Before class, create several index cards. On each card write one word in a large font with a circle around it, and underneath write 2-4 related words in a smaller font. The goal is for students to get their teammates to guess the circled word. They can say anything they like to try to make them guess, except for the words written on the card.
Here is the example of a game for the topic "films":
Terminator –
robot, future, Arnold Schwarzneger, Skynet
Titanic –
ship, boat, iceberg, Di Caprio
American
pie – comedy, pie, american
Twilight –
vampire, warewolf, love, romantic, Pattinson
Iron man –
iron, man, costume, Stark
Batman –
superhero, costume, bat, black
Spiderman –
spider, man, costume, red, blue, heroe
Shreck –
big, green, ogre, cartoon
WALL-E –
cartoon, robot
Madagaskar –
animals, island, cartoon
Forest Gump
– Forest Gump, man, Tom Hanks
Rocky –
box, Silvester Stalone
Toy Story –
toys, story, cartoon
Matrix –
robots, Keanu Reeves, future, Morpheus, Trinity
Lord of the
rings – hobbit, ring, middle earth, Jackson, Gendalf
Star wars –
jedi, any name (!), space, empire
Doctor House
– doctor, Hugh Lourie, medicine, hospital
Indiana
Jones – archeologist, adventure, Harrison Ford, hat
Lion King –
lion, Simba, cartoon, Disney
Slumdog millionaire – India, poor, boy, rich