Activity: Guess Me!

Objectives:

Allows students to use own words or action creatively to illustrate the requested words / phrases / idioms without telling directly.

Allows students to guess the correct requested words / phrases / idioms by identifying clues and understanding body languages.

Materials needed:

100 flashcards, points recording slip, timer

Introduction:

There are 100 flashcards which consist of simple nouns, adjectives, and vocabulary. Each card suggests the difficulty of the word by depicting the number of flowers used.

The 100 cards are distributed in –

1 Flower level

• 20 nouns
• 10 adjectives

2 Flowers level

• 20 nouns
• 10 adjectives
• 10 phrases / idioms

3 Flowers level

• 10 phrases / idioms
• 20 new vocabulary

Instructions:

Split the class into two groups, on a manageable size for teachers to handle. Each group sends 2 students out, one of them holds the cards to show the illustrator and record the points when the group guessed it correctly, the other illustrates to the group. These two roles can be changed, depends on number of rounds.

Each card guessed correctly is awarded with 2 points.

Should the illustrator unsure, he / she may skip to following card. No penalise is given here.

At any point of time, teachers can penalise the group by deducting the points if found –

• Dishonesty in points recording
• Telling / Hinting to group
• Misbehaviour, such as shouting / peeping into the cards for answers / etc

By the end of activity, teachers can calculate on which group gets the higher points and award them accordingly.

At any time, teachers are welcome to amend / reassign the activity’s instructions to suit the class’ situation given.

Advanced level

To enhance the activity for more interesting, students can draw on whiteboard to illustrate, but the rule changes to strictly no talking. Meaning, only can draw to tell.