Language Barrier Game: Describe to Build
Language · Grades 2–7 · 10 cards · about 20 min
One player describes a hidden card, the other builds or draws it. Vague description fails visibly, which is what makes spatial and descriptive vocabulary obligatory rather than optional.
Hidden card: a triangle above a square, with a small circle inside the square touching the left side.
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What's in this activity
- Hidden card: a triangle above a square, with a small circle inside the square touching the left side.
- Hidden card: four dots in a row; the second one is bigger and the fourth one is filled in.
- Hidden card: a house with the door on the right, two windows upstairs, and a tree taller than the roof on the left.
- Hidden card: a table seen from above with a plate in the middle, a fork on the left and two cups on the right.
- Hidden card: a road curving from the bottom left to the top right, with a bridge across it a third of the way up.
- Hidden card: a stack of five books; the third from the bottom is the thickest and sticks out at the front.
- Hidden card: a face with the eyes far apart, one eyebrow raised, and a hat sitting slightly off center.
- Hidden card: a fish tank with three fish swimming left, one swimming right, and a castle in the back corner.
- Hidden card: a clock showing twenty past four, with a crack running from the top edge to the center.
- Hidden card: a garden bed with tall flowers at the back, short ones at the front, and a gap in the second row.