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Pictionary
Draw a vocabulary word on the board — no letters, no speaking. Team guesses.
⏱ 15-20 min⚡ Medium energy👥 Teams of 3-5
📚 Vocabulary
• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• lesson vocabulary
• topic words
🛠 Materials
• Whiteboard and marker
• Word cards for the drawer
• Timer (60 seconds per turn)
📋 How to Play
- Divide the class into two or three teams.
- One student from a team comes to the board — they are the drawer.
- Teacher shows the drawer a word card — they must NOT show their team.
- The drawer has 60 seconds to draw the word on the board.
- No letters, numbers, or speaking allowed — only drawing!
- Their team shouts out guesses.
- If the team guesses correctly in time, they earn a point.
- If time runs out, the other team gets one guess to steal the point.
- Rotate drawers so everyone gets a turn.
💡 Teacher Tips
✓Use nouns and verbs — they are much easier to draw than adjectives.
✓Let weaker students draw simpler words — adjust difficulty per child.
✓The guessing team must shout the EXACT target word to earn the point.
✓Even bad artists make this game fun — the worse the drawing, the more the class laughs.
🔄 Variations
→Two drawers compete at the same time — one from each team draws the same word.
→Play in pairs at their desks using mini whiteboards or paper.
→Draw a scene from the lesson story rather than a single word.
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