{"id":2307,"date":"2016-10-08T14:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T21:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2016-10-08T21:17:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T04:17:13","slug":"childhood-games-celebrity-favorites-and-circumlocution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/?p=2307","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Games, Celebrity Favorites, and Circumlocution!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Common games we played as kids like\u00a0Catch Phrase, Taboo, $25,000 Pyramid, or Password are popular again with celebrities and great for practicing circumlocution to stay in the target language. Mix them all together for your own variations like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatgroupgames.com\/fishbowl.htm\">fishbowl<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativelanguageclass.com\/activities\/games\/idea-37-30-seconds-a-circumlocution-speaking-game\/\">30 segundos<\/a>\u00a0from the Creative Language Classroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00D4NJSBW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00D4NJSBW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;linkId=4c6d554307410d499fa5206d7b2a567f&quot;&gt;Taboo Board Game&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00D4NJSBW&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2317 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taboo-1.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"taboo-1\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taboo-1.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taboo-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taboo-1.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taboo-1.jpg?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/logopediadinamicaydivertida.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/tabu.html\">Taboo<\/a>\u00a0games in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/French-Taboo-2375054\">French<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/FreeDownload\/Juego-Tabu\">Spanish<\/a> on teacherspayteachers.com as well as lists of useful phrases in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/FreeDownload\/French-Circumlocution-Handout\">French<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Circumlocution-Guess-what-Im-describing-2014276\">Spanish<\/a>, and posters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/POSTER-Spanish-Circumlocutions-2442560\">Spanish<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0There is also an app called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellentv.com\/page\/2013\/04\/23\/heads-up\/\">Head&#8217;s up<\/a>\u00a0from Ellen Degeneres\u00a0in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Heads Up!&#039; in Spanish with Sofia Vergara\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixpvCPhKm5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also buy the game here or make your own with headbands and index cards with words in the target language. \u00a0I bought these and am using them to make sets in French and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0128V5KOO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0128V5KOO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;linkId=2db2753566e46044671ce5af92b26a68&quot;&gt;Heads Up!&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0128V5KOO&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2304 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/heads-up.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003AIM52A\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003AIM52A&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;linkId=ecd88e76ad709bfb8d571adf02a77486&quot;&gt;HedBanz Game - Edition may vary&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003AIM52A&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headbands.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"headbands\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headbands.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headbands.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headbands.jpeg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headbands.jpeg?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/headbands.jpeg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a example of the game password with Jimmy Fallon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Password with Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Carell and Reese Witherspoon\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VMiuZSdhvNA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I am going to play a variation of Password in teams so students can brainstorm the one word clues and take turns giving them to the team member who is trying to guess. \u00a0With novices, I am going to \u00a0start with the free Taboo cards above and let them use the words that are normally prohibited in the game Taboo as password clues to get the game going.<\/p>\n<p>Another game for practicing circumlocution is Catch Phrase. \u00a0Here is another example of celebrities playing the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00D4NJS9O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00D4NJS9O&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;linkId=9a8e7d25362f543bafabe624bf08edc1&quot;&gt;Electronic Catch Phrase Game (Amazon Exclusive)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=lynnjohnsto02-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00D4NJS9O&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/catch-phrase.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"catch-phrase\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/catch-phrase.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/catch-phrase.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/catch-phrase.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/catch-phrase.jpg?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Catchphrase with Jim Parsons, Miles Teller and Wiz Khalifa\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VNTTzQMK48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jump on the celebrity game craze and have fun while practicing circumlocution.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=JohnstonL60\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common games we played as kids like\u00a0Catch Phrase, Taboo, $25,000 Pyramid, or Password are popular again with celebrities and great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[13,7],"class_list":["post-2307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comprehensible-input","category-core-practices-for-world-language","tag-comprehensible-input","tag-interactions"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}