5.

PROCEDURES OF ACTIVITY

5.1

STEPS IN CONDUCTING ACTIVITY

1. The steps, rules and regulations are briefed by the organizer.
2. In assigned groups of 4 or 5, each group will assign a group leader and draw lots.
3. The first group volunteer will have to pick one out of 3 categories (Occupation, Food,
and Animals) and will randomly pick a piece of paper containing the words based
on the category chosen.
4. Once the volunteer had memorized the words, he/she will have to act out the words
or its meaning to his/her group members without using any sort of speaking and
vocalizing in a given amount of time.
5. One mark will be given if the team members guessed the words correctly.
6. The game will be played in 4 rounds, with stakes raised by shortening the duration
of guessing for each rounds.

5.2

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GAME

1. Once a volunteer had picked a word, team members will have to guess the word
within the time given.
2. For the first round, each group will have 45 seconds to guess the word, followed by
30, 15 and 10 consecutively for the next round.
3. One mark will be given if the team members guessed the word correctly.
4. Volunteers can only communicate with their group member using body language.
Any sort of speaking or vocalization are prohibited.
5. Marks will not be given if the volunteer speaks or vocalizes parts of the words.
Marks will also not be rewarded if other groups helped the participating groups.

Prepared by:
Group 1: Bernard Lee, Azmi Zainal, Christian Adam Lucas

3.0

LIST OF MATERIALS FOR THE ACTIVITY

No

Material

Quantity

Envelop (folded colour paper)

Flash card

20

Paper strip

15

Score board

1. Colored Envelop

3. Paper Strips

2. Flash Cards

4. Score Board

4.0

ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR THE ACTIVITY

MATERIALS FOR CHARADES

BIL

MATERIAL

Price Per unit

Quantity

Price (RM)

1
2
3

Colour Paper
Cardboard
Printed Picture &

(RM)
10 /ream
1.20
0.05

1
1
25

10.0
1.20
1.25

words
Glue Stick

4.00

1
Total Amount

4.0
16.45

2.0

LANGUAGE SKILL/S THAT WILL BE FOCUSSED

Charade is a game that usually evokes a great deal of laughter, but in the midst of all this
fun children get the chance to practice a lot of different speech and language skills. In
between giggles they will:

Become more confident about speaking in public (yelling out answers).

Practice correct pronunciation of many different words (guesses).

Learn to think and speak quickly and uninhibitedly.

Practice parts of speech (for themes or clues of verbs, nouns, etc).

Practice syllables (if games include telling players how many syllables in each word).

Think about the arrangement of words (if words are mimed out of order).

Explore synonyms when their guesses come close but arent quite right.

Explore homonyms or rhymes if games include sounds like clues.

1.0 NAME OF THE ACTIVITY / RATIONALE AND AIMS FOR THE ACTIVITY

1.1 NAME OF THE ACTIVITY

- CHARADES

1.2 RATIONALE AND AIMS FOR THE ACTIVITY

- To learn about body language (nonverbal communication) and how to use body
language effectively by acting out the instruction on your charades card
The goal of Charades is to facilitate the childs awareness of how emotion, identity
and social situation can be conveyed through faces and actions. Acting out emotions,
identities and social situations can be a great way for children to gain an understanding of
the importance of these elements in social interactions. Not only is helpful to practice acting
out certain scenarios by making specific facial expressions and moving your body in a
particular way, it is also beneficial to see others act out these scenarios and search for clues
in the scene (facial expressions and body language) that will provide information about what
is happening.
Children love to play, and very often they wont even realise that they are learning
while they are having so much fun. Charades is a quick and easy game that the whole family
can join in, but in the midst of this group activity children practice their speech and speaking
skills. Learn how to play charades, how to teach children to play charades and what skills
children will be practicing when they join in this so that you will know how best to organise a
game in the future.
Charades is a game based on miming words or phrases. Normally these answers are
written onto slips of paper and players are divided into either two-person teams, or two large
teams with equal numbers of players. As each player takes his or her turn as the mime,
(s)he pulls a slip of paper and then must act out the answer without using any words. The
team who takes the least amount of time to guess each of their answers wins the overall

game. There may be themes to the charades, such as all movie titles or book characters, if
the players all agree. If the answer is made up of more than one word, players often hold up
their fingers to indicate how many words there are in the answer and/or which word they will
be acting out first.
Charades is probably best suited for school aged children, though those as young as
three years of age may be able to join in as part of a team as well. Most children instinctively
understand what it means to act out their answers, but it never hurts to remind everyone that
only the person doing the miming can read the answer slip and that player may not speak at
all during the miming. Allowing children to explain the rules to each other is a great way to
build confidence and warm up their speech skills. Hosting a few practice rounds so that
everyone feels ready to being playing for points is another good idea, particularly if you have
shy or less confident children playing.
Organising games of charades is quick, easy and free. If possible, organise games
which have children of relatively the same age so that their speech and language skills will
be roughly on par. Provide a theme for which all children will have some background,
perhaps book titles you know they have read in school or items in the house. Come up with
clues that all children will be able to understand. Remind children that no mimes can be rude
or cruel, and that an adult judge always has the ability to penalise players who are meanspirited. Finally, offer a fun reward for the winning team and be sure to praise all players who
mime and offer guesses as to the answers.
Charades is a game the whole family can enjoy, even young children just beginning
to develop their speech and language skills. Once you understand how to play and how to
teach children to play, recognise the skills your children will be developing during an average
game and use this information to better organise games suited to your children or family.