All the Colours of the Rainbow
Karen's Game
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For this activity you need a package of Japanese origami paper, sometimes just called "folding paper." Otherwise you need a large variety of coloured squares of paper. |
1. Lay the paper out so that all the colours are
visible to the class. 2. Call out
a subject e.g. something you like to eat. Everyone
takes a colour that corresponds to something they
like to eat. For example someone could chose red because
they like eating tomatoes or green because they like
salads. 3. Give students
1 to 2 minutes to talk to each other. 4. Change
the subject and at the same time, ask students to
change partners. 5. Some subjects
I have used in this activity are:
clothes,
decoration in my house, music, a good friend, food,
a place I like, a holiday, a season, an animal,
This activity comes from a good friend and colleague, Karen Sekiguchi, who has a real love and understanding of Japanese culture-hence the idea of using origami paper. This activity is good for getting even the "shyish" student to speak, because they are holding the coloured piece of paper while they speak.
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