The Word Association Guess Game boosts word association skills by engaging students in predicting and anticipating their friends’ associations. Students receive a downloadable worksheet. After predicting their partners’ associations, students compare guesses, earning points for their correct guesses. The player with the most correct guesses emerges as the winner.
Game’s Objectives:
- Strengthens word association skills through a fun game of predicting and guessing.
- Develops anticipation and prediction skills.
- Encourages creative thinking and varied word associations.
- Promotes a collaborative and interactive learning atmosphere.
Materials Needed:
- Word Association Guess worksheet (download it here)
Game Setup:
- Distribute the worksheets to each student.
- Provide the students a list words that you plan to target.
- Ask them to copy down the words in the right column in the worksheet.
- Explain the rules and objectives of the game.
Word Association Guess Game Rules:
- Worksheet Assignment: Each player receives a ‘word guess association’ worksheet.
- Prediction Stage: Players predict and write down the words they believe their partners will associate with the given list. Encourage creativity and varied associations.
- Revelation and Scoring: Players reveal and compare their associations with their partners. For each correct guess, players earn points.
- Winner Determination: The player with the most correct guesses is declared the winner.
- Discussion Round: Engage the class in a discussion about the different associations made by students and explore the diversity of language connections.
