1. MAKE YOUR STUDENTS PLAY YOUR GAME
Motto:
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
- Albert Einstein
MAKE YOUR STUDENTS PLAY YOUR GAME
Workshop
SEETA – 8-12 December 2010
Melania Paduraru

2. WHO AM I?/ WHAT AM I? Call one student to the front of the class
Show a name/picture on the screen behind them
The student asks simple questions, to discover who they are
The class gives only “Yes/No” answers

6. THE ALIEN
Tell your class you are an Alien and you are inhabiting a human body to study human ways. You then ask about virtually anything in the room, and ask follow up questions:
What is this? It's a pen. What's a "pen"? You use it to write. What is "write"? You make words with it on paper. What are "words"?

7. THE ALIEN

9. THE ALIEN - VARIANT
Complicate it: find images with odd or useless inventions and print them.
These are things the alien has on his planet.
The alien shows the images to the class and answers their questions.
At this point, it can be even funnier to allow for some improvisation in the language – funny names of objects, funny verbs for different actions, etc.

10. Variant

14. Someone would … X because …
KISS, MARRY, PUNCH
Someone would … X because …

15. Someone would … X because …
Funnier when it’s played for the first time
Students write three names and associate one funny reason for each choice
Teacher gathers all papers and redistributes them randomly
Teacher writes KISS/MARRY/PUNCH on the board
In turns, students read what’s on the notes saying:
Someone would … X because …