Guess the Place

Group: Young learners

Language focus Description, simple present tense

Skills focus Writing 

Thinking focus Selecting and evaluating 

Teaching approach Promote creativity – accept errors 

Interaction Teamwork, suitable for large classes 

Procedure

1. Divide the class into teams. Then set the children a challenge. They have to write three clues about a local building or place of interest. The trick is to write ambiguous clues, so that the answer is not immediately obvious, and the clue could refer to more than one place. See the box for examples.

2. Team members take turns to read out a clue. If a rival team makes an incorrect guess, they are out of the game. If they guess the place after one clue, they score three points; after two clues, they score two points; and after three clues, they score one point. If no other team can guess the place, then the writers of the clues score three points.

Example: 

Place	Clues
Library	(1) It has many shelves (2) Lots of people visit here (3) It’s usually very quiet
Hospital	(1) It’s a large building (2) Its always open (3) People sleep there
Zoo	(1)It has some buildings and some open spaces (2) Children love to visit here (3) You have to pay to enter