Vocabulary Charades

Act out a term silently while your team races the clock to guess it.

Make it yours: Any term that can be mimed works — swap in vocabulary, verbs, or concepts from your subject.

Time:

10–15 min

Group:

Teams

Materials:

Slips of paper with terms, A timer

• 10–20 min
• Moves around the room
• Primary
• Review / test knowledge
• Secondary
• Team

How to play

1. Write review terms on slips of paper.
2. One student draws a slip and acts it out silently for their team, with sixty seconds on the clock.
3. Their team calls out guesses until they get it or time runs out.
4. Rotate to a new actor and a new team for the next round.

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