FUN ZONE

A board game for four players (ideally — three or five is fine too). Players progress by picking up Challenge Cards and completing English sentences, to practice the difference between 'because' and 'so':

• "I like strawberries because they're sweet."
  
• "I like strawberries, so I'll buy some."

However, with not much extra effort, 'FUN ZONE' can easily be adapted to practice any grammar point you like.

Real, Actual Fun

'FUN ZONE' is an all-original, properly designed board game, not an unconvincing 'ESL printable' thrown together in Microsoft Word. It has been tested at every stage of development in Japanese public high school classrooms. It's fun, lively and effective: students will readily make their best English sentences, to keep the excitement and drama of the game moving.

The contents of a Treasure Card, or the lucky roll of a die, will have players advancing past their opponents, gaining access to shortcuts, or stealing valuable treasures from other players! Falling behind? Take a risk in the mysterious Jump Zone. Who will ascend first to the shining Zone of Fun?

Assembly Required? You Bet It Is, Baby!

Yeah you're gonna have to do some colour and black-and-white printing, laminating, trimming and cutting. As well, you'll need to gather some necessary bits and pieces — most importantly, player tokens and dice. Nothing out of the ordinary for a seasoned ALT.

Hmmm Sounds Good

No, it sounds

The somewhat hefty downloadable PDF will allow you to create...

• A gorgeous, self-evidently fun, full-colour A3 'FUN ZONE' game board
  
• A deck of 32 yellow Treasure Cards (double-sided)
• A deck of 30 pink 'because' Challenge Cards (double-sided)
• A deck of 30 blue 'so' Challenge Cards (double-sided)

Make as many sets as you need for your classes! Blank Challenge Card templates are also included, for adapting 'FUN ZONE' to your own specific purposes.

Naturally, the PDF also includes...

• Thorough instructions for 'assembling' the game, and many photos of the final product to guide you
  
• The rules of play for 'FUN ZONE'
• Instructions and advice for running a lesson with 'FUN ZONE'
• Suggestions for adapting and expanding 'FUN ZONE'
• A note on searching for board game pieces on Amazon Japan

What Are You Waiting For, Even?

'FUN ZONE'. It's fun, it's high-quality, it's cheap, it's adaptable and re-usable, and it's purpose-designed for ESL teaching. If you'd downloaded it a week ago, you'd have it ready to play by now! Instead you're up late, scouring the internet, all, "Oh god what am I going to do for class tomorrow!"

Don't let this happen to you again — buy 'FUN ZONE' now!

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