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Crossfire is a popular warm-up and practice activity in the Japanese classroom. Most Japanese English teachers I've worked with are familiar with it.
Here's how to do a simple crossfire game:
1. Ask all students to stand up.
2. Ask a question in English. (Examples: Do you like pizza?, Do you play basketball?)
3. Call a student who raised his hand.
4. If the student's answer is correct he can choose to save the students on the same column or row.
Once the student choose which students to save, the other students can sit down.
If the student's answer is wrong, call another student.
5. Keep on asking question until all students are seated.