Time: 20 minutes
Type of activity: Ice-breaker activity for the whole class (twenty students) -
especially useful with a new class where the students still haven't learnt each
others' names.
Preparation: Copy the handout one copy for each student. Also copy and cut up the word cards - one for
each student.*
Lexical area/Topic Various nouns
an ashtray, a bag, a biscuit, a carrot, a chicken, a chimney, a dentist,
a desk, a door, an envelope, a horse, a knife, a pig, a saucepan, a sausage, a
shop assistant, a spoon, an umbrella, a vase, a watch
Method
1
Give each student a copy of
the main handout. Also give each student an individual word card.
2
Give them time to read through
the card and ask you about anything they do not understand. Also make sure that
they can pronounce the word and, if necessary, spell it.
3
Tell them to write the word on
their handout next to the correct drawing.
4
The students then stand up and
walk around the room. Every time they meet someone they tell them the word they
were given, plus their name. (The other person writes both down next to the
correct drawing).
5
After a while (approximately
15 mins.), stop the activity whether or not everybody has managed to fill in
all twenty words.
6 Finally, go through all the drawings orally, asking
random students to tell you what it is and who told them.
* NOTE: If there are fewer
than twenty students in the class, give some students more than one card. They then read
out both cards when they meet someone.
If there are more than twenty
students in the class, then some cards will
have to be duplicated.
