"Mystery Picture" - by David Malatesta

This activity is a guessing game related to famous people.

WHEN TO USE IT

• To practice/review yes/no question formation.
• To review content/biographies if the class covered famous people.
• To provide some competition in class.

MATERIALS

Pictures from magazines/newspaper.

PREPARATION

Select and cut out pictures of well-known people from magazines. Make sure the people are well-known to your students and not just famous in general.

PROCEDURE

1. Hide the pictures under a piece of paper that has the paper cut into long strips, but still has a half inch seam on the left hand edge.
2. Students ask yes/no questions about the person, and for every question, uncover a part of the picture by pulling back a strip of paper.
3. Students try to guess the name of the person.

VARIATIONS

1. Use PowerPoint and project the images as well.
2. Students can bring in their own photos to use and make their own paper strips to hide the photo under.