I wanted my students to practice learning each other's Spanish names so we don't get to December and I get blank stares when I name groups and kids have no idea who "Rafael" or "Daniela" are. (I let kids pick the Spanish name they like, not just one that is similar to their name). I browsed the Internet a little last night and came across http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/you-me-left-right.html.
I adapted I, You, Right, Left into Spanish. After a few classes, I think I came up into a pretty effective way of getting kids to participate. I had them make a big circle around me and then we reviewed what Yo to Izquierda meant. Then I slowly started pointing to kids and having them name the Yo or Tú response only. After a couple students I added in the other two directions. We did this for a few minutes, just naming people without a time limit.
Then I added in the counting to five which I did with my fingers to eliminate extra noise as students concentrated. I threw in a little bit of competition by telling the class that if the student could give the right name before time ran out, then the class got a point. Otherwise I got the point (I didn't really get many points today).
Just as they started to get maybe a little too comfortable, I added the direction "Cambia" which meant they had to mix up where they were standing. The kids caught on quickly to ask the names of the people to their right and left as soon as they switched!
In one class I put the students in smaller groups of six in the circle, one in the middle. That person got to pick three victims to point to and then had to switch out. Honestly, I think those groups were too small.
I liked this game because I could adapt it to any level just by changing up the amount of Spanish I spoke.
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