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Hide-and-Seek

Goals: to give instructions; to request information; to express spatial relations

1. Divide the class into pairs and give several pictures of objects to each pair. Check that the pairs know the English words for the objects shown in the pictures.
 
2. Tell the class that one student in each pair (the hiders) should take the pictures and hide them (face down) around the room. They should make a note of where the pictures are. The others (the seekers) should close their eyes during this phase.
 
3. When the pictures have been hidden, the hiders should return to their seats. Once the students are all seated again, tell the class that the goal of the game is to find the pictures as quickly as possible, with the hiders guiding their partners (the seekers). The hiders should avoid pointing or making any other gestures. They should restrict themselves to giving verbal instructions. The seekers may ask questions.
 
4. The hiders give the seekers instructions and follow them around the classroom as the seekers hunt for the pictures and collect them as they find them. It is a good idea to set a time limit.

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