Playing
the game Shuffle the cards and deal
out seven per player. It is best to have groups
of four or five students per set of cards. Place
one card (not a penalty card) face up and put the
remainder of the cards (the pack) face down
beside it.
The aim of the game is to get rid of all your
cards. You can discard a card onto the face up
pile if it is the same animal or the same
preposition as the current card showing. Eg. if
the card showing is "The rabbit is in the
toilet" then you can throw down any
"Rabbit" card or any "Toilet"
card.
The penalty cards are: "Skip" - the
next player skips one turn; "Reverse" -
the order of play reverses - the previous student
throws next; "Draw Two" - the next
player takes two from the pack unless they can
put any "Draw Two" card down. In the
latter case, the next player who can't throw a
"Draw Two" card has to pick up the
total number of cards from the pack.
The "Wild" card can be played at any
time and the thrower has to call out the new
animal. The "Draw Four" card is
similarly wild, but the next player has to draw
four from the pack, unless they can play another
"Draw Four."
When a player throws down their penultimate
card, they must shout "Uno" before the
next player takes their turn. Failure to do so
results in a penalty of two cards from the pack.
Children should read the text as they throw
down each card.
Note: This game works much
better when the students are familiar with the
game first. I recommend that you play the
original Uno game with colours (red, green, blue
and yellow) and numbers (1-10) instead of my
animals (fish, cat, rabbit and spider) and
prepositions (on, in, under, by, in front of and
behind). When playing the original version, the
students should discard the cards FACE DOWN. This
forces them to use English to say what the card
is "Red One" or "Green
Reverse."
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