Ron's Simplified Pictionary

Materials:

-Pen and Paper
-Clock with second hand or timer
-Cards listing topics/subjects currently studied in class
-Student-created game boards (optional)
-Dice (optional)

Note: it works best to treat all rounds as *all play* rounds. Also, the teacher should start and end all groups at the same time to ensure that students remain on task throughout the activity.

Procedure:

1. Divide students into groups of four, and each group into two teams of two.
2. One student on each team is the designated artist, the other the designated guesser.
3. Both artists look at the topic/subject card.
4. At the start signal, the two designated artists draw pictures designed to help their partners guess the topic/subject. No written words or symbols are allowed.
5. After three minutes, teacher gives the signal to stop and then rolls one of the dice. The first team in each group of four to answer correctly scores (or moves ahead on the game board) the number rolled. No points if neither team gives the correct answer.

--Ron Reszel