Here's an ice breaker:Each student thinks of 3 questions to ask about the Teacher.
Ss pair up and decide on 3 questions from their 6.
Groups decide on 3.
Then the whole class has to reach concensus on the 3 most important questions to ask.
Of course, the Teacher then has to answer the three questions.
Audrey
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Thanks for the neat idea, Audrey. I think I'm going to try it in my ELSA 4 class Monday. :)
Jeff
I used this is my church small group, but it can still be used in a class and especially a small class. Two truths and a lie. Tell the students to think about two true statements and one false statement about themselves. The students present the three statements and the class has to guess what statement is the truth and what statement is a lie.
Here's another Ice Breaker that I got from a web site.....
Before class, teachers prepare a timeline of their life. Teachers show their example, explain the idea, give the student paper, and have them prepare one. Tell students to list at least five or six events and not to put their names on the timelines. Collect them, when the students finish, number them, and tape the time lines up around the room. Students then need to walk around the room and interview each other to determine which timeline belongs to which classmate. Students can ask either open ended information questions (When were you born?) or yes/no questions (Did you get your first kiss in 1995?), but can not ask the interviewee's number. After students have determined which timeline belongs to which student, or after a set time, remove the timelines from the walls and ask students who is who.
These introductory tips and exercises work best with a two hour block of time, but can be adjusted for shorter classes. Stretching this into a longer class could become tedious.
All the time you are doing the exercises, you should be evaluating the students. Who has a good command of grammar? Who spells well? Who is shy, or outgoing? You can use all of this information during the semester.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for those great ideas. i had one to share: jeopardy game ( for introducing people). i used it in my first class and my students just loved it.
Before the class, i prepared a grid on the whiteboard. Ss take turns to pick a category & point score;then ask me questions according to the displayed anwers in the category(yes/no questions or information questions). The person who asks the correct question that matches the answer in the category gets the score. Whoever gets the highest score is the winner.
Alice
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