HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
1, Divide the class into two teams and ask a representive from each team to come to the front of the class and face away from the board. Decide which team is going to start.
2. Player A faces their team A. Team A describes the word at the top of the slide, without using any of the words on the slide. If they use any of the words on the slide, they will lose 1 point for their team and a new slide is displayed. When Player A guesses a word, the team gets 1 point and a new slide is displayed.
3. Team A continues to describe words for Player A for 1 minute. The game continues with teams and players taking it in turns to describe and guess words. The team with the highest score at the end of the game are the winners.
Note: I have played this game with the whole class to identify and clarify grammar issues using relative pronouns. Once each team has had their turn, I have put them in groups of 4 and I have given them paper cards to continue playing. This time, Player A describes the word to their Team. One player from Team B is allowed to see the card to make sure none of the words on the card is used. You can get plenty of Taboo cards on IslCollective. Bear in mind, you will need to register to download content
Credits:
Created with images by Kristina Flour - "Secret" • Abel Y Costa - "Simplex" • Anika Mikkelson - "Red Uniformed guardsmen march before the Queen of England arrives to Sunday Easter Service at Windsor Palace in London, United Kingdom" • Danny - "untitled image" • Lidya Nada - "untitled image" • Waldemar Brandt - "Red Suitcase in the autumns leaves" • SK Yeong - "Blue-tailed Bee Eater" • Damir Spanic - "Department Of Correction Inmate" • Clem Onojeghuo - "untitled image" • Florian Berger - "untitled image" • Kari Shea - "Ugmonk" • Luis Melendez - "We were on a medical mission for spine surgery in Monterrey, México. Our team took care of more than 60 patients all over Mexico with a group of volunteers including doctors, nurses, admin team, and more…" • Nathan Dumlao - "untitled image" • L.W. - "Iceland icebergs in water" • Fabian Blank - "Cute piggy bank" • Nick Fewings - "On holiday in Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, where there was a lot of street art and graffiti, however most of it was extremely good, including this simple one that, to me, tells a powerful and strong story." • Holly Mandarich - "Road Trip"