Join Pepper for her board game which will have students
hearing and saying Spanish or French words and phrases to each other.
The board, game pieces and cards, and a pocket booklet of phrases, are included in Pepper's
and
on TeachersPayTeachers.
Below are the objects and rules of the game so you can see how it can be used.
Pepper says "Have fun!"
Welcome to
Pepper's board game for learning essential phrases and commonly-used verbs and
prepositions!
Object of the Game
To see who has
the most cards when they finish the board.
But the primary object is to have students reading, hearing and saying Spanish (or French)
words and phrases to each other while the teacher, or substitute
teacher, walks the classroom monitoring each group playing the game and helping
with pronunciation if necessary and making sure students are playing well
together.
How to Play
1. Stack the piles of Pepper cards in three
separate piles according to the picture on the back. The three piles cover Essential Phrases,
Verbs and Prepositions.
2. Place all players' game pieces off the board
just below the first square.
3. Have the first player roll the die and move
as many squares as indicated by the roll of the die.
4. Have the second player read the top card from
the stack that corresponds to the picture the first player lands on. Decide before the game starts if the players
will read the English or Spanish on the cards.
The second player then reads either the English or the Spanish as
decided and the first player must provide the corresponding English or Spanish
answer.
5. If the first player gets the answer right,
he/she keeps the card and stays on the space landed on. If not, the card goes to the bottom of the
pile and the player moves his/her game piece back one space.
6. Then it is the second player's turn to roll
and move while the next player reads the top card for him/her.
7. The game finishes when all players have
landed on or beyond the final square.
8. Each player counts his/her cards. The one with the most cards wins.
Adjustable by age and level of
understanding
For about ages
5 to 8
For the
youngest players, use only a few cards containing introductory vocabulary that
needs to be reinforced. If desired,
print the cards twice so that a word can be asked more than once in the game. For example, print only the first page of
vocabulary of "CardsEssentialPhrases", "CardsVerbs" and/or
"CardsPrepositions". If one or
two of the stacks of cards is omitted, those squares on the board can be just
places to land with no action.
For about ages
8 to 10
For older
players, use all the cards.
For about 9
and up
For advanced
players, have them conjugate the verb cards, have them use the preposition
cards correctly in a sentence, and have them provide an appropriate response or
an opposite phrase (such as 'adiós
' as an opposite of 'hola')
to the essential phrases.
Materials needed for each set of two to
four players:
One die
Two to four game
pieces (either Pepper's pieces or other game pieces)
Pepper's game
board
A selection of
Pepper's cards (choose which cards to use depending on the level of difficulty
required)
Print the board
and game pieces one-sided. The game
pieces come in color and in black and white for students to color. Print the game cards double-sided so the
words are on one side and the pictures are on the other. There are a few blank cards to add your own
words.
