Materials Needed:
‘HowManyDrawing’ worksheet: One per student
Timer (one that ticks loudly and makes a good noise at the end is preferable )
Method:
ALT gives students a noun, for example ‘cats’.
Students have 60 seconds to draw as many cats as possible on their paper (be very strict about time, as racing to draw is what makes the game interesting)
When time is up, students count their cats and write ‘I have __ cats. How many cats do you have?’
They swap papers with the student next to them, write the answer, and then switch papers back again.
Variations and Options:
*Have students speak the question instead of writing it, and then record the response.
*Do half the activity as writing and half as speaking.
Files:
I modified this activity a bit and the students really enjoyed it! We did groups of 3 with a big whiteboard and had them take turns drawing the prompt, at the end exclaiming how many things their had drawn ("We have # ___"). The group with the most drawings of the word got a point (as long as they drew something discernable), and the group with the best drawing of the thing (decided by me) also recieved a point. It was pretty competitive by the end.
This looks so fun! I'm hoping to use it with Halloween vocabulary for my lessons coming up. Thank you so much for sharing!