Inky Pinky
Inky Pinky
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<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong><br />
<strong>Pinky</strong><br />
<strong>Inky</strong><br />
Group Size: 2 or more<br />
Time: Approx. 15 minutes<br />
PURPOSE: This can be used as an ice-breaker/warm-up activity to introduce cirtical<br />
thinking and problem-solving skills as well as new vocabulary. Also recommended for<br />
motivating conversation.<br />
FOCUS: Critical thinking and problem solving.<br />
OBJECTIVE: Learners are to figure out two words which fit the definition and number<br />
of syllables required. Example: Ink-Pink requires words with 1 syllable each; <strong>Inky</strong>-<br />
<strong>Pinky</strong> requires words with 2 syllables each, etc.<br />
Materials Needed: Set of “<strong>Inky</strong>-<strong>Pinky</strong>” Sheets for each pair or group. (Samples<br />
attached).<br />
Procedures:<br />
1. Divide learners into pairs or groups.<br />
2. Give each pair/group a sheet containing “<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong> definitions.<br />
3. Groups discuss their solutions.<br />
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<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong><br />
<strong>Pinky</strong><br />
<strong>Inky</strong><br />
What do you get when you dip your little finger into a bottle of writing fluid? An inky<br />
pinky.<br />
In <strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong>, the first player offers a concise, clear definition and the second player<br />
must translate that definition into two words that rhyme. The first player must also<br />
indicate the number of syllables in each word by saying “Ink Pink” for one-syllable<br />
words, “<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong>” for two-syllable words, and so on.<br />
Examples:<br />
Definition: an uncontrollable youngster. Ink Pink<br />
Answer: a wild child.<br />
Definition: a dumb little boy with a bow and arrow. <strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong>.<br />
Answer: a stupid cupid.<br />
Definition: a yearly handbook. Inkity Pinkity<br />
Answer: an annual manual<br />
Now translate the following lists of definitions into rhyming pairs, using the headings as<br />
clues to the number of syllables in each word.<br />
Strange facial hair<br />
Crazy flatboat<br />
Ink Pink<br />
Wheat-carrying vehicle<br />
Stupid finger<br />
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Shining armor-wearer<br />
Dock for shorties<br />
Bad-tempered monarch<br />
Short poetry<br />
<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong><br />
Unreliable dill<br />
Doorway for guards<br />
Thrifty horn<br />
Careful pupil<br />
Cross cat<br />
Nuptial land vehicle<br />
Comical hare<br />
Happy boat<br />
Strange stogie<br />
Inkity Pinkity<br />
Horned animal’s melon<br />
Software contester<br />
Display of sweets<br />
Elastic bushes<br />
Tantrum thrown by Cleopatra<br />
Dead man’s talk<br />
Inkitity Pinkitity<br />
Floor-covering oil<br />
Bubbly teenager<br />
Deafening ancient chant<br />
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<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong><br />
Ink Pink<br />
Weird Beard<br />
Daft Raft<br />
Grain Train<br />
Dumb Thumb<br />
Bright Knight<br />
Dwarf Wharf<br />
Mean Queen<br />
Terse Verse<br />
Inkititity Pinkititity<br />
Incapable scholar<br />
Meatless lover of things old<br />
Police lexicon<br />
INKY PINKY SOLUTION<br />
<strong>Inky</strong> <strong>Pinky</strong><br />
Fickle Pickle<br />
Sentry Entry<br />
Frugal Bugle<br />
Prudent Student<br />
Crabby Tabby<br />
Marriage Carriage<br />
Merry Ferry<br />
Bizarre Cigar<br />
Inkity Pinkity<br />
Antelope Cantaloupe<br />
Computer Disputer<br />
Confection Collection<br />
Rubbery Shrubbery<br />
Egyptian Conniption<br />
Cadaver Palaver<br />
Inkitity Pinkitity<br />
Linoleum Petroleum<br />
Effervescent Adolescent<br />
Stentorian Gregorian<br />
Inkititity Pinkititity<br />
Ineffectual Intellectual<br />
Vegetarian Antiquarian<br />
Constabulary Vocabulary<br />
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