Chinese whispers

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This is an activity I learned from a friend (thank you, Martin :-). Ask your students to make two lines (each line makes one team). The first student in the line faces the teacher, the next faces the back of the first one, and so on. Show the first students in the lines an image (without words) that represents an idiom they are familiar with. The other students mustn't see it. The first student whispers the idiom into the ear of the next student in the line, who sends the message to the next one and so on. When the last student in any of the two lines finally gets the message, he or she writes the answer on the board. From my experience, it's good if there is the old-fashioned two-wing board in the room because both teams get an opportunity to write the answer without the other team seeing it (and thus copying it). Alternatively, the answers can be written on an A-4 piece of paper. Give points for correct answers (even partial). The student who received the message first goes to the back of the line and becomes the 'writer' in the next round. Any of the players can change the message along the line if they find it suspicious = incorrect.