As performed at the Tokyo International Bookfair!
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English version of "Janken" (Rock, Paper, Scissors) + Motivation! | Level |
Kindergarten to Junior High school 1 | |||||
| Games |
Gokiburi Game, Leapfrog Game | |||||||
| Paid for Stuff |
Song - Animated Mini Lesson - Karaoke - Pronunciation Guide - Computer Game - Worksheet - in the Teacher's Set |
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| Click the pictures, hear them spoken! | ||||||||
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Printable |
| Rock, Paper, Scissors! by Richard Graham Rock, paper, scissors. (Rock, paper, scissors) 1,2 3, (1,2,3) Rock, paper, scissors. (Rock, paper, scissors) 1,2 3, (1,2,3) Are you ready? (Yeah) Are you ready? (Yeah) Are you ready? (Yeah) Are you ready? (Yeah) Repeat Chorus |
@In the classroom or at home ........
This is now the most popular Genki English song (it's even more popular
than "Left & Right" ) and last year I taught it to over 10,000 kids! With practice (see
the teaching guide video below) you can teach it really quickly. The song
is fantastic as a first lesson as the kids are so motivated by learning
something in English that they do everyday.
Once kids know the game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" there are
loads of great games you can play. So try this hip-hop version to get them
used to playing the game in English! It really works a treat, especially
the "Are you ready?" bit in the middle!
First the teacher says the line, then the kids repeat.
When you say "rock", make your hand into a fist...
...hold it out flat for "paper" and ...
...use two fingers to form "scissors". ..
On the final "3", everyone puts out their favourite. Scissors
cut paper, paper covers rock and rock blunts scissors. Who's the winner?
It doesn't matter, losing just means you get another chance to try again!
Try using this song with the "Gokiburi" or "Leapfrog" games from the website.
Most of you probably know that people in Japan are a lot more fanatical
about Rock, Paper, Scissors, and one problem is deciding which English
version to translate it to. For example some people use "stone"
or change the order, basically there is no set pattern. So when I wrote
the song I interviewed loads and loads of people and this version just
came out as the most popular. I've also seen this version used in "Friends"
several times, so if it's good enough for Jennifer Aniston, it's good enough
for me!
In Video
Here's the first 10 minutes of my standard demo class. Hopefully
you'll get some ideas and see how good even beginner students can be
with a little motivation and music thrown in there.
It's of a small school where I taught all the grades together. They have
had a few lessons before, but the Rock, Paper, Scissors song was their
first time.
It starts off part way through my warm up,
Then Genki English Rule 1: Think you can and you can!
Then intro of Rock, Paper, Scissors i.e. each word twice and then once
through the mini-lesson.
As you can see the kids pretty much got it just from this.
Then Genki English Rule 2: Losing just means "try again!"
Then another couple of goes through the song very fast.
Then the song itself.
Altogether
it's 10 minutes. You'll see how much Japanese I use and how much
emphasis is put on motivation talk. These were really good kids, but
their speed was about the same as most good classes.
Worksheet:
It's probably best to play this game by using your hands (have a look at
the software on CD4 to see how). But if you want an activity to calm the
kids down a bit, try this "Rock, Paper, Scissors" dice. The kids
say "Rock, Paper, Scissors. 1 2 3!" and throw their own dice
and see who wins! It is a bit different from the normal version as now
everything is random.
On the CD....
On the CD there is the music (if you put it into a normal CD player), and
the software section (if you put it in a suitable PC or Mac). As with the
other songs there is a fun pronunciation section for learning the words,
a mini-lesson to learn the song "a cappella" and a groovy one
or two player quiz.
The "Rock, Paper, Scissors" song can be found on CD vol. IV !
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