Welcome to Capture Japan - a fun, interactive classroom game designed to get students speaking, thinking, and competing while learning English!

Here's a step-by-step guide to help you set up and play the game effectively:

👥 Group Setup

• Divide students into pairs or small groups - maximum of 12 players or teams.
• Assign a color to each team using markers, crayons, or colored pencils.
• Add these team colors to your game map to track captured prefectures.

📄 Prepare the Worksheet

• Hand out a worksheet to each team.
• The worksheet should be blank or have space for writing sentences.
• Avoid putting questions on the worksheet so all teams respond to the same prompt during each round.

🧍‍♂️ Team Representatives

• Ask each group to choose one representative who will submit the worksheet each round.
• This helps you manage submissions smoothly when the game gets exciting!

📝 Sentence Challenge

• Each round, give students a grammar point to use.
• Ask them to make a sentence using that grammar point.
• If possible, students should include the name of the prefecture they want to capture in their sentence.

🔸 Example:

Grammar: Past tense

Sentence: "I visited Hokkaido last summer.

⏱️ Time Limit

• Set a timer (e.g. 2 minutes) for students to write their sentences.
• This keeps the game fast-paced and exciting!

✅ Sentence Check & Capture

• Check each team's sentence or ask them to read it aloud.
• If the sentence is correct and the prefecture is unclaimed/FREE, award it to their team.
• If the sentence is incorrect, allow them to fix it if time permits.

✊ Rock, Scissors, Paper Battle

• If two teams want the same prefecture, they'll face off with a game of Rock, Scissors, Paper.
• The winner captures the prefecture!

🏆 Winning the Game

• The game ends after a set number of rounds or when time is up.
• The team with the most captured prefectures is the winner!

🔄 Quick Recap:

• 🔹 Play in pairs or groups (max 12).
• 🔹 Assign colors and issue worksheets
• 🔹 Set grammar prompts each round
• 🔹 Teams write sentences to capture prefectures
• 🔹 Correct answers = claim territory!
• 🔹 Competing claims = Rock, Scissors, Paper
• 🔹 Most prefectures = victory!

Have fun and enjoy the chaos of learning with Capture Japan! 🇯🇵✨