ESL Game 13 – The Pirate Barrel Game

Living in Asia for the last five years of my life … I have learned many things. One of those things that would never work in Canada, but that works surprisingly well in Asia is this ESL game:

The Pop Up Pirate Barrel game

Teaching English in Asia can and should be very rewarding. It can change your life and open you up to new cultures. There is no better way to meet new people and be introduced to new people than by having fun with people.

A fun way to get students / friends in a good mood is to play a fun game.

This ESL game is called Pop Up Pirate Barrel Game.

Any ESL teacher can use this game to liven up a class; or they can use it as the end of a long hard class. In this game you have a plastic barrel with 48 slots cut out of the barrel and a pirate in the middle hole at the top of the barrel.

There are four plastic swords of different colors: red, green, blue and yellow swords. This game is designed to have 4 teams. Then the teacher will divide the class into four different teams. The master will eventually give the red team the red swords; the blue team the blue swords; the yellow team the yellow swords and the green team the green swords. But before handing out the swords, it is recommended that you ask all students a few questions in English before handing out the swords.

After the ESL teacher has asked all the students questions and all the students have answered them correctly, you can start playing.

One ESL student per team may put a sword in a slot. The red team goes, then the blue team, then the yellow team, and the green team goes last.

If the student chooses the slot that makes the pirate jump out of the barrel, that team wins the game.

You can also play ~ every time a team makes the Pirate jump out of the Barrel; that team gets a point.

Get creative with this game. Do what works best for the class! Have fun and teach English!

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