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[ddeubel]

I've often used the "Pass the Paper" game as an ice breaker or workshop session starter. A great way to get students/people relaxed but speaking about a topic. I just blogged about the game in detail here. http://bit.ly/ptpgame

Basically, the teacher plays music and students pass around a piece of crumpled paper. When the music stops, students have to ask a question / do what someone asks or any other type of pre defined task.

I have made many on the games in ppt and find that effective because you just have to set the slide transition to something you find "right" and then can wander the room helping/monitoring.

Has anyone here tried passthepaper? How did it go?

DD
http://eflclassroom.com

[Illysook]

My hagwon kids last year loved to play pass games but they could get very rambunctions with whatever object was being passed. A soft toy or something like a Nerf ball isn't going to sting when the biggest kid gets carried away and throws it really hard.

[Whistleblower]

I was expecting a thread about the Korean Immigration Service or something like that to get the E2 Visa.

[poppy56]

I use that game all the time for elementary school students and they love it. I usually use a soft ball because as a previous poster mentioned they sometimes get a little rambunctious. I recently used a version of it for my summer camp where I wrapped a gift up (bart simpson pens) in various layers of paper. Whenever the music stoppped the person holding the present had to answer a question then they were allowed to unwrap one layer of paper. The last person got to keep the prize.

[Grantasmagoria]

I've used it a few times in class as well. The third graders went bananas for it, much to the chagrin of my pregnant co-teacher haha. A little too rowdy for her taste but it's fun to get them riled up once in awhile.

[ddeubel]

Good to hear this feedback. I only started using it about 2 years ago after observing a Korean teacher's lesson (as part of the govt TEE program - a real sham thing). She did it differently, the students just passed around or rather slid around, a whole piece of paper.

I adapted and made games. That's half of teaching, stealing. The other half is stealing even more

With adults, I've even noticed sometimes they get a little rowdy, so I can imagine with students. The only thing I can recommend is to bring students up to the front and model it the first time, really being careful to make sure there is no punching, throwing etc... But yeah, with some groups its not going to work or even with some teaching styles... that's life manahmana...

But good to hear others use it.

DD
http://eflclassroom.com