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Instructions to set up the activity

(I found it helped to introduce the idea of word associations first).

Introduction to word associations:

Let's talk about word associations. Often times, when we hear a word, we think of something that goes with it. For example, what is the first word that comes to mind when I say "coffee" (kids say out words) what about "blue" (continue to say first word that comes to mind), "summer" (or use anything you like).

Explaining the game:

Now we're going to use word associations to create a scene together. One person starts in the middle of the circle, acts something out, and says what they are. Then someone else thinks of something that would go together in a scene and joins them in the middle to act it out. Then a third person joins them to act out something that goes together with the scene. (Depending on their level, either the third person stays and continues to act or they all leave and a new scene starts - easier version).

(To Questions to help think of associations) : "What goes with X?" "Would you find X and Y together?" "How would they interact?"

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This would be a great way to work on vocabulary from a specific topic already covered in class.

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