ESL Games – Gun, Heart, Bomb Version 2-Point-0
First you need to know how to play the original Gun, Heart, Bomb.
If you already know how to play it…just scroll down and skip to the next paragraph. If you don’t know how to play it; I’m going to quickly explain how to do it now.
You will need to draw a large grid on the board. At the top of the grid you will need to write the letters A – J. Have the A in the first box on the far left. Put the letter B in the box to the right of the A. Then the C, and so on.
You will need to write the numbers 1 to 10 in the boxes on the far left. Have the number one in the top box. Write the number 2 in the box below. The number 3 below the 2 and so on.
You should now have a large grid on the board. Your ESL students should easily be able to pick a box: A – 6, F – 2, 7 – G, etc.
During your preparation time, you need to decide which ESL games you will play. If you decide to play this game… you will need to draw this same grid on a piece of paper.
On your grid, you will need to fill in all the boxes. These are the items you can put in each box.
Gun, Heart, Bomb – Original Version Items:
A weapon means you can shoot at the hit point of a member of the opposing team.
A heart means you can give one of your teammates an extra hit point.
A bomb will explode and blow up whoever picked up that box and minus one of their life points.
Gun, Heart, Bomb – Version 2.0
The gun, the heart and the bomb are elements that your students will be able to find in this version of the game.
Also included in this set:
One Tank: One tank can shoot a person from the other team 3 times.
A helicopter: A helicopter can shoot three other people once.
A flamethrower: A flamethrower can shoot two people twice.
And of course, use your creativity to invent even new items.
When the game starts, you will need to divide the class into equal teams. Give each student the same number of hit points.
And since this is an ESL game to play during your English class… you will need to practice English before and during the game.
What I usually do is have all the students stand up. I’ll ask you a question. After they answer the question correctly, they can sit down. When all the students are seated, I will let one person from each team have a turn.
If it’s Jimmy’s turn and he picks box 8 – C… the ESL teacher will have to look at his answer sheet he wrote during his prep time to see what’s in that box.
Keep playing until one team destroys all of the other team’s life points.