or 3 groups
sharing the same baseball card stack and question or flash card stacks as long as they're in reach.
Teacher pitches and everyone competes to answer the question: fast paced, good for vocabulary
and reading review
- the teacher poses the question or shows a flash card. If the batting team answers first, one
person may take a card and advance accordingly. If the pitching team answers first they get the
out.
Perfect English gets the hit: good when you need to emphasize structure
- You can have the students alter sentences or translate. If they can make the English sentence
correctly, they can take a baseball card. If they can't do it they're out. You can give them a strike
for a mistake and keep going but one batter may be there for 10 minutes, not wanting to be out.
Some examples of altering sentences: sentence to question, present to past, past to past perfect,
present to future, affirmative to negative, etc.