Subjects
Grade
Brief Description
In Secret Word, students work in teams and use clues to identify a word that only one team member knows.
Objectives
Students
Keywords
game, vocabulary, word, secret, team
Lesson Plan
In Secret Word, teams of students try to guess a word from clues given by a teammate who knows it. The activity may be adapted for any subject by selecting an appropriate list of "secret words."
To set the stage for this game, set two chairs in front of the room and divide the students into two teams. Players will take turns in the role of the child who is "in the know." Have one representative from each team take a seat in the chair and face his (or her) teammates.
Reveal the secret word to the two students in the chairs. Choose one of those students as the first to give a clue to his team. Clues must be relevant to the word and cannot include the word itself. The team confers briefly and makes a guess. If it is incorrect, the second team takes its turn with a clue and guess. Play alternates until one team guesses the secret word and wins a point. The team that does not receive the point gets to go first with the next secret word.
For example, given the secret word "apple"
Assessment
The team with the most points when time is up wins the game.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Cara Bafile
National Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
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