Teaching English phonics (pronunciation) plays a big role in our English classroom.  This past week Fancina and I were teaching the hard ‘e’ sound, spelled ‘ee’ or ‘ea’; eg. see, tree, eat, tea.  After introducing the lesson we decided to play a game, which I fully credit to Shiela, called Phonics Jeopardy.  First the student chooses a category, either ‘ee’ or ‘ea’.  Then for $100 they must SAY a word that fits that category.  For $200 they must SAY and SPELL a word, and finally for $300 they SAY, SPELL, and use the word in a SENTENCE.  This is a good game because it addressed varying skill levels.  The best part of the game was that kids could create their own sentences.  Examples as follows:

1. I like eat cake.

2. I drink black tea.

3. A bee is in the tree.

4.  I see a turkey sitting on top of the taxi. (???)

5. He cheated on the test so the teacher made him stay after class as punishment.

6. I like tree.