Categories Wordlists
Students work with partners. One partner is given a list of words from a particular category. They give clues (without using hands or gestures) to their partner and try to guess as many words as possible within in given time limit.
Guess the category
Students work with partners. One partner is given a category (e.g. things people have in their pockets and words related to tennis). They must list items in that category while their partner guesses. The person giving the clues cannot describe the category or use their hands or gestures.
Scattergories
Divide the class into groups of three or four people each. On the board, write five or more categories. Give the students a letter (H); their task is to come up with one example of each category that begins with that letter (hot dog, hamburger, hotel receptionist, helpful, hyena, Havana). When a group has one example for each category written down, they say “Stop the bus!” and you check. If their answers are good you can continue with the same categories but a different letter. Another version is giving them a time limit and seeing how many unique examples of each category they can come up with in that time (“unique” meaning no other group writes it).
Lists of scattergory categories
Lists of scattergory categories
Category Timebomb
- The teacher gives students a particular category (e.g. animals with tails, what will you do this weekend). Students have to give an example from that category as a time bomb device is passed around. Whoever is holding the device when the bomb goes off, must complete an extra task (e.g. impromptu speech or sing a song)
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