Speaking Activities for the Classroom - NoblePath

Whisper in my Ear
There are several tasks that can use whispering something in someone’s ear as a
curious starting point. In the first one, for example, put about fifteen SDS in a
circle, and whisper a full sentence into the ear of the first SD, who, will whisper
it to the next SD and so on, all the way around the circle until we get to the last
SD at the end of the round, who must repeat what he/she heard the second-tolast
speaker whisper. A sample sentence might be,
“When in Rome do as the Romans do.”
As often as not, what comes out at the other end bears little resemblance to the
original sentence. Another example to try might be
“He drank all night with another woman and didn’t home until after dawn.”
Sometimes the story changes altogether. Yet another example might be,
“He really, really loves her a lot but lately he has been writing to another girl.”
Another activity to do is let the SDS use their imagination to think up some
short stories to repeat.
For example, a nasty piece of untrue gossip would often make the best sort of
unique narrative to whisper from ear to ear so that the whisperers will get the
words all mixed-up and change the plot of the story. Don’t say anything that
will cause harm.
Whispering to the Mime
Or you can try this is simple task in which the TT whispers a sentence to one
SD who must mime what he/she hears so the other SDS can guess the idea.
For example,
“Get away from me. I’m afraid of you.”
“Oh, yes. Thank you very much. I am hungry.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry but I don’t have any money.”
Whisper and Draw a Picture
Another task that keeps SDS amused for a while is for the TT to whisper a
word into the ear of one SD, who then, goes to the board and tries to draw a
picture so the other SDS can guess the word. You might use words like
Flamingo
UFO
Angel
Mouse
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