Bank Robber Description Game
Level: Lower and intermediate Time: 20-25 minutes
This is a lesson on describing appearances. 1.First I teach/ revise vocab:I use distinguishing features for fun: scars, tattoos, earrings...(I get students to try and write the Japanese for each vocab. first)
2. Next, I explain the job of Police Artist - this person creates a drawing from a witness's description.
3. Then, I ask the class to form pairs. Student A is the Police Artist, Student B is the witness. I tell all the witnesses they have just seen a man rob a bank! They must describe the person to the artist, who draws the picture.
4. Finally, I ask artists to hold up their pictures and describe the robber to the class.
Another idea is to call an artist to the blackboard. Different students can add to the description as the artist draws. By Renaud Davies
Variations|Suggestions
- I recently used this Renaud, and it went very well. Thank you! One thing I did to help my students understand the job of a police artist was to draw a wanted sign on the board. Before class I printed off three drawings by actual police artists. I put these pictures in the "wanted" frame. It really helped hit the point home to my students.
- I had my classes also play Telephone. The last student drew the description on the board. After about five different descriptions, we had some pretty interesting characters on the board.
Anyways, thanks again Renaud,--Dan 09:08, 2 September 2009 (JST)
