ESL Kids

Heads Down Thumbs Up, 
It’s Time to Play Seven UP!
The Seven Up Game
Introduction:
I used to play this game when I was in elementary school. Here it’s being adapted for the ESL classroom and given a Halloween theme.
Skills Used: Speaking
Level: Easy to Medium
Ages: 7 and up
Group Size: 14 and up.
Setup:
Seven people are chosen to be Monsters (pickers). Each Monster is given a halloween mask to wear. If the class is very big, more than 30 people, choose more Monsters. We have 40 children per class and use nine Monsters.
How to Play:
The seven Monsters (pickers) sit at the front of the classroom. The teacher says, “Heads down, thumbs up. Time to play Seven Up.” The remainder of the class cover their eyes (heads down) and sticks one thumb up, while the Monsters stand up (Seven Up). The Monsters are then given a minute or so to pick one person by touching the thumb of someone who as their head down. After picking someone, the Monsters returns to the front of the room. When all of the Monsters have returned, the teacher says, “heads up,” and the children who had their thumbs touched stand up.
The teacher then asks each standing student, “Who was it?” The student then gets once chance to guess who touched their finger. “It was Frankenstein.” If the student guesses correctly, they switch places with the Monster that touched them.
After every standing student has had a chance to guess a Monster , the teacher again says, “Heads down, thumbs up, time to play Seven up.” And the students play again.