online english word games

Online Games Review
The Mystery of Time and Space
http://www.albartus.com/motas/
Puzzle Solving mystery with many levels. Excellent graphics. Play as team game – correct instructions. Only drawback is inbability to save the game. Continue only works if no other class is playing on the same computer/ IWB. Good for level 4 and up – many phrasal verbs needed!
Intro to class by guiding one student with epen through Room 1 (class giving instructions, teacher giving hints). Students check for HW (including English needed). Then play one or two rooms per week.
Garfield’s Scary Scavenger Hunt

Part 1http://www.garfield.com/fandg/arcade/main.swf
For Kids and Teens. Move Garfield through the house and pick up things by clicking on them. Use these to help find the list of items.
Vocab needed: Shovel, Piano, Tuba, Clarinet, Trumpet, Library, Bookcase, Study, Safe, Attic, Ladder, Stairs, Fireplace, Rug, Pillow Bed, Dish, Picture
Structures needed:
Use the **** to ****
We need a ****
Click on the ****
Go left/ right/ back/ forward.
Go upstairs/ downstairs
Give the **** to ****
Garfield’s Scary Scavenger Hunt

Part 2 http://www.garfield.com/fandg/arcade/scavenger2.html
Beware of hitting the Max on the Scarometer or you will be unable to finish. Team game- giving instructions points scored for items picked up/ used and tasks completed.
Extra vocab needed: Bone, Book of matches, Candle holder,
Logic Problems
http://www.plastelina.net/
First few levels are free.
Language: First, Next, Then
We need to… You can’t… Zero & 1st conditional


GOOD WORD GAME WARMERS:

http://www.skunkstudios.com/wordup/game/

Word Up Good for warmer?

http://www.hangman.no/

Hangman Excellent warmer, especially Frequently Misspelled Words and 2 player game. Reasons to stay at home could be fun for Thais, especially Osama Bin Laden

http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/wm.html

Word Mojo Variation on scrabble, but fast play needed. Some words not accepted if you play “Scrabble-wise” and try to form several words in one go.

http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/wh.html

What Word Form words by rapidly swapping letters, but they must also form a special “What Word” to complete the level.

http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/tx.html

Text Twist Excellent race against the clock to form words. Rearrange the letters over and over to form as many words as possible from the same set of letters.

http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/bw.html

Bookworm Another creating words from tiles type of game with bonus words and letters – and hot tiles that can burn the library down! Great team race game.

http://www.lockergnome.com/arcade/games/fowl-words.phtml

Fowl Words Similar to Text Twist but perhaps more fun as you have a whole bunch of chickens laying eggs with letters!

http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/letter_rip/letter_rip.htm

Letter Rip Form words from adjacent tiles

http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/goggle/goggle.htm

Goggle Form words from letters in a 4x4 grid. A bit simple and the look is a little boring compared to those above.




USELESS, BUT INTERESTING:

http://www.andre-michelle.com/studies/cable_clock.htm

Cable Clock For a different display for timing.

http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/%7Eyugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/29/bclock.html

Block Clock For a different display for timing.