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Find
Someone Who
This
is a good activity to do with students at the beginning of a course.
It provides a quick way for students to connect with one another
and helps them overcome initial shyness in a new situation.
Introduction
Tell students that they are going to play a game to find out things
they might not know about each other. They will have a few minutes
to fill out a survey sheet. When they hear a signal from you, they
will "freeze" in their places.
- Distribute
the Find Someone Who survey sheets (below). Explain that students
are to walk around the room and find people who have the characteristics
described on the sheet. When they find someone, they write the
name in the blank provided. Ask them to find as many different
people as possible, using each person's name only once.
- Begin
the game. Continue until several students complete the worksheet.
This will probably take about five minutes.
- Ask
students to return to their seats. Ask a student who completed
the entire survey to go down the list, saying who s/he found for
each item and acknowledging that person. Where appropriate, ask
for more details. (For example, if Yvette has a pet, ask what
pet she has.)
Discuss
- What
did you notice about yourself and others during this game?
- Did
you learn anything new about someone?
- If
you were making up questions for this worksheet, what are some
things you'd like to ask?
FIND SOMEONE
WHO
Find someone who:
Name: ___________________________ …is wearing the same
color as you.
Name:
___________________________…has an older brother or sister
at home.
Name:
___________________________…is wearing jewelry.
Name:
___________________________…has visited another state.
Name:
___________________________…has
a pet.
Name:
___________________________…has
a birthday the same month as you.
Name:
___________________________…is the oldest in his or her family.
Name: ___________________________…saw
the same movie as you recently.
Name: ___________________________…has
read a Harry Potter book.
Name: ___________________________…plays
a musical instrument.
Name: ___________________________ has lived outside NYC for
a year or more.
Name: ___________________________…speaks
a language other than English.
Name: ___________________________…cooked
a meal recently.
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