Chained Word Game

The game is adapted from “Kata Berkait” Quiz Program at RCTI Channel hosted by Nico Siahaan. It was popular 1n 2002 – 2004. It can be used to review vocabulary, practice spelling and develop the ability to cooperate, to complete without being aggressive, and to be “a good loser”.

Materials:

Some words related to the topics

Preparation:

The teacher makes a draft in his/her paper 3 lists of chain words. Each consists of 8 words related one to another. They are based on the material given.

Example: The teacher will teach the vocabularies of school environment, so the teacher writes the words which relate it.

List 1                           List 2                           List 3

Book                            Flag                              Chair

Teacher                        Ceremony                    Broken*

Room                           Yard*                          Ruler*

Dirty                             Grass*                         Expensive*

Floor                            Green*                         Shoes*

Ceramics                      Bag                              Girl*

White                           Student*                       Beautiful*

Dress                           Uniform                        School

Procedure

1. Divide the class into groups (2 or 4 groups) and name them Group A, B, C, etc. or let the members of the group name themselves.
2. Draw 8 lines on the board and write the key words on the top and bottom lines.
3. The turning group guesses the word by asking to the teacher a letter below, above or between the words.
4. The teacher writes the group’s score. It is based on the number of the letter  in a word which can be guessed by the group.Example: The word “Teacher” has 7 letters. So the group which can guess it gets the score 7. Asterisk mark (*) means doubled score.
5. The winner is the group who gets highest score.

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