Today we played a new game as a warmer. One of us had to sit with the blackboard behind, while the teacher wrote a word on it. The rest of us had to define/explain the word, so he/she would guess it and return to his/her desk.
I enjoyed the game. I like quizz games, and even if the rest of us knew the word, it didn't take away the interest. I also liked the feeling that it was a group accomplishment somehow: our classmate had to guess the word, but it depended greatly on our help. I guess I like cooperative games more than I do competitive ones, even though I also enjoy those. Well, in general, I like playing and, in particular, I love games on words. It reminds me of a game we used to play when I was young in large family gatherings: one of us would choose a word from the dictionary and write down one of the definitions (often there is more than one meaning for a word). The rest of us had to invent a definition for that word. Then, all definitions (the real one, along with the made up ones) were read aloud and each one of us had to choose the one we believed to be the real one. Points were allocated following a bit of a complex system that I never learnt, but two factors would give you points: for the one that had chosen the word, having very few people guess the real definition; and for the rest, having your "made up" definition chosen as if it were the real one. The game wasn't particularly good to learn new vocabulary, as we often remembered best the wittiest definitions, and not the real ones, but it was a lot of fun.
So, I guess that much of the reason why I enjoyed today's warmer was that it reminded me of other games I have played in great company. That made me think of the importance of relating to previous nice memories in education, which can be done intentionally, but sometimes will be unexpected, as we cannot know all the details about our students' lives.
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