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Will the real person please stand up?
Activity type: Small-group discussion/Guessing game
Time: 25–30 minutes
Preparation: None
Procedure: Divide the class into groups of six students. (It is important that the groups aren't able to hear one another, so you may want to send them into different corners of the room – or even outside the room – to give them privacy.) Explain that within the groups, each student is going to share an amusing story. The group will decide which story among the six is the best or most amusing. Then the group will work quietly to become familiar with the details of the story, in order to answer questions from the class.
When all the group members are confident that they know the details of their chosen story, reassemble the class. Beginning with "Group One," each member will tell the class the main idea of the story. For example, each "Group One" member will take turns saying the same thing-for example, "I once got my head stuck in a tree." Students in all the other groups will then question students in "Group One" to figure out whose story it is. At the end of the question-and-answer session, have the class vote on who is the real storyteller. Have that student stand up.
Continue until all the groups have shared a story and the class has voted on the real storytellers.
Option: Have students form small groups and share their amusing stories. The group then chooses the most amusing story and presents it to the rest of the class.
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