Pictionary or How to Make Vocabulary Learning more Interesting
Have you ever been thinking of bringing your favorite Saturday-evening-with-friends distraction to your classroom? I have, and I have decided to take advantage of this amazing game of quick draw called Pictionary . The rules of the game are very simple – the players are divided into 2-4 teams and each team has a person who is drawing (not always the same player) and the others that are guessing. The drawers pull out cards with words written on them. The words are divided into categories, for example ˝object/person/place˝ or ˝hard˝ and there is a color for every category. The drawers have to draw the word that has a matching color with the field they are standing on the game board. The drawers have about a minute to draw the term and their teammates have to guess what they are drawing, i.e. guess the word. Of course, only drawing is allowed – no words or mime. Are you already seeing how amazing it would be to play the game with your students? Since the orig...