The Professor (all grades)
Author: Stephanie Gilbert, McAdams Jr. High, Texas
Subject: Any
Objective: Review activity or quick-thinking development
Materials and Preparation:
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4 volunteers
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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.
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Have the kids write 2 questions about a given topic that aren't yes/no questions.
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4 volunteers come to the front of the class to act as "The Professor."
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They act like one unit when answering the questions the other students ask them.
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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 1: "An"
-Student 2: "adverb"
-Student 3: "is"
-Student 4: "a"
-Student 1: "word"
-Student 2: "that"
-Student 3: "describes"
-Student 4: "a"
-Student 1: "verb"
-Student 2: "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.