Pass the Ball

Objectives

The learner can understand simple instructions.

Materials

Several balls

Preparation

• Repeat the vocabulary for the body parts.
• Summon up together which body parts you can use to throw a ball.

Instructions

• Divide the group into two teams.
• One team forms an outer circle, the other an inner circle.
• Give a learner of the outer circle a ball.
• S/he (A) appoints
  a learner in the inner circle (B),
  a way of passing the ball, e.g. with the foot, head, hand, knee
  a learner in the outer circle (C).
• A throws the ball to B.
• B passes the ball to C, in the way chosen by A.
• Play till everyone has got a turn.
• Let the teams switch circles.

Variant

The exercise can be done using several balls at the same time.

Tips for the instructor

• Depending on the level, before the beginning of the game you must teach the vocabulary of how to pass the ball/what body part to pass the ball with. Gestures can help memorize vocabulary.
• For large groups, you can make more than one circle and do parallel activities.