Aim: To listen and match descriptions of people
Here is a fun ball game that can be used to help students practice describing physical appearance, clothing or personality. This describing game is a variation of dodgeball. It works particularly well in large classrooms where there is room to run around.
Before you begin the game, you will need a soft ball.
Procedure
Clear a space so there is room to run from one side of the classroom to the other.
Have all the students stand at one end of the room.
Choose one student to be the ball thrower and have that student stand to the side with the ball.
You start describing one student, e.g. This student is wearing white trainers. This student has short brown hair and blue eyes. This student is hard-working, etc. Alternatively, you could choose a student to do the describing.
Depending on the language focus, the teacher/student describes physical appearance, clothing, personality, etc.
The students at the end of the classroom listen to the description. When they figure out who is being described, that student runs to the other side of the room.
The ball thrower then tries to hit the student as he/she runs.
If the student is hit, he/she becomes the new ball thrower.
You could also use this game to describe other things, such as furniture, food, famous people, etc, by giving each student a picture to hold up.
Describing Dodgeball.PDF
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