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.
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.
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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…” |
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New Year’s Day |
January first |
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Winnie the Pooh Day |
January eighteenth |
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The first day of Japanese spring |
February fifth |
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First day of the Winter Olympics |
February seventh |
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Valentine’s Day |
February fourteenth |
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Last day of the Winter Olympics |
February twenty third |
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American Tooth Fairy Day |
February twenty eighth |
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Pi Day |
March fourteenth |
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Japanese White Day |
March fourteenth |
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Korean White Day |
March fourteenth |
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English Mother’s Day |
March fifteenth |
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The first day of English spring |
March twenty first |
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The first day of Brazilian autumn |
March twenty first |
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April Fool’s Day |
April first |
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World Book Day |
April twenty third |
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World Penguin Day |
April twenty fifth |
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May Day |
May first |
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Cinco de Mayo in Mexico |
May fifth |
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The first day of Japanese summer |
May seventh |
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Red Cross Day |
May eighth |
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Museum Day |
May eighteenth |
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Turtle Day |
May twenty third |
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No Tobacco Day |
May thirty first |
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Chinese Dragon Boat Festival |
June second |
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The first day of Tokyo rainy season |
June eighth |
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Blood Donor Day |
June fourteenth |
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The first day of English summer |
June twenty first |
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The first day of Brazilian winter |
June twenty first |
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American Independence Day |
July fourth |
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Snake Day |
July sixteenth |
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The last day of Tokyo rainy season |
July twentieth |
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The first day of Japanese autumn |
August ninth |
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Talk like a Pirate Day |
September nineteenth |
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The first day of English autumn |
September twenty first |
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The first day of Brazilian spring |
September twenty first |
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Car-free Day |
September twenty second |
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World Teacher’s Day |
October fifth |
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English Fireworks Night |
November fifth |
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The first day of Japanese winter |
November eighth |
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English Poppy Day |
November eleventh |
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Korean Peppero Day |
November eleventh |
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Japanese Pocky Day |
November eleventh |
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The first day of English winter |
December twenty first |
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The first day of Brazilian summer |
December twenty first |
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Christmas Eve |
December twenty fourth |
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Christmas Day |
December twenty fifth |
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Boxing Day |
December twenty sixth |
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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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