| This game is called "TABOO." TABOO is a fun game | | | | Peter Parker Mary Jane Web |
| that helps reinforce new vocabulary and it is a hoot to | | | | The students cannot say any of the words listed |
| play! | | | | above and they cannot make any ACTIONS to help |
| To play this game the teacher will first divide the class | | | | the student with his/her back to the board. |
| into two teams. The teacher will then pick a number | | | | When the teacher says, "Start" the one team will get |
| from one to ten. Whichever team guesses the correct | | | | two minutes to help the student guess the keyword. |
| number gets to go first. | | | | The students may give hints such as these: |
| After one team has won the right to play first... the | | | | "He is a man." |
| teacher will bring one of the students up to the board. | | | | "He has an insect on his chest." |
| The teacher will turn the student so that his/her back is | | | | "He has a girlfriend." |
| facing the blackboard / whiteboard. | | | | "His aunt's name is May." |
| The teacher will write the KEYWORD on the board. | | | | "He wears a blue and red costume." |
| For this example we will say that the Keyword is | | | | "Sometimes he fights Venom, Sandman and the |
| "SPIDERMAN." | | | | Green Goblin." |
| Spiderman will now become TABOO. And because | | | | "He has his own comic book." |
| Spiderman is Taboo, none of the students can say the | | | | "The insect on his chest has eight legs." |
| word "Spiderman." | | | | "He was bitten by a radio active insect and it made |
| Underneath the Keyword the teacher will then write | | | | him special." |
| three other words which are also Taboo. This means | | | | If any of the students say any of the Taboo words, |
| that the students cannot say these three sub | | | | his/her team cannot win a point. But if the student with |
| keywords either. For this example the teacher would | | | | his back turned to the board says, "Spiderman" - his |
| write three words which the students cannot say - | | | | her team will get one point. |
| because it would give away the main keyword. | | | | After the team gets the point or time runs out; the |
| The three words under the main keyword/taboo word | | | | teams will switch. This E.S.L game is called Taboo. And |
| will be: | | | | if you teach English overseas it is one of the best |
| Peter Parker | | | | E.S.L. games that you can play because it is fun and it |
| Mary Jane | | | | helps reinforce and teach vocabulary. And on top of |
| Web | | | | that... the students will have fun while they are learning |
| The blackboard / whiteboard will look like this: | | | | English as a Second Language. |
| SPIDERMAN | | | | |