THEATRE GAME: NAME THE SUBJECT!

Instructions

General Subject List: insects, birds, mammals, car names, boys/girls names, fruits, vegetables,  states, countries, book titles, songs, furniture items, kitchen tools, colors, holidays, words that start with __, trees, flowers, electrical items, things you buy at a hardware store, inventions, well-known plays/musicals/actors/movies/books, people in this room, mall stores, cartoons, high school subjects, candy bars, cereals, clothing brands, etc.

Educational Opportunities- use subjects that particularly pertain to the subject matter you are teaching: name a noun, a bone, a wart, a president, a multiple of six, a stage direction, a soccer rule, etc.

HOW TO PLAY: Divide the students into three equal groups. (GROUPS A, B, C)
Have Group A stand in one line facing the rest of the class. Start on one end and work your way to the other end as you have each student give an answer to the subject you call. EXAMPLE-“Name an animal.” Each student gives an appropriate response within 3 seconds or is “out” and must sit down. A student is also out if he gives the same answer some else already gave. As the facilitator, you decide when the subject has exhausted itself and then stop the group by declaring “NEW SUBJECT.” Then begin another subject. Keep playing until there is only one student left. That person is then a finalist and sits down until the finals. Follow the same procedure with Groups B and C (you can even sometimes use some of the same subjects over- particularly those that are more difficult- like “Name a country”- they always get those confused!) When you have a finalist for each group, hold the finals.

NOTE: I have found that I am better able to keep everyone else interested until the very end if I offer somewhat of a “group” award at this point. If the finalist from Group B wins the finals, all of the students from that group also “win” and receive a small reward. The finalist wins double the prize because he did all the work. Of course, the other finalists who did not “win” the grand finale will receive a small reward too. Rewards can be as simple as a jolly rancher, licorice stick, apple, pretzel, pencil, free time coupon, etc.

THIS PROMISES TO BE AN EASY, FUN, CHALLENGING AT TIMES, WINNER!

Submitted by: Sandi Martin- singsandi@aol.com- I have many other simple, yet effective games to share for classroom use if you are interested. Just send me an email. ☺