27. DESCRIBE IT! (Discussion, Collaboration)
Description: This team activity gets students actively involved by incorporating knowledge of material and communication skills.
Application: Use as a review of previously learned material.
Process: Have students separate into two teams. Ask each team to come up with a list of vocabulary words that relates to a specific unit or lesson, giving students about five minutes to come up with the list. After both teams have made the list, decide which team will go first. Have two students from one team come up to the front of the classroom, one student sitting in a chair with his or her back to the board and the second student standing in front of the first student. Using the other team’s list of vocabulary words, pick one word to write on the board. Remind all students that the standing student has one minute to describe the word on the board to the sitting student and that the student may not use any form of the word as a description. (If the describer accidentally uses the word, the team’s turn is over.) Award one point to the sitting student if he is able to guess the word correctly in the allotted amount of time. Continue this activity until each team has tried to guess all of the vocabulary words on the lists or until the set-aside time for the activity is reached.
Description: This team activity gets students actively involved by incorporating knowledge of material and communication skills.
Application: Use as a review of previously learned material.
Process: Have students separate into two teams. Ask each team to come up with a list of vocabulary words that relates to a specific unit or lesson, giving students about five minutes to come up with the list. After both teams have made the list, decide which team will go first. Have two students from one team come up to the front of the classroom, one student sitting in a chair with his or her back to the board and the second student standing in front of the first student. Using the other team’s list of vocabulary words, pick one word to write on the board. Remind all students that the standing student has one minute to describe the word on the board to the sitting student and that the student may not use any form of the word as a description. (If the describer accidentally uses the word, the team’s turn is over.) Award one point to the sitting student if he is able to guess the word correctly in the allotted amount of time. Continue this activity until each team has tried to guess all of the vocabulary words on the lists or until the set-aside time for the activity is reached.
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27. Describe It!
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27. Describe It!
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