Pictionary Race
Submitted by: Raegina Taylor Borrowed or inspired from: Akemi Wellington-Oguri Date added: 01-08-08 Brief Outline: Students race through a series of words by drawing the words and their teammates guessing. Materials Needed:
- A piece of blank paper for each team
- A marker for each team
Detailed Explanation:
Students play in teams of 5 or 6.
Each team has a blank piece of paper and a marker. The ALT and the JTE stand before the class each holding a list of English words, concealed so that only the first word is visible.
When the JTE/ALT says “GO!” one person from each team runs to the JTE/ALT, and the ALT/JTE shows them word number one.
The students must run back to their teams and get them to guess the word by drawing it on the blank paper.
As soon the team guesses the word correctly, another team member must run to the JTE/ALT and tell them the word. If they are correct, the ALT/JTE shows them the next word on the list.
The second team member runs back to their team and draws the second word. This continues until the team guesses all of the words on the list.
Suggested words: pen, cat, table tennis, breakfast, America, weather, music, listen, time, friend, under, thank
Variations and Options:
- You can play so that the game ends as soon as one team has guessed all of the words, but I think it’s better if you let the game continue so that everyone has a chance to finish.
- You can score each team from 6 -1 points, from fastest to slowest.
- Let the students in each team decide on the team order, so that in spite of who guesses the first word, student number 2 will be the next person to go to the ALT/JTE.
- You can give extra points for the best drawings. This is especially funny if you have asked them to draw the JTE/ALT.