Spyfall
Based on the party game. Simple conversation game to practice "I have to..." or "I would...".
I did a Halloween version of this game yesterday, and reskinned it with some Spy x Family theming for more general use. This is modified from the party game of the same name!
Prep: printing and cutting the cards.
Rules:
-Break the students up into groups of 4-6.
-Each round, the students will receive a card with the same location written on it, except one student in each group will receive a card that simply says "spy".
-The students go around saying an "I have to..." sentence relevant to the location - for example, for "library", "I have to read a book", "I have to be quiet", etc. For New Horizons 3 Unit 6, the sentence format can be changed to "If I were here, I would...". Since the spy doesn't know the location, they have to guess from context clues to form their sentence.
-After they've all spoken, the whole group votes on who they think the spy is. (I included some useful doubt/suspicion phrases in the powerpoint - when we did the Halloween version it was vampires instead of spies so I told them to "throw garlic" at people who they suspected. You can choose whether you want to include or remove "point gun" from the slide, haha.)
-If they vote wrong, spies win! If they vote right, civilians win!
There are 4 rounds' worth of cards included here! The game tends to drag on if the ALT and JTE don't step in to keep the groups on track with speaking/voting, but groups will usually move at different paces anyway, especially when a spy has to speak first and outs themself right away :)
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So the spy doesn't know the location. Very nice idea.
@UonumaRobert thank you, classics are classics! :)
How have I never thought of using this game in a class. Thanks!
Gonna try this in ES too with NH6's Let's Think About Our Food. Food cards and they can use "The tomatoes are from __" "Tomatoes are in the green group" or even "It's spicy"
Thank you for making this! Tried it a few times today to great success, students had a lot of fun :)
@iason Honestly, since first playing it, I keep thinking of other grammar points it could be used for, but I hadn't thought about using it 3-hint-quiz style!! Really fun application!
@FidgeJohnston aw that makes me so happy to hear! ;-;
Tried this today in my 2nd year classes and they absolutely loved it. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to adapting this to other lessons as needed.
A wonderful game and thank you for uploading this simplified version of a tabletop classic! I recocmend any teacher who enjoyed this to check out the card games Spyfall and Spyfall 2!
I will caution any ALT in a, shall we say, naughtier school or class, to perhaps change bedroom to School. Thus avoiding any sukebe answers and has a nice overlap with Library.
My students really enjoyed this activity! I used countries instead of places with my 3rd grade students (If I were in this country, I would...) and it was a big hit :)
Did you find explaining the rules difficult for this activity?