NO I's GAME

GAME: NO I's PLEASE

In this exercise a participant will come to the front and others will ask him/her questions about his/her life and things. The only condition is that he/she cannot use the word "I" while answering the questions. If "I" appears in the responses then he/she will step back and another person will come to test his/her staying power without giving into to the urge of using "I".

(Tips: The speaker actually doesn't have to hurry while responding to questions.  S/he can start like: Well....Let me think etc.)

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"GIVING A SPEECH AS IF..." EXERCISE

Giving a speech in "someone else's shoes" Exercise:

Asked the students to act as if they were a famous person from any one of these fields and give a speech:
Politics
Movies
Media
Literature/Arts/Theatre
Business
Social Work
Education & Training
Administration
Law and Order
Science and Technology

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"SENTENCE - NO END" GAME

In this game the students come to the front and add a word one by one to a sentence given by the teacher. For eg., the sentence can be: I am... / I have... / I can... etc. The students can add words like I am a...I am a student...I am a student studying...I am a student studying in ....etc.

But the sentence should not end with a full stop. It should go on and on till all the possibilities of making a good/better sentence is explored by the students and the teacher.

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DICTIONARY GAME

Asked the students to use a dictionary and write the meaning of a word (like Education, Marriage, Family, Job, Employment, Game, Happiness, Poverty) and read it before the class. The audience should then try to figure out which is that word that the speaker is trying to define by this sentence. Points can be given to the team which does it right; first without any clue, then with a clue, for eg., this word begins with the letter "p".

Using Oxford English Mini Dictionary - Indian Edition : A group of related things....and the right answer is "Family". The process of teaching, training, or learning...and the right answer is "Education".

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THOUGHT FEST EXERCISE

PROBLEMS CHARTS vs SOLUTIONS SLIPS

Asked the students to work in teams and think, discuss, decide on one social issue that their group would like to take up for a presentation before the entire class. 

Then let them take a chart paper, write the issue as the title/theme and ask the other teams to think/find solutions to that specific issue. The charts can be pasted on the walls for all to see.

The solution given by the teams should be a one liner written on a slip of paper and has to be pasted on the chart paper which is about the concerned problem. 

After all the teams have given their solutions/ideas in the form of mini slips put on the mother chart, the teams who selected the problems can mark one solution given by other teams as the best along with their own solution to that problem. 

After finding the best ideas for different problems, the teams have to make a presentation using their chart as a visual tool; talk about the ideas mentioned by other teams and why they selected a particular idea(not theirs) as the best and also talk about their own solution to address that situation.

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"PLACE TALKS" EXERCISE

In this exercise asked the teams to speak about a place. 

How was the journey to this place...the transport used, the time etc.

How are the natives? What do they do?

What did you buy from here...(the products)?

How is the climate?

What did you see here...(the sights)?

How did you spend time here...(the activities)?

Where did you stay?

The audience can ask a yes/no question and then write their answer on a sheet and show the team that had asked the question.

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"MOVIE TALKS" EXERCISE

In this exercise asked the teams to speak about a movie.

They can speak about the movie as given here:

1. There is a character in this movie who is/has/does.......

2. There is a scene in this movie in which .......

3. There is a song in this movie which is sung by/about/picturised in.......

4. There is a  dialogue in this movie between  .......

5. There is a message in this movie about.......

The audience can ask a yes/no question and then write their answer on a sheet and show the team that had asked the question.

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