Adjective Game

Today, the 5-6th graders had the most rousing match of the Adjective Game I can ever remember. 

In case you don't remember the rules... Each team gets an object they have to describe in as many words as possible in three minutes. A person from one team reads their adjectives. If the other team has the same word, both teams cross off the word and neither team gets the point. You earn a point for each unique word. 

We did boys vs. girls. One of the boys was not pleased with those teams since the girls know a lot of good words, but they were more evenly matched than he thought. We hadn't played the game much last year, so the first round was kind of a trial run (we still counted points though). The boys caught up more the second round, but the girls had such a big lead that they pulled out a win in the third round. The boys wanted a rematch, so we started points over for the fourth round and did a fifth one to end it. The boys won that match.

Here are the objects they had to describe: a tube from the thing used to blow up an exercise ball, a square piece of cling wrap, corn starch in a cup, a penny, and a twisty tie. They had some awesome words!!! I was super impressed. There was also quite a bit of strategy going on and GREAT discussion about whether the words they suggested actually described the object. For example, is the twisty tie big or little? It depends on what you compare it to! Can an object be loud AND quiet? Strong and flexible? Is it sparkly, reflective, or just glossy? We covered all these things and more! 

I can't wait to play it again. :)