This is akin to musical chairs, but you will have to do some work, BUT this is something you yourself can keep and then use over and over again.
1) Get 3x5 index cards & cut them in half - have at least 20 halves for 20 questions, but you can make as many as you want/need beyond that.
2) On each half, write a question, but try to avoid yes/no types. (ie: What is your fave movie? Why? Would you get a tattoo? Of what?) Obviously, you questions will be determined by the level of your class.
3) Put all the question cards in a small bag - likea make-up bag with a zipper.
4) Find a dorky cheap hat & have a radio/cd player to play music.
5) Sit your students in a circle. Give the bag to one student & the hat to another.
6) Play music. Students have to keep passing the bag & hat around until you stop the music. (5-45 seconds)
7) The person w/ the bag pulls out a card & reads the question. The person w/ the hat has to answer the question.
8) You can then take the card away or put it back into the bag - your choice. Then continue on w/ the game.
This can be used as a 5 minute filler or as a 15-20 minutes convo exercise. Either way, it challenges the students and forces even the shy students to step up to the plate!
**You can also make the questions into review questions for an upcoming test. ie: history facts; math equations; grammer points; definitions; etc  |