Students in this game are responsible for paying close attention to their peers as well as successfully relaying a message. It encourages students to distinguish similar sounding words from one another and can be used as an introductory activity to any topic.
Content Standard
- 1.1 Recognise and reproduce target language sounds
- 1.3 Use appropriate listening strategies in a variety of contexts
Learning Standard
- 1.1.1 Recognise and reproduce with support wide a range of target language phonemes
- 1.3.1 Guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from clues provided by knowledge of the topic
Task 1: Create the Telephone Cup
- Prepare these items; two paper cups, 6 meters of yarn, a sharpened pencil, 2 paper clips [optional]
- Create a hole in the paper cups using the sharpened pencil.
- Thread the string through one cup's hole and tie a knot in the yarn on the inside of the cup to keep it in place.
- Pull the string through the bottom of your second cup, securing it with a knot on the inside, too.
Task 2: How to play
- Form two teams of students and arrange them in a line. Each team line should end at the whiteboard.
- Whisper a word or sentence to the student farthest away from the whiteboard using the telephone cup, and then have them whisper the message they heard to the next student using the telephone cup. Until the end of the line, each student whispers to the next.
- The message is written on the board by the last student. The team with the most accurate spelling, pronunciation, and content wins, with bonus points awarded for originality and hilarity!
Comments
Post a Comment