Activity bank ICE BREAKERS

• Ice breaker 1
  

Name of the Activity: MAKE A DATE

Source: Resident Assistant. August 17^th 2007 <http://www.residentassistant.com/games/icebreakers/makeadate.htm>

Material: a paper plate per student

SS’ level: pre-intermediate onwards

Procedure:

• The teacher gives each student a paper plate and instructs them to draw the face of a clock on it with a line next to each number.
• Then the students walk around and find a “date” for each hour, writing their name by the hour. No one can make a “date” with more than one person per hour.
• After everyone has made their dates, the teacher speeds up time and allows 1-3 minutes for each hour.
• The teacher asks a question for discussion on each date. The pairs will have a chance to get to know one another.

• Ice breaker 2
  

Student’s level: elementary on…

Procedure: The T will make a st pick a number from one to twenty four and any day of the week. Then, she will ask the st a question using the words the st chose.

For example:” T: Marcos, pick a day of the week and a number from one to twenty-four…”

St: “ ..eh..,Monday …eleven…

T: “ Ok...What did you do on Monday at 11 .am. ?”

St: “On Monday, at 11, I was at school.”

T: Ok.. now … Caro, pick a day And a number, please?

St: eh…Saturday and …twenty.

T: Ok…now Marcos ask Caro, please

(…)

By doing this, each st will have to pay attention and everybody will be encouraged to speak.

Note: if students are not acquainted with past simple, the activity can be modified for the present tense..

• Ice-breaker 3
  

Name of the game: The Toilet Paper Game

Material: toilet paper

SS’ level: any

Procedure:

Throw out a role of toilet paper and tell SS to take as much as they need. (Don't tell them what it's for). After everyone has taken some, have them tear the toilet paper at the perforations. For each square of paper in their possession, they have to share one fact about themselves.

Murciar, Christine. teAchnology. The Online Teacher Resource. 20^th August, 2007 < http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/ice_breakers/>

• Ice breaker 4

Name of the game: Detectives

Material: pieces of paper

Ss’ level: elementary / pre-intermediate upwards

Procedure: The T hands out a Clue Sheet to each student. The Ss fill in the blanks of the statements such as

• "My favorite hobby is ________."
• "When I grow up, I want to have a job as a _________."
• "The most funny thing I did all summer was __________."

The Ss won’t put their names on their papers. They hand the sheets to the T who mixes the papers. Then the T hands an anonymous Clue Sheet to each student. If a student ends up with his or her own sheet, we make some switches. Then the T invites them to move around, asking questions of their classmates, narrowing down the list of "suspects" until they find the person who matches all the clues they hold.

Source: Education World. 18^th August 2007.<http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson019.shtml>