Title: Giants, Wizards and Dwarves
Type: Active Game
Target: Fairy Tale theme
Materials: None
Procedure: This game is an active version of Rock Scissors Paper. Instead of
Rock there is Giants, instead of Scissors there is Wizards, instead of Paper there
is Dwarves. Each character has an action. Giants (hand above head) beat
Wizards (hands in front waving) beat Dwarves (arms crossed holding ears).
Students are divided into 2 teams and they stand in a line facing each other. The
teams have 10 seconds to decide which character they will choose. After 10
seconds they face each other and say in unison “Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Which fairy tale character will beat them all? 1, 2, 3” After the count of 3 the
teams say the character name and do the action. The winning team chases the
other team back to their safe wall and any students who were caught join the
other team. The team with the most students at the end of the game wins.
Comments: This is a very fun game, but limited in its usage. Maybe some
variations could be made to make it more suitable for other themes and more
intensive on the speaking of English?