The first student holds the ball and asks a question like
“How old is your boyfriend?”
As the first girl is asking the question, she bounces the ball on the floor over to
a friend who in turn must answer the question before touching the ball to catch
it. Otherwise, if the friend hesitates for too long, or is too slow and hasn’t
finished answering before she touches/catches the ball, then she is disqualified
and must leave the circle and sit down.
Then, next girl on her right takes the ball, and asks yet another question while
bouncing it to yet another girl, who in turn must answer before her hands
touch the ball, and so on and so on, until there is only one girl/person left
standing.
Some sample questions might be
What’s your mother’s age?
How many children are there in your family?
What is your favorite sport?
What is your favorite color?
Movie?
Song ?
Actor?
What is your favorite gemstone?
What Sport do you play best?
How tall are you?
How much do you weigh?
What kind of movies do you like?
Music?
Car?
Fast food
What is the capitol of USA? 15
Find Someone Who...
It’s amazing how these “someone who” tasks make students feel so
unselfconscious and spontaneous that, while they are interacting in the lager
group, they almost forget that the teacher is in the room. Sooner or later, when
things start to go quiet this means they are finished asking one another the
questions. That’s when the teacher says, “O.K. let us put our chairs in a circle now
and let me ask you what you have learned from your survey.” Subsequent survey tasks
will use the past or past perfect or the continuous tense, so there is some
grammatical progression in this series of tasks. Teachers can make up forms
that will be appropriate for their groups.
Here’s another model to follow as an example by asking questions such as:
Who was a beautiful baby? “Were you a beautiful baby?”
Who was the oldest child? Were you the oldest child in your family?
Was the youngest child?
Was an only child?
Was born in Bangkok?
Was always in trouble?
Was a very quiet child?
Was a fat baby?
Was a very thin girl?
Was a very noisy boy?
Was a very clever student?
Was a slow learner?
Was a generous sister?
Was never scolded by her mother? Were you ever scolded by your mother?
Was a naughty child? Were you a naughty child?
Was an ugly child? Were you an ugly child?