I hope you are not sick of drawing activities because I am going to tell you about another one I just tried in the classroom. What makes this drawing activity different? Students do all of the work. That is right, there is no prep for the teacher except to copy off some number chips. Does this sound amazing? It is!
What is the goal?
For this activity, students have to reuse and recycle the vocabulary and grammar they have learned. That is why Draw, Watch, Race is perfect for an end-of-year review or at the end of a unit. Heck, it can even be used to start the school year off as a way to review and get back into the language. This activity requires recall.
Here is how to play
- Separate the class into even teams. If you have 20 students, create 4 teams of 5.
- Give each team 8 pieces of blank paper (copier paper is fine).
- The team will draw 8 pictures. Pictures of what? It doesn’t matter as long as they know how to create a sentence for it, it can be drawn. Give the team 5 minutes to complete the drawings or they will be drawing all period.
- Students will turn the pictures over and number them 1 – 8.
- After the images have been drawn, students need to create 2 sentences for each image. They will record those sentences and embed the video into a slide deck out of order (you do not want videos in the order of the images).
- Students will lay the pictures out in order from 1 – 8. I do this on the floor between the rows of desks. You can even lay them on top of desks or tables.
- Now the teams will trade spots. For example, team 1 will go to team 3 and team 3 will go to team 2, and so on.
- Give each team a set of number chips 1 – 16. These chips match the video numbers. Students will use them to match the video to the image.
- The teacher will signal to start the race. Each team will watch the videos, discuss the translation, and place a chip on one of the images they think it connects to. Each image will have two chips.
Here is an example
Students draw an image of a little girl sitting under a tree fishing. The students record two sentences. One sentence might say,
4. “There is a young blonde girl sitting under a tree.” and the other sentence might say 10. “A little girl dreams of catching fish on her new fishing pole.”
The team will match the number of the sentence by placing the number chips (4 and 10) onto the image.
A few tips
For quicker judging at the end of the race, have students create a key for the answers. This will make it easier for the judge/teacher to check for accuracy.
Create even teams with varying ability levels. Require teams to discuss before taking the chip to the image. Don’t let this become a one-man show.
Here is an editable template for you to use. I know your students are going to love this!
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