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Guess the Dates- Warmer Cooler Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

A fun guessing what date the other person is thinking of game, with hints about how wrong they are until they get exactly the right date, including special dates like Valentine's Day, so also good for cultural training.

By: Alex Case
Level: Beginner
Theme: Time
Study Area: Numbers and Times
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Lesson Plan Content:


Guess the dates warmer cooler game

Choose one of the dates from the cards below, starting with easy ones. Ask your partner “When is…?” with the name of the day written on the left, e.g. “When is Japanese White Day?” See if your partner can guess the right date. If they say the wrong date, give them hints until they get exactly the right day.

Useful language for giving hints

It’s a lot/ quite a lot/ a little/ a tiny bit earlier (than that).”/ “It’s (…) before…”

“It’s a lot/ quite a lot/ a little/ a tiny bit later (that that).”/ “It’s (…) after…”

 

 

New Year’s Day

January first

Winnie the Pooh Day

January eighteenth

The first day of Japanese spring

 February fifth

First day of the Winter Olympics

February seventh

Valentine’s Day

February fourteenth

Last day of the Winter Olympics

February twenty third

American Tooth Fairy Day

February twenty eighth

Pi Day

March fourteenth

Japanese White Day

March fourteenth

Korean White Day

March fourteenth

English Mother’s Day

March fifteenth

The first day of English spring

March twenty first

The first day of Brazilian autumn

March twenty first

April Fool’s Day

April first

World Book Day

April twenty third

World Penguin Day

April twenty fifth

May Day

May first

Cinco de Mayo in Mexico

May fifth

The first day of Japanese summer

May seventh

Red Cross Day

May eighth

Museum Day

May eighteenth

Turtle Day

May twenty third

No Tobacco Day

May thirty first

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

June second

The first day of Tokyo rainy season

June eighth

Blood Donor Day

June fourteenth

The first day of English summer

June twenty first

The first day of Brazilian winter

June twenty first

American Independence Day

July fourth

Snake Day

July sixteenth

The last day of Tokyo rainy season

July twentieth

The first day of Japanese autumn

August ninth

Talk like a Pirate Day

September nineteenth

The first day of English autumn

September twenty first

The first day of Brazilian spring

September twenty first

Car-free Day

September twenty second

World Teacher’s Day

October fifth

English Fireworks Night

November fifth

The first day of Japanese winter

November eighth

English Poppy Day

November eleventh

Korean Peppero Day

November eleventh

Japanese Pocky Day

November eleventh

The first day of English winter

December twenty first

The first day of Brazilian summer

December twenty first

Christmas Eve

December twenty fourth

Christmas Day

December twenty fifth

Boxing Day

December twenty sixth

New Year’s Eve

December thirty first

If you played the game with cut up cards, put them into order from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Check your answers with the list above

Write all the dates above as numbers.

Look at the numbers that you wrote and say those dates.

Do the same with other days that you know such as your family’s birthdays and holidays in your country or other countries.

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