You could make this game work in SO MANY CONTEXTS! 🙂 My Spanish 4 is reading the novel Problemas en Paraiso as part of our unit on Narcoviolence. The novel is a super easy read so I am trying to add in some deeper types of grammar reps and this game was a fun way to do some “have you ever…” In Problemas, Tyler and his mom are getting ready for a trip to Mexico but he is very ashamed of the way she behaves. He tells her not to forget that she is 40! 😉
Since we saw him get embarrassed in Chapter 1 because she is in love with his Orthodontist and in chapter 2 because she is taking a bikini on the trip to Mexico, I thought the “Shame Game” would be a fun way to wrap up the chapter.
Other possible uses… the Waiting Game… the Dating Game… the Blame Game… etc.
The full instructions and my Shame Game questions are attached but here is the gist of the activity: Give each student 2 mints or other candies in a wrapper (I had a bag of mini tootsie rolls that worked great!). Have students answer the questions about a time they were ashamed (you could make one about times they had to wait, people they’ve dated, things they’ve been blamed for, etc). Put the surveys at their feet and then begin to play. Re-read question 1. If they marked yes, they should pass a candy to the right. If they marked no they do not have to pass a candy. Some may get stopped for a while without any candy because the person before them wasn’t embarrassed by some of the things. That’s ok. The winner will be the person who has the most candy (which means the person who was hardest to embarrass!)
LOVE this!