We Go Together!

Objectives:      -To enhance students’ thinking skill

-To pair the students up based on the objects they pick up and have them say why they are together

Skills: Speaking

Control: Free

Level: Basic and above

Materials: Picture of objects or things that related to nature and environment.

Preparation:

Prepare as many pictures of things that related to nature and environment. Choose the pairs of things that have connection with each other.

For examples: water, fish, soil, worm, tree, sun, flowers, bees, cat, dog, etc.

Procedure:

Demostration: 5 minutes

1.      Facilitators explains the rules of the games

2.      Facilitators show the examples and practice it with the students

Playing the game : 20 minutes

1.      Display the pictures on the desk/wall.

2.      Each students need to choose one of them and hold it.

3.      When all the students have the pictures, they need to show to the group.

4.      The students need to form pairs based on the connection existing between their objects.

5.      After form a pair, students need to tell the group why they are together and why they need each other. They may create their own story or situation in order to strengthen their reasons why they need each other.

6.      The pairs that come up with the most creative reasons will be the winner.  

Debriefing : 5 minutes

1.      Students are asked on what they have learnt from the game.

Variation:

To make this activity more challenging, come up with the concept of the recycling. For example, pen and  empty mineral bottle. Students will come up with the ideas to use the bottle to make pencil case. Other than the concept of recycling, ask the students to come up with an unsual purpose for the object. For example, horse and house. So, they can say, in order to save the environment, they will use the horse to ride home.

Comment:

This is just a simple game. Actually this game is suitable for the warm up activity that will also pairs the students up for what will come next. However, this game will train the students to think creatively and to think outside the box in order to create a reason on why the need should be together and need each other. Other than that, this game also create students’ awareness on our real life situation that is sometimes we need to depend to others in order to make our life more comfortable.

Reference/Acknowledgement:

Thelma Peres and Elton Carvalho from www.gamesinclass.blogspot.my