PAT Bank

The Professor (all grades)

Author:

Stephanie Gilbert
McAdams Jr. High, Texas

Subject:

Any

Objective:

Review activity or quick-thinking development

Materials and Preparation:

• 4 volunteers
• Students need pencil and paper

Student Grouping:

4 volunteers in front of class

The Play:

I learned this from a GT workshop. This could be used just for fun or as test preporation.

• Have the kids write 2 questions about a given topic that aren't yes/no questions.
• 4 volunteers come to the front of the class to act as "The Professor."
  • They act like one unit when answering the questions the other students ask them.
• Going down the line, each "Professor" student says only one word of the answer (they aren't allowed to collaborate ahead of time).

Example:

Question: "What is an adverb?"
Professor's answer:
-Student one: "An"
-Student two: "adverb"
-Student three: "is"
-Student four: "a"
-Student one: "word"
-Student two: "that"
-Student three: "describes"
-Student four: "a"
-Student one: "verb"
-Student two: "period" (or whatever type of end punctuation that they choose)

Comments or Variations:

It gets pretty fun when students can't think of what word to say next. You can also ask questions like "What came first: the chicken or the egg?" or other silly questions.