19-05-2026 Tuesday English Activity – ‘Paper Telephone’

‘Paper Telephone’ is a hilarious, creative drawing-and-writing game that works like a visual version of the classic whisper game (‘Telephone,’ which we played last week). Students are given paper and pencils or pens.  Everyone starts by writing a sentence at the top of his paper. It can be something random, true, abstract, from the lyrics of a song, or about someone at the venue. Once everyone has a sentence at the top of his paper, they pass their paper to the player on their right. Then the students illustrate the sentence given to them with a small picture right underneath the sentence. Once everyone has finished drawing the sentences, they fold the top part of the paper over so it covers the first sentence, but not the picture. Then again, everyone passes their paper to the students on the right. At that time, everyone receives a piece of paper with just a drawing that is visible, and the students write the sentence that presumably could have led to that picture. Then, everyone folds over their paper so only the last sentence is visible, and passes the paper on. The students need to show respect for each other and their contribution. They also need to show empathy in order to work out what the others have drawn.