Thanks for the list of words! They are simple and can be used with different grades. I played it with my grade 3 students and it turned out to be my best lesson with them! They had a lot of fun and so did I!

I made the font bigger and left only one word in each box and then I cut out the boxes and used them as cards.

I divided the class into 4 teams and had one student from each team come to the front. The rest of the class would try to guess the word. Before showing them the words, I gave them three options to represent the word they see, by
a) words (verbally describing the word)
b) drawing
c) action

The grade 3 students enjoyed it a lot but this didn't work as well with the grade 2's!

I'm uploading my version so anyone is welcome to use it. Credits go to Mel123.

Awesome idea about letting the kids decide how they want to get the other students to guess the word, some of my kids hate drawing and some are so shy they wouldnt ever do the acting so this is really helpful.... going to try it with my 2nd graders this week and see how it goes down. thanks!

This is good stuff! I found out that even though I don't have any HS classes, I DO have MS classes this during graduation week. Has anyone tried this with 3 teams? I've 25-30 kids in my MS classes and I'm wondering if that's a better way of splitting them up. Any ideas?
~BRV

Wow, thanks Mel123 and to the other posters who desbribed how they played this game. About how many words did you get through in 10 minutes? There seems to be a lot of words. This sounds like it could be used for weeks.

Hey guys, I took Mel123's work and made this. Now you can make laminated cards with a picture back. It's great for pictionary or 30 seconds. If you are not familiar with 30 seconds here goes (It's a great idea for a speaking class):

1. Divide your class into teams of 2 or 3 people.
2. Let them sit in a circle with the members of the teams grouped together.
3. One person from Team A (the first team) pulls a card from the stack that is placed     upside down in the middle. (He/she should not show it to the other members in the team)
4. The game starts. The person who pulled the card should explain the objects on the card to the other members of his/her OWN  team. For every one they get right they get 10 points. (There should be a time limit for explaining. The original game is 30 seconds but you can make it whatever - based on your students level. however dont make it too long the exciment is in the fact that the students know they are running out of time.)
5. While this is happening the other teams should listen to the explanations, for if the team members who are playing can't guess the answer before their time is up the non playing teams can have shot. (Without any further explanation of course.)

hope this make sence