Page 185 - (DK) How to be a GENIUS?

Picture this Play time!
How good are your You will need: Working in pairs, the You will need:
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friends at giving ǩ &RORUHG SHQFLOV RU SHQV object of this task is to Ņ Several blindfolds
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achieve a common ǩ 6WRSZDWFK partner to throw the ǩ 6WRSZDWFK
goal? Find out with ball and hit another ǩ $Q DGXOW WR KHOS MXGJH
blindfolded player
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this activity!
using simple comma ands.

Step 1
Get into pairs and
stand in a circle.
One person in each
pair must put on a
blindfold. Set a timee
Step 1 limit of ten minutess
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such as a clown or a queen. Place the picture in game begins with one
another room so no one gets to see it. blindfolded player
holding the ball.

Step 2
Pick one of your friends to recreate the drawing from
instructions given by the others. He or she is not allowed Step 2
to say anything during the activity. Set a time limit of 7KH SOD\HUV ZKR DUH EOLQGIROGHG DUH LQVWUXFWHG E\
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“Move to your right one step. Now throw.” Or tell them
Step 3 when to duck so that they can defend themselves.
One person then goes out of the room to look at When the ball lands near their partner, they must give
clear instructions for retrieving the ball, such as
the picture and can only answer questions by saying “Bend down and reach out with your right hand.”
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has to listen to the questions and answers and draw
a picture of what he or she thinks is being described.

Step 4
When the time limit is up, compare the picture Step 3
with the original and see how closely it matches. When the time limit
If it doesn’t, figure out where things went wrong is up, you can switch
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other player and start
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to judge on how good
you and your friends
were at either
listening or giving
clear instructions.

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