Eileen Eileen

W8-D5-Broken Telephone Charades

Description

This session combines the mechanics of "Broken Telephone" with "Charades." Students work in teams to pass a silent, physical message (acting out a movie title) down a line. The final student must translate the movements back into English to guess the movie title correctly.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To reinforce self-confidence and promote teamwork through a fun, low-stress speaking and acting dynamic.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To practice English movie titles and related descriptive vocabulary.
  • To develop non-verbal communication skills and active observation.
  • To encourage spontaneous oral production during the guessing phase.

Procedure

Explanation (6-8 minutes) • To ensure students clearly understand the rules and the "silent" nature of the game.

Teacher explains the rules: Students stand in a line facing away from the teacher. The first person sees a movie title, taps the next person, and acts it out silently. No speaking is allowed until the final person guesses.

Practice round (3-5 minutes) • To clear all doubts and model effective non-verbal acting.

The teacher models the dynamic with a couple of volunteers. Show how to act out a simple movie (e.g., Spider-Man) and pass it to a student to "pass it on". The 3rd person in the row guesses the movie aloud.

Game! (38-42 minutes) • To learn, have fun, and practice English titles under team pressure.

Divide the group into 2 teams. The first person of the team selects a movie slip. They act it out for the next, and so on. The final student must say the title in English. Point awarded for correct titles. Give the other team the opportunity to steal the missing point.

Wrap-Up (3-5 minutes) • To reinforce positive participation and review vocabulary.

Ask the "guessers" which movements were the most helpful. Briefly review any movie titles that were difficult to remember or pronounce.

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