The Hot Seat

45 minutes Any Communicate words without saying them

• Use simple words like animals or days of the week for weaker students
• Use the word ‘pass’ as one of the words on the board to challenge strong students

1. Break class into 4 or less teams
2. Place a ‘hot seat’ in front of the class and facing away from the board
3. Each team selects a leader
4. One team is up at a time and their leader sits in the hot seat
5. Write ten words on the board so the leader can’t see them
6. Number the words 1-10
7. Each team member is assigned a word or words on the board
8. Some team members may have more than one word
9. Team
   members take turns communicating their word to the leader without
   saying the word with No spelling, writing, or drawing allowed
10. Team members can say ‘pass’ if their word is too difficult
11. Each team has 1 minute to get as many words as possible
12. The team with the most points at the end wins