Whenever I played as a child there was always a thrill in mischievously changing to word before it got to the end so that everyone had a good laugh. Using this idea in our game of synonym whispers the students were allowed to repeat the word that was whispered to them or to change it. To win the game though they had to finish on a word with a similar meaning to the starting word. This was a great fun way for the students to practice using synonyms and to see the connections that others made as we shared each change at the end of the game.
I had to teach my students about synonyms this week and whilst trying to get students to think of synonyms I remembered the childhood game of Chinese Whispers and how much fun it was. I decided to try a new version combining the traditional rules with a twist. Visit http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Chinese-Whispers for information on how to play the game.
Whenever I played as a child there was always a thrill in mischievously changing to word before it got to the end so that everyone had a good laugh. Using this idea in our game of synonym whispers the students were allowed to repeat the word that was whispered to them or to change it. To win the game though they had to finish on a word with a similar meaning to the starting word. This was a great fun way for the students to practice using synonyms and to see the connections that others made as we shared each change at the end of the game.
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