Lessons & Classroom Games for Teachers
GUESS THE COLUMN - Short Lesson
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Students play in pairs. Each student has a sheet of paper with a grid on it. The columns are labelled A, B, C, D, etc. The row contain various possibilities and some repetitions. For example, one row will have various times (1:00, 1:15, 1:00, 1:15, 2:00), the next row will have various names (John, Paul, Mary, John, Mary), and the next row will have various clubs (basketball, baseball, tennis, baseball, basketball), etc. Students circle one of the letters at the top of the columns. Then, they work in pairs to figure out which one their partners circled. Student 1 asks Student 2 questions. For example, Did you finish lunch at 1:00? , or Are you John? , or Are you a basketball player? When Student 1 has figured out which letter Student 2 circles, she says Are you D ? Then Student 2 asks Student 1 the questions. The winner is the student who needed to ask the least number of questions to find out their partner s choice.